A new treasure hunting game called “dumpster diving”. You don’t know what you will find in the dumpster.
– Dickson Idlier
Dumpster Diving or Urban foraging has popularized by Freeganism. It is an act of salvaging or recovering usable or edible stuff from the dumpsters or trash bins. The main purpose for such activity is to prevent or reduce wastage of usable or edibles stuff from being incinerated or sent to landfills. In any times where people unable to feed themselves or stuff for survival, saddens many people why such resources are not channelled to these needy people. It is unthinkable finding usable stuff in trash but in reality, it is highly possible, at least in cities such as Singapore and America.
There are older seniors pushing trolleys with big paper box, salvaging recyclable materials in exchange for cash. Recyclable materials like cardboards, newspapers, aluminium cans, iron or steel parts can be exchanged. In Singapore, these are the earlier dumpster divings.
In my opinion, there is no right or wrong, legal or illegal about it. It is about survival for some people who chose to do it. Since Freeganism has more publicized in recent years, this activity associated with it also got popular, especially in urban areas, like cities. Most people just treat it as an experience but the rewards are huge.
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