/diy/ - Do It Yourself

Glorious bump!

man, when I was a kid I used to go dumpster diving with this other kid that nobody else liked because he pissed his pants all the time and had to wear diapers to school, and we'd pick up electronics and take them home and they always worked, and said he wanted to take them apart and mess with the parts but we were only like ten years old and I told him it was impossible. But now I like to mess around with electronics and I would have had a lot of good shit from that but I threw it all away because it took up too much space. Oh yeah and later that kid turned out to be gay and he also had the biggest jew nose I think I've ever seen in my life.

>>31410
I once found an unopened copy of Jet Set Radio Future in a dumpster, no fucking lie.

>>31431

End this thread now, nothing can top this

>>31431
>Jet Set Radio Future in a dumpster
Some people have shit taste throwing away that awesome game.

>>31442
You must be new to 4chan. Threads don't "end" until they get bumped off the board.

About two months ago i found a marijuana plant.
Sold it at school for 40 bucks.

no lie

I love finding furniture and tools. I work at a mall so some times i find a cool display or discarded mock ups. I may invest in a pick up so i can get bigger things and bring em home.

>>31457

You must be new to 4chan...
>taking a post seriously

mfw

best thing I ever found...

a fully working 5.1 surround sound system, grabbed it about 2 minutes before it started raining.

>>31471
your face looks like you're underage like your other post

reported

>>31410
Found a very nice spicerack, like a huge one with brass decoration, I'm painting it white now because the old color was repulsive, it'll look fantastic.

Plans are to sell it with all the other shit I've gethered at the flee market next month.

Who the fuck goes dumpster diving? I hope everyone ITT is a troll.

when i was a wee lad I went with my dad and grandparents to pick up metals and good things that were left with the trash (not trashbags, the "bigger" stuff)

nowadays there are too many people cruising around for metal and most of the other stuff isn't placed outside anymore but goes straight to the junk yard

>>31550
I dumpster dive out of curiosity. You can learn a lot of things from their refuse. Also copper and aluminum is easy money.

people seem to be thowing out their old stero systems. I have found recievers, turn tables, multi disc CD players and huge speakers out in the alleys by my house, without even really looking for them.

>>31583
same here, i guess they want newer and better. Also those things are getting cheaper. I'm surprised I haven't seen any old school TV's being left about.

>>31589
newer and better? I think not. The old gear is WAY better. People just want smaller bullshit like iPads. Record players dude. Get one.

>>31550 here

I thought this was /g/, that's why I found it so hard to believe. The autism and dumpster diving is consistent with the board i'm on now that I think about it.

>>31594
love some good old turntable record players.
>>31595
a hobby is a hobby, we all have our quirks.

Any tips on entering and exiting dumpsters? I went urban exploring for the first time tonight, and just snuck back in the house.
I didn't bring anything back, but I spotted enough cool things to have made it all worth it. The fun of the adventure is the journey, right?

CAPTCHA: measure cryday

>>31638
Just make sure you don't get stuck also watch out for glass and shit, use you UE gear and you should be fine.

sounds dangerous

>>31668
nah you just gotta be careful

>>31668
also

HUUUUUNHUNHUN

>>31638
And one more thing.
When you go UE to like big places, Never go alone.
and bring first aid Just in case

capatcha: treasures lidelig

I've found old guitars, computers, radio equipment all while going through dumpsters.

sometimes, they are in perfect condition except for one component.

The best things i have found were an Ibanez acoustic guitar from the 70's, 1970's pioneer stereo reciever/amplifier and a bondi blue Apple imac G3.

I've never been dumpster diving, but every tuesday i drive around and look through peoples hard rubbish that they leave on the footpath to be collected.

I always end up chatting with this guy who goes around picking up scrap metal.

>>31683
did you find any neat guitars?

I found a early 50s Blaupunkt Tokio radio. It was full of paint but it worked quite well.

So I removed the paint, sanded the wooden exterior and gave it a nice polishjob so it looks like I just left the store.
I also bought such a short range VHF transmitter so I can transmit the music from my mp3 to the radio.

It works very fine as jukebox in my party room.

ever found any corpses?

