"With rising prices and landfills overflowing past capacity, I'm grateful to the anti-consumption crusaders out there who dive into dumpsters and make use of the waste that corporations and consumers just throw out. I did a deep-dive of things that were found, and these are the treasures that stood out to me: 1. Someone rescued this haul from a grocery store dumpster that could easily feed a whole family for a week or two: 2. Another found a perfectly-working 75" Samsung Smart TV right by their apartment complex dumpster:"
"7. They also found packs of ready-to-cook bacon, scrambled eggs, toothpaste, dish soap, cake mix, and candy: 13. This person found a skateboard deck from the 2015 HUF x South Park collaboration - these originally retailed for $60 and are listed aftermarket for $139 and up: 22. I'm happy for this person who scored a post-power outage haul from a grocery store dumpster that's worth over $1,000: 27. Still-wrapped holiday greeting cards and perfectly good gift bags were also rescued from the landfill:"
Dumpster diving yielded large quantities of usable food capable of feeding families for days, including perishable and packaged goods. Salvaged items included electronics such as a fully functional 75" Samsung Smart TV found near an apartment dumpster. Rescued household staples ranged from bacon, eggs, toothpaste, dish soap, and cake mix to candy. Higher-value finds included collectible skateboard decks with aftermarket value and grocery hauls exceeding $1,000 after a power outage. Gift items such as still-wrapped holiday cards and gift bags were recovered. These recoveries reduce waste, recapture economic value, and provide resources amid rising living costs.
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