Talk about a filthy habit. A cost-conscious woman who ditched a good job to pursue her passion for dumpster diving claims to have saved $50,000 on clothing and other essentials in just two years.

Quick question — what comes to mind when you hear the term “dumpster diving?” A sketchy stranger in the night, feeling down on their luck, scrounging around in desperation for someone’s grimy box of ...

Meet the woman who has not done a supermarket shop in four years — and gets all of her meals from the dumpster. Sofie Juel-Anderson, 30, started dumpster diving in October 2020 while living in Sydney, ...

On social media, the scene plays out again and again: people plunging into dumpsters and finding discarded treasures like luxury purses, video games and brand-new makeup kits. In recent years, the ...

A man looks for scrap material in a dumpster at a construction site in Delano in this April 23, 2025, photo. Travis Heying The Wichita Eagle Social media has become a form of research for many looking ...

Many in Boston dumpster dive during “Allston Christmas”, an informal sidewalk shopping holiday that occurs when people move in and out of apartments in the city on Sept. 1. In Massachusetts, there’s ...