From scooters to shampoo - the people saving hundreds from dumpster diving
Summary
People in the UK and the United States search commercial dumpsters for usable clothes, household goods and other items. They keep, donate, remake or sell what they find, saying the practice helps them save money and reduce waste.Key Facts
- North London mother Darryl Baker says she found clothes, children's scooters and other items outside a supermarket after asking staff for permission to take them.
- Baker estimates she saved hundreds of pounds during a six-month period this year.
- Baker keeps some finds for her family, donates some and sells others; she recently sold a men's Barbour jacket for £30.
- Jeff Ferrell, a 72-year-old in Fort Worth, Texas, says he has dumpster-dived for more than 50 years and still searches daily by bicycle.
- Ferrell says he sells scrap metal for about $150 every two weeks and that his wife sells some other finds online.
- London stylist Millie Diamond searches discarded textiles and clothing, remakes some into new items and sells some of them.
- Essex resident Charlotte Bayford says she has not bought shampoo for eight years, finding partly used toiletries discarded by university students.
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