first dumpster dive this month

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Originally Posted by potsmokingnome

Wow thats quite the score :D How many people do you go dumpster Diving with? and have you ever been caught dumpster diving? and if so what happened?

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i go every thursday with a group of 2-5 people. i started diving/freegan lifestyle in high school and I have been 'caught' twice. dumpster diving is legal as long as there are no locks or 'no trespassing' signs around the dumpsters. first time i was caught, i was peering into a bin behind a bread store where I had usually been insanely successful and an employee walked out and asked me to leave. the second time was the same, but behing a thrift store with a few other people. if i am asked to leave, I do.

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Originally Posted by BizzleLuvin

i go every thursday with a group of 2-5 people. i started diving/freegan lifestyle in high school and I have been 'caught' twice. dumpster diving is legal as long as there are no locks or 'no trespassing' signs around the dumpsters. first time i was caught, i was peering into a bin behind a bread store where I had usually been insanely successful and an employee walked out and asked me to leave. the second time was the same, but behing a thrift store with a few other people. if i am asked to leave, I do.

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You seem like a wonderful person :) If there was more people like you the world would for ure be a better place, and I'm not just basing that statement from this one post, or thread, I'm basing it off all the posts of your you have wrote :D keep up the good work Biz

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Originally Posted by whitestalkslongwalks

but why do you have to LABEL yourself? give yourself a name like "freegan". can't you just be you, and you do what you do? i feel it's an epidemic these days in America that people, mostly young people, have a compelling need to label themselves, but themselves in a box, and belong to a group. it just rubs me the wrong way; and that's my two pennies

i like to say "undefine your boundaries". isn't labeling/dividing the very thing that's causing devision and strife in our world? anyone, i'm done; many happy dives to ya.

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good question. i label myself cause like you said, i am compelled to. i am many many many more things than 'freegan'. being 'freegan' is just a summation of a lifestyle choice and behavior. like being a jehova's witness. and also because otherwise i'd be called a bum.

last thing: i think buying used stuff, or finding it, or giving it away (folks, FREECYCLE kicks assssssssssssss!!!!) is great, and also a mindset that is understanding of the wonderful planet we abide in

this throw-away culture is really terrible. things not built to last anymore. people don't get things fixed, sometimes not even cleaned; just throw away and get a new one; it can't go on; our planet is too beautiful and wondrous for us to let ourselves fuck it up

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Originally Posted by BizzleLuvin

good question. i label myself cause like you said, i am compelled to. i am many many many more things than 'freegan'. being 'freegan' is just a summation of a lifestyle choice and behavior. like being a jehova's witness. and also because otherwise i'd be called a bum.

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great answer


i feel we could chill, man; good vibes you give off.



me, for example; i might call myself a "christian" because i believe the bible. but no one's conception of what that word means (nor my own) can encapsulate me

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Originally Posted by potsmokingnome

You seem like a wonderful person :) If there was more people like you the world would for ure be a better place, and I'm not just basing that statement from this one post, or thread, I'm basing it off all the posts of your you have wrote :D keep up the good work Biz

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thanks, you flatter me. but this is why i do these kinds of things, to make the world a better place. people should try it some time. i'm making up for those who sit idly by, wasting wasting wasting

Yep it makes me sick in this day and age when we need to recylce, reuse, and reduce the most. All we seem to be doing is making inferior products, that are more exspensive to fix then just throw out and buy a new one. We need better qaulity products on the market! Not the junk that is sold now a days!

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Originally Posted by BizzleLuvin

thanks, you flatter me. but this is why i do these kinds of things, to make the world a better place. people should try it some time. i'm making up for those who sit idly by, wasting wasting wasting

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I must confess I am one of those people who waste, I don't even recycle too much, But I'm starting to think I need to change that in a major way!

