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what if there was a way to eat free food
for the rest of your life i'm talking
packages boxes cases of food and this is
the stuff i decided to keep for myself
toiletries clothes furniture and even
gifts all for free
all it takes is jumping into a dumpster
after hopping into a dumpster you will
not look at food the same way again
would you do it
people from all over the world are
joining the dumpster diving lifestyle to
fight for financial independence and
retire as early as 30 years old but
there are a few things you have to
overcome getting caught can be quite
embarrassing we had like eight employees
come out
right after we turn the camera off there
are some rules that can't be broken or
you'll find yourself in legal trouble
there are also health risks associated
with the bacteria breeding in dumpster
bins
is cleaning your dumpster fines really
enough
my friend got really sick from eating
next thing you know he has acid for days
and vomiting constantly some of the
things you find may traumatize you i'm
shocked
appalled i'm angry three of them are
dead and then one of them in here is
still alive if you're not careful enough
things can take a dark turn one lady
lost her life in the most heartbreaking
way this case brings to light the
dangers dumpster diving is not safe is
this behavior even legal it's taken an
unexpected turn i'll say that
i didn't think i was going to see all
you today i'm going to tow your part
let's take a look at both amazing and
terrifying dumpster finds
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people say that one man's trash is
another one's treasure but how far would
someone go to get that treasure
companies are constantly pushing new
products to try and make their consumers
happy but when new products move in old
products have to move out what happens
to the stock leftover after clearances
sometimes it ends up in the trash in
perfect shape just no longer wanted
these people are getting some pretty
sweet swag from the dumpsters and you
would likely never know it came from
your local trash
tick talker theresa kaddish is well
known in the dumpster diving community
for pulling impressive hauls from
dumpsters in one of her most viral
videos with over 11 million views she
had a great find she wanted to share
with others oh my god cheers there's
just so much took them all
oh my god there's just so many cherries
the entire community came and they ate
two kiwi cherries together in another
video she found more fruit in another
dumpster and had plans to make it last
longer we're to dehydrate these
otherwise useless strawberries the
mushiest ones are sorted from the rest
and then they're cleaned and cut in half
and set on trays then they're dehydrated
at 135 degrees she did the same to the
bananas the flesh is bruised in places
it won't last long but once it's
dehydrated it can become a higher
quality food she jarred the dehydrated
fruit to eat at a later date you may
already realize you don't have much of a
choice with what you find in the
dumpster and theresa is well aware of
this she said she doesn't always like to
eat the food she finds but she likes to
give it a new life call me a snob but i
would never buy this pizza at a store
it's trash whether or not it's in the
dumpster but nonetheless i can share it
with friends
we use what's here
decay doesn't have to disgust it brings
you life maybe fresh fruits aren't your
cup of tea well you'll be interested to
know there's something for everyone
several people have found bags of candy
and chocolate sweet
out there trash i mean it kind of i
didn't think you could find in the trash
this is our score from dollar general i
am at the dollar general check this out
look at this
we got mountain dew there mountain dew
there we got more down here yeah i don't
know why literally this keeps happening
to me a whole bag of m m's
there's twix snickers we got bags full
of snacks
snack snacks snacks boxes of these lins
chocolate
hershey bars
oh
there's all the candy bars and stuff
others scored on a dumpster full of
frozen meals this dumpster was full
it's not delivery
we pulled up to this target dumpster
and everything underneath the top layer
was still frozen
there was to dumpsters like this
so full of food nothing is expired and
everything is still
frozen that's not even dead see it goes
all the way to the front others found a
bountiful supply of snacks
all right guys so we are checking our
local dollar tree oh we just scored a
huge jackpot right here look at all
these that's my favorite man
this first part is from cvs the stuff
down in front is from walgreens all the
stuff in back is from one single
dumpster at
dollar tree um none of this stuff is
expired six of these two of these and i
got this whole case of water because one
was
all these protein bars and protein
snacks that i found at gnc are you
hungry do you need a snack do you need a
smart a lean bar complete cookie