Got a dumpster outside my house were the nearby factory (which makes children furniture) there they throw anything they measure wrong by the millimeter, so they throw a bunch of round sticks ca 50 cm loong, and other small woodscraft, any ideas what to do with it?

>>31682
>>31638
Nobody gives a fuck about your fucking captchas.

>>31792
mad

Capatcha: all. biliabi

Bump

anotherbump

found a gameboy advance

>>31831
This is a slow board, no need to bump every 30 seconds.

yetanotherbump

>>31835

I live in a fairly rural area where everybody brings their shit to a waste collection facility (the dump) and they truck off the trash. At the dropoff dock people will leave stuff that maybe somebody could do something with, but they don't want. I've found a bunch of stuff there.

Best find: two 12" AC/DC CRT TV/VCRs, the kind that they put in vans before LCDs were common. Remotes & power cords included. One had no sound, so I took it apart & all that was wrong was the speaker wire had wiggled loose. The other had a tape stuck in it. Easy fix, plus the tape was a kids movie that my little sister wanted.

Old thread
>>23693

The Art and Science of Dumpster Diving John Hoffman.pdf
>http://www.mediafire.com/?cv51x88yl9uducy

mostly I look only into paper collection dumpsters, because in the others way to much nasty stuff is in

I found
Good books: My favorite still The Shining
a BUNCH of Biker Mags with Biker chicks in it ... shit was cash for me as 16yo boy (15 years ago lol)
a bunch of old US Penthouse, I wished I hadn't tossed them after a while, they were from 1970-1980

another time i looked into a metal dumpster, found a still working lawnmower (wth)

I hope I am lucky and will find a 5.1 system like one in here, thats something I need *lol*

Okay, guys, I saw a thread about this a couple of days ago, so I went out to see what I could find later that night.

Every single dumpster I went to had a private property sign on it.

Every. Single. One.

Do you guys just ignore them? I'd really like to not get arrested for something so stupid.

>>31872
ignore them. if confronted say you dropped your watch or something in it

>>31638
Urbex? Take nothing but photos, leave nothing but footprints. Start stealing shit and you become just like every other tosser that goes in and trashes any site they can find.

how do you dress/ what gear do you brign when scavenging?
I would imagine: backpack
some kinda grippy thing/gaffa stick
some clothes you dont mind getting dirty and dont use often so youre not easily identifiable

what i dont get is why companies lock up their trash.
you've throw it away, you don't want it. so what if someone else pick it up, your plan was to just ship it to the landfill!

>>31894
If I saw someone dressed like that rifling through a skip I'd call the fucking cops.
I imagine cheap casual wear, unless you want to look like a hobo for getting out of tough situations with the homeless and poor excuse.

when people have furniture they dont want here they just put it outside the house with a note saying "give me a home"
works every time

>>31894

>>31897
To protect themselves from litigation if some numpty goes and injures their dumb ass rifling through it

>>31894
kevlar gloves
protects well enough against the occasional sharp bit of junk and it adds damage should you ever need to punch someone.
not that you are likely to NEED to punch someone while dumpster diving... but walking around at night, well you never know when you run into some chavs

>>31897
They don't lock it to protect what's already in there. Waste disposal is fucking expensive; they're stopping people coming by and sticking like a sofa or whatever in their dumpster because it takes up their space.

>>31919

>>31894
Since it's fall i have.

an old military jacket
an old military backpack
hiking boots
flashlight+backup batteries
walkitakie
gloves
a long stik
axe
hammer
miltitool

>>31932

When I lived in Manhattan I furnished the apartment by dumpster diving. Keep an eye on large schools and commercial buildings, they throw out a lot of perfectly good stuff. Most big apartment basements also have an area near the garbage for larger items, and sometimes an area to put items that you don't want but are still good.

One time while I was visiting a friend in Vegas we hit this really rich neighborhood the night before trash day. Lots of good, new, still packaged items. Got a nice laptop case that night. You would be amazed the things people just throw out.

The biggest piece of advice I could give, other than always have a buddy with you, is to just act natural about it. If you are acting like it's normal that you are there most people won't even take notice of you.