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Originally Posted by whitestalkslongwalks

great answer


i feel we could chill, man; good vibes you give off.


me, for example; i might call myself a "christian" because i believe the bible. but no one's conception of what that word means (nor my own) can encapsulate me

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well i'm only nineteen year old girl. i'm still developing my identity and these labels give me a foundation. being yourself is hard when you havent exactly figured yourself out yet. labels are bittersweet

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Originally Posted by omegagodly

thats pretty cool, its amazing that you can find some sweet stuff in dumpsters,, like the ipod story, and the car and shit. thats cool/

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gotta say that ipod story is pretty darn hard to believe; circuit city sells old stock on ebay, not best buy? that's the score (or the tall tale) of a lifetime


as for me: lots of my furniture (heck almost all of it) is used, much of it found by or in dumpsters,

on another level it kills me when folks go to target and buy some pressboard ikea-ripoff crap furniture, when they could go on craigslist and get a high quality solid wood piece for half the price. tomorrow i'm picking up a "kiosk" for $20 from a lady, solid wood, it will be my veg cab

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Originally Posted by potsmokingnome

Yep it makes me sick in this day and age when we need to recylce, reuse, and reduce the most. All we seem to be doing is making inferior products, that are more exspensive to fix then just throw out and buy a new one. We need better qaulity products on the market! Not the junk that is sold now a days!

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we need to abandon capitalism.

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Originally Posted by BizzleLuvin

thanks, you flatter me. but this is why i do these kinds of things, to make the world a better place. people should try it some time. i'm making up for those who sit idly by, wasting wasting wasting

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You kick major ass, I'd love to get high with you one day! :D

wait....iPod story? did i miss something?

i think that would work if everyone was giving, charitable, and communal. heck, everywhere in the world is a blur between communism and capitalism. understand that when i say "communism" i mean the ideal, theoretical idea of having everything in common, everyone helping each other. "communism" as it has been used by countries such as russia and china, is just a farce, an excuse for oppression; a critical distinction

i've gotta say though, as much as i'd love to abandon capitalism (and hope to do so to some extent, living with friends and fam. in a communal, semi-agricultural fashion), i think that capitalism is the most feasible way for folks to have a high standard of living (and by that i mean good food, water, health care, and some comfort, not shitloads of fucking hummers) in this world of imperfect folk.

still, i admire where you're coming from

yeah socialism and capitalism are unfortunately one of those ideals that are genious yet have very little hope in aplication to our sociey nowadays. capitalism has its benefits but at the same time has severe drawbacks. i'd just like to see people learn from the mistakes of capitalism and take from the ideals of communism and socialism to create a more responsible economy and way of living. it is possible. abandoning capitalism NOW would indeed be catastrophic, but that doesn't mean we can't change how we run. and this is why (among other things) I dumpster dive. why i would love to live in a socialist utopia, i dont see it in my immediate future but I DO see folks re-thinking our economy and looking into other alternatives, gradually making small changes.

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Originally Posted by mattks1

you know what, i double checked on this yesterday while i was working. the popo that i talked to said that once the trash hits the dumpster, it is then property of whoever owns that dumpster, such as GDS or whatever trash company you have there. i dont know about there, but my gov't doesnt pay to have dumpsters put behind Dollar General. and to think that it is resourceful to dumpster dive is a good way to make yourself reason with jumping into a recepticle for trash. for some reason this hits a nerve. i cant stand to drive down the road and see some redneck and his 2 kids in a station wagon with shit piled to the roof inside, pull over on the side of the road and start diggin through peoples trash. if you want it, you should have got a job and bought it to begin with.

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are you privileged? cuz i find this sort of thinking despicable; i am a privileged white kid from a safe, clean, middle class community. i've never wanted for anything. but i understand that i'm lucky, and i'm grateful, and i try to have some compassion for all the folk that didn't have all the shit that i did and still do. don't be so quick to judge. you don't know someone's situation. you might have talked with that "redneck" and found them to be a very soulful person, dealing with hard times.

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Originally Posted by whitestalkslongwalks

are you privileged? cuz i find this sort of thinking despicable; i am a privileged white kid from a safe, clean, middle class community. i've never wanted for anything. but i understand that i'm lucky, and i'm grateful, and i try to have some compassion for all the folk that didn't have all the shit that i did and still do. don't be so quick to judge. you don't know someone's situation. you might have talked with that "redneck" and found them to be a very soulful person, dealing with hard times.

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have you been reading the WHOLE damn thread??? p.s. i never thought this thread would be so huge

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Originally Posted by Billionfold

Sorry, I'm agnostic.

And if there is a passage in the bible that says God approves of dumpster diving, I'm going to put it in my signature.