packaged food isn't the only thing you
can find in the dump fast food
restaurants will trash large quantities
of leftover stock tick tocker jenna also
known as thick rich bit showed off tons
of krispy kreme donuts in the trash
so to anyone who didn't know krispy
kreme throws away all of their donuts in
the garbages outside their
buildings people had mixed reactions
about the thrown out donuts bro i ain't
no raccoon it's like the krabby patty
vault in spongebob i wish they would
just put it outside for the homeless
people this is sad people are starving
and they throw food and this isn't the
first time we've heard of donuts being
thrown away in summer of 2021 dunkin
donuts was also exposed for dumping
donuts which we discussed in a previous
video that'll be linked down below
you'll also be surprised to find out
that this current trendy bakery is also
allegedly trashing their goodies crumble
cookies crumble cookies of the week here
we go tick tocker tiffany cheray also
known as dumpster diving mama is a
well-known diver on tiktok with over 2.4
million subscribers she shared her
experience diving for crumble cookies in
january 2022 she called out the
restaurant for throwing away freshly
baked cookies
wow
there's more look at that more cookies
thrown away
and a whole bag of freaking frosting
like y'all these are they're right off
the tray
right and they're warm
she visited the dumpster a week later
and found that crumble cookies had since
locked their dumpster all right guys
we're back at that crumble where we
found cookies multiple times look what
they did she suspected they did this
after she called them out on tick tock
so
i wouldn't put them on blast anymore
maybe junk food isn't your thing and
you're just looking to make a wholesome
meal for your friends and family you'll
be surprised to know full fresh meals
are thrown away all the time and
completely sealed
tick tocker dumpster diving freegan who
has over 400k followers showed how lucky
you can get at a whole foods in one of
her most viral videos reaching over 10
million views dumpster diving at whole
foods is nothing like i've ever seen
before every time i come to this
particular store i find cases of organic
food that is thrown out well before its
best by date last night i found enough
meat to feed an entire community her
haul included chicken
beef beyond sausage beyond meatballs
sauces juice fruits vegetables and
yogurt you might be thinking this food
is probably contaminated or on the brink
of expiring dumpster diving freegan
explained the food was still good
because it was still cold and none of it
was expired or recalled she also said
everything had been thrown out on or
before its best buy date but explained
food can be eaten past its best by date
despite having a large quantity of items
she'd collected she said she left a
large amount of food behind in an
interview with the sun dumpster diving
freegan said she believed she found more
than a thousand dollars worth of food in
her whole foods haul in another visit to
her local whole foods she found over 100
loaves of bread that were still good to
be eaten during the same haul she also
found expensive toilet paper boxes of
olive oil apples potatoes tea cups baby
foods and cakes that's a lot of food and
supplies which can be wasteful if she
isn't able to finish all the food she
collected but dumpster diving friggin
shared her solution to this problem
donating she donates most of her fines
to local food banks so that others can
benefit from her dives
after one of dumpster diving freegan's
videos went viral on twitter someone
claiming to be a former whole foods
employee said i got fired from whole
foods because i took home the bagels and
muffins that they were going to throw in
the trash they also threw away
approximately 8 pizzas every night and
told the hot foods department they'd get
fired if they ate some without paying
first the daily dots spoke to a
spokesperson from whole foods who denied
the claims
millions of pounds of perishable and
non-perishable food to local food banks
and food rescue agencies across the
united states since 2013 whole foods
market has donated approximately 180
million pounds of food through our
grocery rescue program this equates to
approximately 150 million meals for
people in need in our local communities
in 2020 alone whole foods market donated
over 27 million meals to food rescue and
redistribution programs nationwide whole
foods isn't the only company to have an
issue with dumping still good products
bath and body works is another company
well known in the dumpster diving
community tick-tocker leah also known as
diving with leah has over 700k followers
and has a number of viral videos she is
known for her successful hauls at the
candleline fragrance empire in one of
her most viral videos with over 10
million views she managed to find
several candles and a couple of body
lotions
all of this might seem unsanitary and it
may seem hard to reach or climb into
dumpsters leah showed how she sometimes