Behind Walgreens my friend and I found 2 full boxes of arizona green tea, a box of candy canes, and a floating Ipod boombox for the pool. All brand new stuff.
Oh, and the grocery store right by my house throws away huge bags of baked goods every day, sometimes I can intercept them

Eh, all I found worth anything to me was a shit ton of Legos.

>>31965
>Implying that's not awesome as fuck
I miss legos.

>>31965
>implying finding Legos isn't the best possible outcome that everyone secretly hopes for.

OH! I worked at a goodwill for a while during high school, and dear god almighty There was a 3x3x3 box full of Transformers, Legos, and other usual boy toys!
[spoiler]I couldn't buy it, and they shipped it to the goodwill factory ;___;.

I don't know if this counts but one time I found a brand new CD player in the trashcan while I was dumping my own trash.

Fuck, i live in Mexico dump diving is more like a career, i mean seriusly people live from this shit, a lot of people.

You need to be really lucky to find something that someone else throw and nobody has taken it yet.

Lets see....
I used to work in a recycling plant.
In three months I pulled out
2 ceramic carafes, undamaged
2 brass spigots in perfect condition
A beer mug in perfect condition(after some washing it has become a much beloved drinking mug
Small brass machine parts of all kinds

Also pulled a perfectly good recliner from the curb one garbage day. it's sitting in a corner of my room. there is very little damage whatsoever to it, just a couple tiny flakes of vinyl missing from the front of one of the arms. barely even noticeable.

Hi /diy/,
I live in the UK, in a particularly rough neighbourhood, but I want to start doing this. Any general advice? Clothes to wear, being aware of people, etc.
First post on /diy/

If you live in a large metropolis, remember that soft/porous materials (like mattresses and upholstered furniture) are good vectors for bedbugs. WATCH OUT, FRIEND

I scavenged a metal IKEA shelving unit from the trash, then bought a cheap old carpet off craigslist. I cut up the carpet and used zipties to attach it to the shelving unit, with some pieces of foam underneath. It's my cats' favorite thing to scratch and sleep on.

>>32040
Well bro just use common sense and wear clothing that you don't mind wearing down.

do it at the evening and bring a flashlight and a friend

It's me in the hut i built with my friend this summer, it have been built between two dumps. One that recycle electronics and another one that just recovers stuff for i don't know what. Me and my friend found an insane amount of treasure here. I couldn't tell you everything we found because it's an insane amount. But i found a bazillion, old macintosh, around 10/15, other and old computers, some atari 1040 ste, my friend found three amiga two 500 and one 600, two amstrad cpc 6128, gamecubes, xboxs 360, playstation 1, playstation 2, game gear, sega master system I and II, nes, megadrive I and II, a vectrex an insane amount of laptops, super old and awesome cameras, books, tv, a friend found a super badass computer that is better than my actual one. toys turn table, vinyls, collectible stamps, bicycles, a knife that worth 200€, i also found the piano i am playing with on the picture and it worth 400€.

>>32080
Sir, that's a keytar.

Not exactly dumpster diving per se, but the local dump has a give and take section which has some pretty neat stuff sometimes. Old computers, Legos, bikes, etc.

>>32150
Yes i forgot his name. It's the yamaha shs-10

so guys, I live in a building in a fairly nice neighborhood. People are encouraged to separate their trash here so I was considering maybe starting to go over their stuff late at night. Do you think it´s a good idea? Some people who live in my building are very rich, I suppose best time to go through their stuff would be middle of the night, right?

I know there was a tripfag form /sci/ when it first opened up who raided an old ball bearing factory in the UK for a bunch of stuff. The place was a goldmine. He got things like flasks, beakers, titration equipment, some strange and dangerous chemicals, probably some specialized metal equipment, books and more. I should track those threads down, they were probably archived.

I found enough food to feed my house and four others for a month in a single night.

The computer I'm typing on (A Compaq Laptop DualCore, 2GB RAM, etc.) was in a dumpster. The only thing I had to buy was the power cord, which I jerry-rigged to the right voltage for the PC.

I love dumpstering. trashwiki.org!

>>32194
bump for halp :(

>>32280
Check out trashwiki.org

THe speakers in my soundsystem are found. I also have a shitty projector, videogames, and a slew of old computers and computer speakers.