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blessed are the divers, for they shall inherit the forgotten riches of the unsatisfied

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Originally Posted by BizzleLuvin

have you been reading the WHOLE damn thread??? p.s. i never thought this thread would be so huge

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working on it :) trying not to post, but too much good stuff here ;)

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Originally Posted by whitestalkslongwalks

working on it :) trying not to post, but too much good stuff here ;)

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keep posting dude, you agree with me so therefore I like you. HA!

i gave up around page 4 when it gets angered

anyway, good luck; it's easy for me to be cynical. to think that the world can't change. that's the kind of thinking that traps us, to think we can't make a difference. it's the kind of thinking that has created an overpowered government, and a pliable, controllable base of consumers.

it never ceases to amaze me how we can bicker about whether someone else is doing the best possible thing or not, when we do nothing. trying to help other people, that's admirable no matter what.

a little love goes a long ways. it spreads, but unfortunately so does hate. we define our world.

I got this far and totally forgot what I was gonna reply.:jointsmile:

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I concur.:jointsmile:

i dont jump in garbage cans to look for shit

well well.....

though i think it is great you are who you are biz, i find it a bit nasty if i may say to label others who dont think and do what you do..several times, you have said people who dont do this, are sitting idly by, and i believe you referred to us as useless as well....

i do not go into dumpsters, nor would i ever..but i do recycle..i do not waste...i do not take bags from the grocery store..i do donate to charities...i do my share...i do shop at second hand stores..i try to not support many of the big corporations and try my best to support mom and pop stores..so to say we sit idly by is almost rude...and i almost found it offensive...

you are just as guilty as the people who do support capitalism and such when you label others who arent as "good" as you, and demean them...i am sorry...

you go ahead and keep doing what you are doing....it is fabulous..but try to stop judging others who dont share your same beliefs, and if you cant, at least use some tact about it...

oh no! its back!

and i apologize for offending anyone, I'm steadfast in by beliefs but i never called anyone useless for not dumpster diving, i admitted that you don't have to do it. but i am really disappointed by folks that sit around and complain but do nothing about it, there are so many opportunities for action... can we please lay this thread to rest? i am really really tired of arguing. once again, if I offended you, I'm sorry. and if you are offended, please get up and do something

Sweet! How did you get into the dumpsters at big stores like Best Buy? They are all locked in the town I live in.

Go around the rich neighborhoods early in the morning on garbage day. I used to work on the garbage route back when I was in my 20,s and the stuff they'd throw out was insane! Brand new shit with the price tags still on.........crazy!!

Nice way to bump up the porn collection too.:D

Have a good one!:jointsmile:

dumpster diving is basically how i get by. we hit up trader joes and odwalla daily and always end up with enough food to feed an army, so our food not bombs always rules.

PART 2

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Originally Posted by potsmokingnome

have you ever been caught dumpster diving? and if so what happened?

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yeah they check to see if you are on dope and if not they leave you alone : )
UNLESS YOU MAKE A MESS---DONT MAKE A MESS WHEN DIVING ITS GOING TO RUIN IT IF DIVERS DONT START DOING THIS RIGHT

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Originally Posted by Nochowderforyou

But food? No way! It's in the garbage for a reason, and even though it might be wrapped up still, it's still in the garbage, sourrounded by bacteria of other rotting things. That's nasty, very nasty.

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I AGREE : ) BUT there are exceptions like the ham, or take and bake pizza, my little bro used to call the take and bake pizza place like 20min before they closed and place an order, then he would wait untill they closed and because he never came to but it they just toss it in the trash, all wrapped up and everything
so fresh that the dough hadnt even rizen

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Originally Posted by ValkyrieAg

I was brought up better than that and If my dad saw me do that, he would probably cry.

I understand that another mans trash is another mans treasure, I am the king of that with auto parts. I make ~500.00 a month selling/dealing 4x4 parts in the offroad community. I have alot of things that were once on the curb.

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my dad is proud of my dumpster finds : ) i showed him about the lottery ticket thing and between us we have found probably 3 or 4 grand in winning tickets that people threw away over the last 10 years or so
and auto parts and tools : ) yeah dont even get me started on all the good parts and tools i have found

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Originally Posted by Billionfold

Sorry, I'm agnostic.