uses a grabber tool to collect the items
another popular tick talker brandon
tylers shared how dumpster diving at
bath and body works changed his life in
the back of the store usually after
clothes when no one's there you can find
these broken candles in their dumpsters
for free okay they're just usually
shattered and you've got to break the
glass off but anyway so today i broke
the glass off of frozen lake and you
know what it honestly smells like
smells like saving money some didn't
think this hack was the best way to go
about things how about instead of
risking your health from being around
broken glass you can go to ross or
marshalls for a cheaper price
it's giving mr crabs vibes good for you
though haha things got interesting when
former bath and bodyworks employees
commented on the video bringing up their
experiences
i worked there for almost a year and
sometimes i would volunteer to take the
trash out so i could take all the candle
bags and hide them to get later the
amount of product i witnessed being
wasted at that place when i worked there
was astronomical
as a former bath and body works employee
i'm happy
seeing all of these free products and
how easy it is to get them makes it
really intriguing for the normal
everyday person to put it to the test t
bales a lifestyle vlogger with over 130k
followers did just this and documented
her first dive on tiktok y'all
i did a thing today
i went dumpster diving
i know some of you are like what in the
world this is so random but this has
been something that i have wanted to do
like
literally forever boom boom
boom wow she said she had been inspired
by dumpster diving mama and wanted to
try it out for herself another popular
dumpster diving tick tocker jennifer who
has over 1 million followers found a
surprising number of party decor items
discarded oh my god
who needs streamers this is
ridiculous
i love it
well i don't love it this should never
happen this should all be donated
to
the thrift store the church
the schools this is just silly
beyond silly
that this kind of waste exists
people were appalled at the amount
wasted this stuff doesn't expire like it
makes no sense
it should be illegal to throw this stuff
away instead of donating
if this stuff went to schools the
teachers could use it to decorate their
classrooms instead of spending their own
money someone claiming to be a party
city employee said the store didn't
follow procedure i'm a manager at a
party city and all that was supposed to
be donated shaking my head after
cleaning up at party city she went to a
five below dumpster where she found a
number of goodies including a phone case
a wig a rug and some essential oils
this time she claimed 99 of her findings
would be donated another popular
dumpster diving site is cvs pharmacy in
their dumpsters divers find all kinds of
things from nail polish to sealed snacks
tick tocker grab it fast found a whole
stash of makeup products in the cbs
dumpster dumpster diving mama found a
bag of adorable kids accessories and
stationery what's up guys i'm at cvs and
i peeked in
and saw this little bag oh i think it's
claire's stuff oh my god they're so cute
lip gloss
these are so freaking cute i got
headbands
wow diving junkies found perfectly
sealed safety items that we all had
trouble finding earlier in 2020.
cbs
and there was this box back here and i
opened it up
look at this
brand new
and they are blowing them away
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full of hand sanitizing
jennifer hit gold when she found a bag
of household products that were cleared
from the shelves at the height of the
pandemic let's see what cvs has for us
today
uh that looks like a good bag with
freaking toilet paper in it hold on
okay
so somebody pooped a hole in it so they
have to throw it away
same with this one there's a little hole
this is amazing dumpster diver priscilla
perez also had good luck at her local
cvs
last night i found three bags full of
food inside of a cvf dumpster and only
about half of this food ended up being
past its best buy day food and
miscellaneous items are not the only
things you can find fashion items are
constantly being thrown out
tick-tocker akia mishino found boxes of
brand new shoes y'all take a look at
this just decided to take a peek at one
of the notch drums and there was two
huge boxes of steve madden brand new
tick tocker kayla stewart found a luxury
bag i spotted this
check this out
freaking louis vuitton
made in france official louis vuitton
not a knockoff
i don't think
real leather for sure glamour d dye
found a box of gucci perfume what's even
more fun than finding free clothes
finding furniture in great shape leah
found an essential piece for every home
this is why i always say
check the boxes there were two mirrors
in here
one is shattered which is this one i
just got out this one look what's not
shattered
the second mirror
it's only sixty dollars but i was just
about to buy a mirror glamour d dye
