40 Dumpster Diving Finds That Had No Business Being In The Trash
Somewhere out there, someone is admiring their latest dumpster find while I’m checking the tracking on something I paid full price for. Tough little comparison to sit with.
I get excited when I find something on clearance. Finding it for zero dollars would become a story I tell too often. You’d barely get your coat off before I started explaining where I got the chair you’re sitting in.
That’s part of the appeal of these dumpster diving finds. Getting something useful is great. Getting it for free, saving it from the landfill, and having a mildly unbelievable story to go with it? I can see how that becomes a hobby.
1. Found A 150-Year-Old Book
2. Pulled Out Of Hoarder House Dumpster, The Cat Likes It
3. Guess Someone Decided They Wanted To Only Stream Movies From Here On Out. Hit The Motherload Of DVDs!
4. A Small Heart Shaped Display Table, Found Amidst Trash On The Side Of The Road
5. Wild Find Next To Dumpster
6. Dumpster God’s Want Me To Garden
7. A Facebook Random Sent Me Here,here’s My Lucky Dive
8. 50 State Quarter Book With Quarters Still Inside
9. My Wife Tried Her Hand At Reupholstering Some Dumpster Furniture. It Smelled And Had Tons Of Stains And Scratches, She Painted It And Used Old Curtains. I Think It Turned Out Pretty Cool!
10. Finally Got Something To Share! Trash Picked A Sewing Machine!
11. Found In The Trash
12. Rescued This Little Fella!
13. Found This Lamp During My Walk
14. At The Apartment Down The Street. Had To Carry It Home
15. Big Day For Senior Dog With Arthritis
16. Someone Tossed Two Quarter Operated Washing Machines. This Is Just From One
17. Today’s Finds
18. Found 234 Rolls Of Duct Tape
19. Did A Second Dumpster Dive Run… They Threw Out Even More Hotwheels And Toys. Major Difference In Amount This Time
20. I Am Stunned
21. Today’s Vacant Walk Yeilded Some Things
22. Got Lucky With This One
23. Found This Today 10 Karat Gold Got 300 Bucks For It
24. Lunchtime Dumpster Diving
25. Someone Threw Out A Whole Gaming PC
26. Found This Thing Just Tossed In A Dumpster! And It Works!
27. Folks Were Throwing This Away At Work, Now It’s Mine :p
28. I Should Just Quit Now. 16.9g Of 14k
29. Found A Never Used Wii Fit Plus Kit In A Dumpster. It Still Has Wrapping Paper From When It Was Given As A Present, And Batteries That “Expired” In 2014
30. Found On Side Of Road
31. It’s Crazy How Much This Local Store Always Throws Out
32. Found This In Dumpster
33. University Move Out
34. First Night Of College Diving
35. As I Found It Againt The Dumpster Wall
36. Found These In A Tote In A Dumpster. Worth Anything?
37. Crazy Huge Beauty Haul
38. My First Dive!
39. I Love Filling The Little Free Pantry
40. You Just Never Know