Never done this, but I've heard you can get three or four people each to order a couple medium or large pizzas near the end of the day... 30-45 minutes before closing. Then wait for closing time. Don't actually come get the pizzas. They'll probably take a couple pizzas home and throw the rest in the dumpster, still hot and sealed.

Does anyone know if this is true?

kind of not into the diving thing at the moment (although I just got a letter from tafe saying I owe them a shitton of money, so I may need to out of neccesity)

my question is, what do I do with my old stuff to make sure it can be reused easily.

like, if I have an old stereo or something, and maybe it's broken, or maybe I've just upgraded, how can I make sure someone who is either interested in my old tech, or someone who can repair an otherwise good piece of equipment gets their hands on it, and it doesn't show up in landfill?

(I just read that electronics with cut cords are no good, so I will start cutting the cords of anything which I throw out which is currently not working)

>>32320
>I will start cutting the cords of anything which I throw out which is currently not working
There are people who dive who can fix shit... why not give them that opportunity?

>>32323
If they can fix it they can probably also wire up a new cord, no?

Anyhow. I'd just put a "faulty" label on it

When do you guys go and do this?At night?

I tried this a few years ago with my step brothers.

We were idiots and would dumpster dived local mcdonalds because that Monopoly game shit was going on.We had 3 of the pieces we needed so we would just scavenge for the cups and shit people forgot to peel.

This crazy black dude chased after us with his car screaming, "What are you doing!?" so ended the dumpster diving.

>>31894
I'm downloading S.T.A.L.K.E.R. now

>>32320
I mean easily replacable or fixable cords.
For instance if I were throwing out a computer (which I wouldn't because I'm very /g/) I would cut the kettle cable coming out of the power supply to signify "This doesn't work atm, if you wanna fix, go right ahead"

Can anyone confirm that this is a good practice to follow?

I remember living next to this church as a kid. Every few weeks, the church would sponsor a huge flea market/rummage sale sort of thing and whatever they didn't sell, they'd often throw in the giant dumpster behind the church.

I used to find some random weird ass old people shit in that dumpster..

Nowadays, I'm more efficient. I get first pick of the trash at work and that gets me plenty of free materials for projects and some occasionally random shit, like rare earth magnets, foam yoga mats, sheets of silicon rubber, chains, ropes, and other shit..

You'd be surprised at the kind of stuff a GameStop will throw out on a regular basis. Too bad the rest of it goes in a compactor for our store.

I would go dumpster diving they day after a game at the local high school football field.

You'd be surprised how many people threw away cash. I've found twenties and fifties just chucked into a dumpster.

Picture is unrelated.

>Go dumpster diving behind clinic because I saw an old ghetto blaster
>Prick self on needle
>Now sores break out all over my body, feel weak all the time, and I always feel too hot or too cold
>What do?

I once found a .38 special.

I think someone might have been murdered with it. I found it 3 years ago. I still have it and a box of rounds. I filed the serial number and everything off. It is definitely one of my better finds.

OH! And I once found a massive box of Rockstar Energy Drinks. I drank two of them and sold the other 38 for a buck. Easy money.

My spouse works at a university and at the end of the year kids throw out a bunch of stuff. He usually sees brand new clothes, books, posters, and electronics.

>What glory's have you unearth from smelly dumpsters?
A dual socket pentium 3 server and a pentium 4 and some nice 6 ohm speakers for my receiver. Oh and my current tv is scavenged, it worked fine, but then I had to replace a cap in it, 7 dollars for 5.

>>32343
I began to go dumbster diving at the beginning of the summer with my friends.

as i said earlier on this thread there was two dumps. Both closed at aproximately 18h. So at 18h when they closed the portals. We jumped in the dump and looked for stuffs like if we were looking for treasures. We even have been friend with the guardian. He let us dumpster diving as long as we don't take their copper and other materials.

The boss and apparely all the employees know that we use to go dumpster diving in their dump. So everything is fine we are not so afraid to get caught by the guardian because he is our friend (he lives in a house in front of the dump).

We used to go there early. Chilling in our hut, there were a lot of fruit trees like blackberries, plums, apples and even mint (we made tea with it). we made a garden.