found expensive furniture that your feet
will love this is actually a super
high-end drugstore as you can see this
one was eight thousand dollars
but this dumpster was stacked full of
rugs it was crazy it did rain and that
kind of killed the ones on top i had to
do some digging i found a couple that i
thought were really cool and they
weren't even dirty or wet this frog i
found is worth twelve hundred dollars
super soft no stains or anything and
this one i found is worth eight hundred
dollars so cute i can't wait to clean
them tick tocker diving junkies hit a
jackpot on a gamer's
in paradise look at all these chairs
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tick tocker tashmiya also known as
diving with tash found a beautiful piece
for the living room that usually costs
thousands of dollars but this is a
complete full sectional undamaged i
literally
tried my hardest to get this sectional
out
i truly did
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now back to the story dumpster diving
seems like a no-brainer free food and
products can save a whole lot of money
but not everyone has the best
experiences some dives are disappointing
when items are purposely broken here are
just a few
a cut up coach shoe and bag
cut up victoria's secret bras
torn up bags of pet food from an unnamed
pet store
scribble decorative signs and lanterns
with missing glass
bed bath and beyond spray painted sliced
up and poured coffee grounds on the
products going into the dumpster junk
food is also cut up here at cvs and look
what they did
i open
every bag of candy not the nerds
but like
every single bag
unfortunately that's not the most
disappointing thing you can find during
your dive things hit a whole new level
of shock and disgust when some people
found live pets thrown away outside pet
stores tick-tocker glamour d-day found a
creature of the sea okay guys i am so
disgusted oh my gosh
this betta fish
no top he was floating in styrofoam with
mixed up water
it's really hard to tell but i promise
he's alive glamour d-dive ended up
saving the betta fish and putting him in
the fish tank she already owned on
another occasion glamour did i found
another live fish a fairy rass this is
the box that came in they threw their
fish deliveries in the cardboard
dumpster unfortunately this fish was
having a tough time glamour d-dive
explained that due to being in the trash
for hours the fish developed an illness
called swim bladder disease causing it
to swim upside down okay i'm home now
you can see
you can actually see now that he's alive
tick tocker rose d diving found a small
furry animal in the dumpster outside a
pet store
okay i am dumpster diving and there is
something
moving inside this bag
oh my god
hamster or a mouse not a hamster oh my
gosh rose took the hamster home and gave
her a new home multiple people found
small feathery animals in the dumpster i
am shocked
appalled i'm angry
look at this guy
hello
oh
it's a live
bird are you kidding me
i just found him in
the dumpster
look what i found in pekka's dumpster
one of the dumpster divers found the
bird during working hours and approached
the petco manager about the terrifying
situation he didn't have much to say
this was in your trash this is a live
bird that was in the petco trash
and it's a parakeet a lot that is not
what we do
well this is unacceptable
yeah
aside from the terrifying finds petco
also trashes pet supplies tick tocker
glamour d-dive went to a petco and found
a puppy gate dog toys and even a shock
collar
so why do people dumpster dive the
reasons may inspire you to live life
more fearlessly and strategically in an
interview with the sun dumpster diving
freaking revealed she works full-time in
a financial position but wants to save
up enough money so she's able to retire
by the age of 30. she explained she is
part of the fire movement which stands
for financial independence retire early
she added that in addition to saving
money through her halls she's also able
to donate large portions of her findings
to food banks others such as
professional dumpster diver matt malone
use dumpster diving to provide
additional income for themselves despite
earning a six-figure salary at a
consulting firm matt spends most of his
off time dumpster diving and reselling
barely tampered products for profit
which makes more money than his
full-time job cameron mcclaish another
dumpster diver wrote a personal piece
for the huffington post where he spoke
about the benefits of diving i'm
standing in front of fresh artisanal
breads crisp green vegetables fine
gourmet cheeses and pristine slabs of
meat these things are expensive and out
of my budget or they would be except
they're all free this seemingly endless
buffet is one of the many times i've
discovered high quality food while
dumpster diving around the u.s he
claimed to have gotten his start as a
college student living in london most of
his grocery shopping was done at night
due to his busy schedule when the store