And if there is a passage in the bible that says God approves of dumpster diving, I'm going to put it in my signature.

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THERE ARE QUITE A FEW THAT SAY NOT TO WASTE, finding something that your fellow man is about to "waste" and making good use out of it for youself can only be a good thing

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Originally Posted by Billionfold

How does dumpster diving help others?

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well for starters it saves space in our landfills but it also helps the economy, anything that can be pulled out of a trash can and sold has value to just let it be trashed destroys a bit of value and value=wealth

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Originally Posted by ValkyrieAg

My whole family (hispanic) are examples of the value of education. It is hard enough to get along in this world being hispanic. However, my parents *overcame*. How? By persistence and never giving up.

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sounds about right, there was a big thing on tv the other day saying how hispanics were responsible for 60% of the things being bought in my area (socal) but they were responsible for 75% of the waste going into our dumps

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Originally Posted by BizzleLuvin

the thread has been ressurected! hahaha!
TONIGHT I'M GOING DIVING AGAIN! wish me luck, its gonne be in the low thirties tonight. we will probably be especially lucky at Borders, they had a clearance sale last week. can you believe they throw out BOOKS?!

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yeah i used to live near a barnes&noble and a comp usa they shared a pair of dumpsters i got lots of books and computer parts from them : )

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Originally Posted by mattks1

you know what, i double checked on this yesterday while i was working. the popo that i talked to said that once the trash hits the dumpster, it is then property of whoever owns that dumpster,.

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some places have passed local laws against it but its still legal most places, the reason it is is bacause the COPS want it that way.
once they make it against the law THEY NEED A WARRANT TO SEARCH YOUR TRASHCAN, BUT AS LONG AS DUMPSTER DIVING IS LEGAL THEY CAN LOOK IN YOUR CAN TO SEE WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN SMOKING AND I CAN LOOK IN YOUR CAN FOR STUF I CAN USE OR SELL : )


im also an avid metal detector/treasure hunter/ gold prospector i just bought a whites mxt ($800) and i plan to find more with it then i spent on it
i have about another $500 on prospecting stuff and i have only found about $100 worth of gold so far but thats just because i need to get out and do it more ITS HARD WORK
so is dumpster diving

ITS EASY TO DRIVE BY A PERSON IN A DUMPSTER AND CALL THEM LAZY
BUT THEY ARE NOT THE ONE SITTING ON THEIR ASS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET WITH NOTHING BETTER TO DO THAN JUDGE OTHERS

F-YOU -GET-A-LIFE

LOL the one on the right.... I cant believe someone actually has a stencil that says that LOL

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Originally Posted by WEsmokeED

LOL the one on the right.... I cant believe someone actually has a stencil that says that LOL

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I can. Recently someone painted a parking spot in them iddle of a street in front of a bollard and wrote drunk drivers only.

oh my god the thread is back.

I think it's interesting, but not enough to read 7 pages :wtf: lol
It's cool that you "fight" for something you believe if you're a Freegan. Actually doing something active to make efforts of change.
On the whole imo it will never work, purely because the large majority of the population are not broad enough minded to see why it would do good and wouldn't consider being vegan.
Personally I wouldn't, although I think it's admirable to be a hardcore Freegan.

Damn, the first post sounds like something straight from Abbie Hoffman's "Steal This Book." Google it - most of the things in it are outdated, but it is funny to read what was happening in the 60's and 70's - those people (including me) we you younger folks FOREFATHERS, or was it foreskins, or something like that....

Damned Salvia....

LOL....

Peace,

Old Stoner

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Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud

Go around the rich neighborhoods early in the morning on garbage day. I used to work on the garbage route back when I was in my 20,s and the stuff they'd throw out was insane! Brand new shit with the price tags still on.........crazy!!

Nice way to bump up the porn collection too.:D

Have a good one!:jointsmile:

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For real I have seen and found some crazey stuff, electronics that just need new bateries or appkiances that just need to be cleaned.

hmmmmm im going to burn this thread. still diving, there's this new bread place nearby that throws out a lot of day -old loaves. gahhh damn you

I've dumpster dove! Not for food, but for books, clothes, and other stuffs. It's fun.

This thread will never die bizzle..it is hear to stay until etenity