So we used to have fun all the day then at 18 hour we went dumpster diving, and when we finished we stayed in our hut until one or three am. And we even used to bring our food. like eggs, fish sticks, steacks, beverage we made a fire camp everynight to stay warm and to cook our food. Yeah it was a good life. Now we are not so happy to go there. Some weird man stay in our hut i don't know doing what. Maybe doing drug, being drunk... And it's soon the winter, the night fall early and it's not even 18h it's not fun dumpster diving in the dark.

>>31594
>Record players
Laughably false

An old amp? Maybe.

I've always wanted to grab a laptop, no matter how shitty, anyone know the best spots?

>>32463
i would guess that near college campus at the end of the semester, specially if ther are arts, letters, politcs, etc students. They are more likely to throw that stuff, engineers are going to scavenge it or make other projects.

bump

>>31410
Real dumpster divers dive for food too.

>>32557
Hostess packaging plant. Boxes and boxes of cupcakes and dingdongs and oh those were good times.

>>32367
Are you actually retarded? Why would you do that? Do you need wires and cords that bad? Do you just love making things harder for people who might be able to use old things? Do you rip up paintings after you look at them too?

>>32367
Why don't you just tape a post-it note to it saying it's broken?

>mfw everyone here hides their trash behind barbed wire

I've worked for Goodwill too. Ive had to give a box of porn to my boss, one time, feels bad. Every one would try to raid our trash. I don't blame them. We locked our dumpster so people wouldn't get hurt. Well that's what they told me.
worst good will find, box of 30 year old MRE's didn't taste right.
best Goodwill find. Old box of Nintendo Power Magazines

>>32700
'round here the supermarkets destroys food with bleach and even piss on the bread before trashing it so hobos gets intoxicated or disgusted.

i retrieve most ATX cases/keyboards and PSU's from dumpsters, like when a company or public administration renew their computers. they still run msword that's true but they have money to spend on a core2quad for this.

it would be better if the supermarket's staff werent forced to destroy the hardware and tech stuff with a hammer before they trash the non-sold items :<

>>31410
take it to /nig/ nig­ger

I'd love to try dumpster diving. Anyone in the Dallas area?

>>32422
not sure if troll, but that sounds like herpes or an allergic reaction.

Found a unopened ps3 controller and a copy of DBZ budokai for ps2. Gamestop dumpsters can be pretty win

Alright, noob with a question here.
Let's say you were scouting out a new town for possible 'diving spots.
What do you look for, what do you keep in mind, what do you stay away from, and what do you need to know?
I'd imagine that it would be useful to know when trash pickup is, and if you're 'diving a retail store's dumpster, when they close.
How does one find out these things, other than to stakeout the place and wait?

bamp

>>34000
>What do you look for?
Anything you might find interesting
>What do you keep in mind?
Don't do anything stupid and/or retarded
>What do you stay away from?
Places were they throw away dangerous stuff ae chemicals and so on.
>What do you need to know?
Nothing, except use common sens and do try to stay aware of you surroundings!
>How does one find out these things, other than to stakeout the place and wait?
Internets man, use them. If not, then just go there at night i don't think it should be a problem.

Good luck bro!

Best things I've found: Mountain bike, NES, Shitload of nes games.
Worst things I've found:500 dead geckos, a metric ton of rotten pizza and vomit, 50 unactivated microsoft point cards covered in pneumatic oil.

>>34839
>dead animals, vomit, and rotten food

Don't you worry about hepatitis and HIV and shit?

Anyone from NZ dumpster dive? I've never done it but id be keen to hear if anyone around here does/what they've found

I tend to avoid them based on seeing them, so no, no i am not worried.

I used to go dumpster diving almost every night in college. My roommate and I dived and sold on eBay enough crap to pay for a Spring Break trip to Vegas in less than a year.

One night we found two big black trash bags behind a Sprint store. We threw both in the car. Back at the dorm, we started going through them. They were filled with cellphone boxes. Almost all just had a manual and charger (which we resold). In the bottom of the second bag, I pulled out a box that felt heavy. It contained a Treo 600 smartphone (which was Sprint's high-end phone at the time, $400ish). Despite the repair tag on it, it worked fine for me for 2+ years before I upgraded.