would be closing he noticed they would
put fresh produce out in bags when he
asked to purchase it the employees
refused to sell it to him because of
liability risks so cameron took the
opportunity to begin dumpster diving he
said he continued to dumpster dive while
traveling the world and learned that
food waste is a global problem according
to the natural resources defense council
40 of america's food goes to waste
dumpster diving is especially popular
with people who want to live sustainable
lifestyles it gives them the opportunity
to take someone else's waste and give an
item a new life or put it to use before
it expires
most of us still associate dumpsters
with gross trash so how do these
influencers find all these good quality
items for free
shell bisley a youtuber who focuses on
sustainable and low waste living shared
how she safely dumpster dives at ulta
she goes equipped with a headlight and
gloves to keep herself safe while diving
this is my setup my gopro and my
headlamp as we mentioned ulta often
destroys their products before throwing
them away to prevent customers from
diving and trying to return the items
for money in some cases it's illegal to
dumpster dive at ulta in a past video of
ours a former employee mentioned diving
could be considered stealing
so is it possible for you to safely
dumpster dive planning and knowing your
stores are key make sure you know the
laws in the area frugal mama from the
frugal family on youtube advises not to
trespass or pick locks picking a
dumpster lock is considered trespassing
frugal mama said there's a lot she takes
into consideration when diving such as
if the place has security guards what
time it opens and closes when is garbage
pickup day so she can time the dive
perfectly and she always makes sure to
have room in her car dumpster diving
freaking gave advice on which kinds of
foods are okay to take one never take
warm food
these are warm i'll take probably one or
two of these bags those are too warm for
me to take so i'm actually gonna
throw them back in the dumpster to don't
take broken items
i was able to save five of the little
aloe plants three only take sales
thrown items
i did just find oh it's so cold
uh some turkey bacon take a look at that
it's still cold and sealed so i'll
probably take that but is dumpster
diving actually legal can someone get in
trouble for it dumpster diving is
technically legal in all 50 states but
some cities have garbage ordinances and
can ban dumpster diving within their
municipalities and cities furthermore
some locations require a permit or
license to dumpster dive according to
treasure pursuits several cities in
illinois such as chicago aurora rockford
and juliet require permits ranging from
50 to 250
depending on the city so as you can see
it's very important to check the laws
within your city before you dive another
important law to consider is if a
dumpster is on private property it's
illegal to trespass and look inside just
looks like a bunch of boxes
and that's about it
no
all right
you can also get a trespassing charge if
you break off the lock to access the
trash or enter the property when there
are no trespassing signs laws vary from
state to state but take california for
example a trespassing charge could land
someone up to six months in jail and a
fine of up to a thousand dollars but
what happens if you get caught even if
it's legal in your city they were
watching from inside but it's legal to
dumpster dive
most of the time it will go smoothly
side-eye kept diving and you wouldn't
believe what happened next
not a damn thing
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but some employees take it more
seriously dumpster divers chris and
holly shared their awkward interaction
at walmart a situation no one ever wants
to find themselves in i had like eight
employees come out
right after we turned the camera off six
to eight employees came out we're like
you can't be doing it here because they
wore nothing come back for president
dumpster diver jennifer had bad luck
with one employee i've only been caught
like three times and the only one time
somebody was actually like kind of upset
about it and like said you know just
told me to leave basically like nothing
bad happened sometimes things get a bit
scary when security shows up but the
interactions aren't always bad glamour
d-dive showed us a glimpse of what a
positive interaction with the
authorities can look like
you again
again yes
i was like
i'm familiar with this car yeah
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as long as you do your research and are
there legally it's likely no one will
bother you youtuber abandoned
exploration squad and a friend were
stopped by police when they were diving
at party city and explained they were
dumpster diving for candy and gifts to
donate to local food banks and women's
shelters they shared their positive
experience they understand like that we
were there with good intentions we
weren't like we weren't trying to take
