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.