Kalish has dedicated her life to spreading the message of the NYC Freegans, a grassroots organization whose members seek to ...

There’s a stereotype that dumpster diving is only for people who are financially struggling and have no other choice. But in ...

A glam mom has found $30K worth of items digging through the trash for treasure in the last six months — including a piano and Burberry coat worth $500. Ariana Rodriguez, 35, has always loved ...

To Dave Sheffield, the dumpsters of Western New York are like old friends — reliable, generous and still capable of surprising him sometimes. As snow falls on the Buffalo suburb of Cheektowaga, ...

Dumpster diving is usually associated with people in the developing world who do it out of necessity. But since reusing or repurposing things destined for the landfill has environmental benefits, the ...

In this era of ever-rising prices and not enough disposable income to go around, finding a good deal is everything. While for many this means couponing and waiting on seasonal sales, for example, ...

Some are fond of coin collecting or studying genealogy, while others enjoy rifling through trash bins seeking a prized find, a practice known colloquially as “dumpster diving.” As the saying goes, ...

Rifling through trash paid off big time for one Maryland woman. Jennifer Lleras, 40, of Baltimore, estimates she’s found 2 million dollars worth of items by dumpster diving, including a $500 robot ...

The phrase “one person’s trash is another person’s treasure” is more than just a philosophical saying. It gets turned into action when people around Kansas City dig through the many dumpsters located ...

Talk about a filthy habit. A cost-conscious woman who ditched a good job to pursue her passion for dumpster diving claims to have saved $50,000 on clothing and other essentials in just two years.