all this candy for ourselves we were
trying to donate it and like make the
world a better place and they understood
that but sometimes you can still get in
trouble welcome to the dark side of
dumpster diving where laws may not be so
clear-cut and the reason why products
are trashed may go unnoticed tick tocker
grab it fast was stopped by a police
officer and security guard and their
initial interaction was positive there's
no no trespassing on it it's not locked
there's a lock there that they could
very well use and they don't
yeah i'm looking at all that same stuff
as far as stuff once it goes into the
dumpster
but things took a turn for the worse
when a small detail was shared well the
lid was closed
it's on it's like
breaking at that point
just because the lid's closed yeah
because you had to move something in
order i just i just opened it
yeah but opening is the breaking so when
they say breaking and entering it
doesn't necessarily mean physically
breaking something it means basically
like opening like if a door is unlocked
but you open the door to enter you've
now broken as you can see things can get
pretty messy if the store decides to
pursue any legal action against you
because of a minor detail i'm just going
to grab your information
i'm going to ask you to leave for the
night youtuber thug print was looking
through garbage bins outside people's
homes but someone in the neighborhood
was angry about this and called the cops
on him
here today
well i was looking for the bottles of
people left out after canada today
well yeah okay i'll get your license
registration insurance boost after a
long discussion the officers decided
they wouldn't arrest him but instead
would tow his car which he had to pay
vehicle-related fines for a few people
share their unfortunate experiences in
the comments of tick-tock dumpster
diving videos my brother took melted
down aluminum from a dumpster and he
ended up arrested and is now a felon due
to the value of the aluminum be careful
my girls and i got caught was told next
time we will be given a citation one
viewer warned other dumpster divers to
be careful at ulta be careful dumpster
diving in ulta they break glass and pour
chemicals sometimes on accident on stuff
dumpster diver bin bin also exposed how
one dollar tree made it deadly to
consume any of the food thrown away so
it looks like they
poured out all of the food
and then covered it in bleach
other stories were so outrageous they
made it into the news the washington
post reported a story from october 2016
where two brothers tom and sam troyer
were arrested while dumpster diving
outside a cvs store in hershey
pennsylvania not only were they looking
for food for themselves but they were
looking to donate the large amounts of
discarded food to charities
unfortunately their good nature got them
into serious trouble detroiters were
arrested and charged with defiant
trespassing and loitering and prowling
at night both third degree misdemeanors
while avoiding an arrest can sometimes
be in your control health risks are
harder to predict much of the produce
looks perfectly fine but we can't see
the potential dangers with a simple
glance a big reason companies throw out
large quantities of food is often due to
recalls or food expiring eating
contaminated or expired food could leave
someone exposed to a number of viruses
in december 2021 bis tech enterprises
incorporated and biztack groceries
incorporated recalled every single
product they made because of salmonella
caused by a rodent infestation in early
february 2022 the centers for disease
control cdc recalled onions from the
district of columbia and puerto rico as
they were linked to a salmonella
outbreak thankfully the outbreak ended
quickly and no one lost their life but
over a thousand people got sick from it
early february 2022 also had the cdc
recalling salad mixes produced by dole
as they were linked to cases of listeria
this ended tragically claiming two lives
up to 500 items per year are pulled from
the shelves by the american food and
drug association fda the scary part is
food with salmonella doesn't taste any
different from uninfected food so it's
not easy to tell if what you're eating
has been contaminated food safety news
reported the list of recalled foods may
include dry foods such as grains beans
flour grocery canned goods fats and oils
drinks meat products fish products baked
goods spices and milk powder and what
about the expired foods food borne
illnesses could be your enemy in our
slash dumpster diving someone asked if
people had ever gotten sick eating
dumpster food and people had varying
responses
someone with 30 years of dumpster diving
experience only got sick a few times but
explained how it can be different for
others
20 years ago i got mono probably from
second hand food i've gotten the runs a
few times from stuff that was going bad
but i drink a lot of espresso anyway one
of my roommates has a sensitive stomach
and we are keeping him away from the
dumpster food mostly in general i have a
good sense of what i can eat after 30
years of doing this another user said a
friend of theirs had gotten sick my
friend got really sick from eating what
looked like freshly thrown out warm
chinese food well the next thing you
know he had pissed for days and
constantly ended up with a bad case of
staff i understand most people will
avoid dumpster chinese food haha but
there are some who take that chance you
have to learn to accept that dumpster
food is never 100 safe to eat the
canadian medical association journal
released an article talking about the
health risks that can come with eating
dumpster food jim chan the manager of
food safety at toronto public health in
ontario cautions people that there's a
reason people throw food out carla esco
a public health consultant and professor
in the environmental health department
at concordia university college in
edmonton alberta spoke of how risky
dumpster diving can be as no one knows
what's in the garbage karla brought up a
number of risks that divers face
including possible injuries from nails
broken glass and other sharp objects
that may be in a dumpster there's also
the possibility of becoming ill from
bacteria as the dumpsters themselves are
breeding grounds for bacteria and some
are sprayed with pesticides the food in
the bins can come into contact with
these pesticides and even fecal matter
from outdoor animals which can infect
any open wounds according to carla jim
added that washing food also doesn't
guarantee the chemicals or pesticides
will be washed away common food
poisoning can set in within 6 to 16
hours of eating the food however
foodborne illnesses like hepatitis a can
take anywhere from 15 to 50 days to make
itself known
disease isn't the only thing to worry
about when diving your life could be on
the line
in january 2020 a north carolina woman
went missing while presumably dumpster
diving
a month later 30 year old stephanie
cox's remains were found in a landfill
investigators believe while stephanie
was dumpster diving at a five below in
her area stephanie was unable to make it
out of the dumpster before it was
serviced by a garbage truck the
burlington north carolina police
department released a statement about
the situation this case brings to light
the dangers associated with collections
from dumpsters the commonly known
practice of dumpster diving is not safe
dumpster diving may seem like a good way
to save money and reduce waste but it's
not worth risking your life over with
all these dumpsters seemingly filled
with unsold food and products you might
be wondering how and why we got here in
the first place and you may be wondering
how we can stop this waste especially
food waste but the answers aren't
exactly easy and the solutions don't
work for everyone in our past video we
spoke about why stores overstock their
shelves just to throw a lot of it out a
lot of the time it can be hard to
estimate how much product they'll need
so they'll order extra to avoid running
out or they'll overstock to encourage
consumers to buy more unfortunately
large retailers and supermarkets don't
have a perfect system figured out in
fact according to the guardian
approximately 45 of all fruits and
vegetables 35 of fish and seafood 30 of
cereals and 20 percent of meat and dairy
products are wasted by retailers and
suppliers this isn't necessarily the
buyer's fault but we can help do our
part by reducing waste in our lives by
doing things like composting recycling
and reusing items if you want to take
things a step further you can shop at
farmers markets as they contribute to
less waste
sadly a lot of food and products will
continue to get tossed and as long as
that continues dumpster divers will
continue to give this waste a new life
dumpster diving isn't for the faint of
heart getting caught by employees or
officers can be embarrassing or
frightening for some the situation is
even more nerve-wracking when there's a
possibility you could be charged for a
number of unrelated issues
it's a strange world we live in where
taking someone's trash can still upset
them even if the end result has a
positive effect on the world i called
one of the store managers i said i'm not
wanting to make a mess or anything i was
just wondering if um if it was okay if i
checked in your dumpster and stuff and
she was like
well
um i put locks on my dumpster because
people were stealing out of my dumpsters
so
and that made me so
i wanted to laugh so bad
stealing out of your dumpsters
i just don't understand how people think
the way that they think it's like it's
going to the landfill why do you even
care dumpster diving is a way of living
for many people it's their way of
feeling liberated and allows them to
give back to the community in ways they
never could before as long as you
respect the laws within your city and
stay protected dumpster diving is
harmless this is the story about how
dumpster divers are changing how we see
waste