Another favorite find was a large (~24x36) wall mirror, complete with antique looking frame that I pulled from a home furnishings store dumpster. On the back was still the price tag for around $150.

>>34847
As long as you don't put that in your mouth... No.

when i come home i wash my hands in disinfectant medical soap, works like a charm.

>>34865 contd
When it comes to dumpster diving, really good finds like the ones in my other post are the exception, not the rule. There were a lot of nights we'd drive around for a couple of hours and not find anything at all. Most nights, we'd only bring in a few bucks worth of stuff. Very rarely, like once every month or two, we'd get lucky and find something really cool or expensive.

As to finding good dumpsters, there's two main strategies. First is to just canvas the area you're in. If you're in a decent sized city, there's probably plenty of different stores around you. After you've dived each remotely interesting place a time or two, you'll get a feel for the ones that are worth coming back to on a regular basis. Some stores have predictable patterns. We learned that a certain drug store would always throw out their old holiday merchandise, so after Halloween, Christmas, Easter, etc., we were assured at least some of the candy and decorations of the season.

Another way to find interesting stuff is to keep an eye out for the large roll-off dumpsters like in OP's pic. They usually signify that a company is renovating or moving, and is likely throwing out some worthwhile items. We scored old laptops, PDAs, and an almost complete business-band radio system this way.

A note of advice to anyone worried about being caught - Boxes. If anyone questions what you are doing, just say you're moving and are looking for boxes. Cops have stopped me a few times in dumpster diving, and that excuse worked every time.

>>34866
>as long as you don't eat the contaminated sludge, hepatitis or HIV can't transmit.

Maybe bitchmode hepatits, but not the real shit.
And HIV doesn't give a FUCK about disinfectant. It doesn't even care about household bleach.

I'd feel like Sasha Grey without getting tested regularly.

>>34905
HIV only stays alive for 3 days outside the host and that's in optimal conditions.

>>34914
They've found HIV to be able to stay alive in dried blood for three days.
The idea that it dies rapidly after leaving the host has become outdated.

Never dumpster dived but found heaps of shit in hard garbage
Tables, chairs, a tv or two, bookcases, baskets (mum collects them), a suitcase full of books and vhs tapes and my favourite, a mannequin head

That feel when you live in a developing country and the best you can find is scrap metal and magazines.

lets see:
the 5.1 system i have hooked up to this pc via optical. a mom tossed it because it was borked. aka, her kids were stuffing shit into the woofer and she didnt know

3 flat screens. sold one, using one, one is for a project

shit tons of XP/2k PCs and monitors

Hard Drives (with shit on it I can't even report to the police or I'd probably go to jail just for having it)

clothes, brand new designer clothes shoes etc

a super nintendo

plug and play video games used for rca connections and popular for mods

a 4x12 guitar cab (works) 100w maybe?

stray dogs (not exactly in dumpsters, but still cast aways) take some training, but are 100% loyal and grateful

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man

where do you guys do this at?

also do you guys just look, or do you actually dig through legit trash. Like leftover food, diapers, etc. Or do you just skim the top

My father and I used to dive back in the 90s.

Go out in a pickup truck on trash day.

Things we looked for:bikes, lawnmowers (surprisingly always a few), PVC tubes, stereos, powertools, furniture, anything that could be fixed.

Most of the mowers just needed a minor tune-up. Otherwise, they were stripped for parts and rebuilt. Run the blades along a grinder and top off the gas tank...BAM easy $20 bucks.

Furniture was stripped, cleaned, and re-upholstered. Couches, chairs, whatever. Could make 40-50 bucks there.

We'd hold a once a month yard sale and sell the stuff. It'd be nothing to have 10 mowers, a couch or 2, and chairs, along with the stereos and speakers set out. Easy 400 to 600 bucks. For a little digging and tinkering every night.

so /diy/vers, been looking for safe gloves to do the work, and need them cheap.
Do you think any on these site will do?
http://www.swisslink.com/products/footwear_handwear-6/p1/#products

thanks!

>>35054
I dig with a stick in the nasty ones.

a 50 inch tv, worked just fine

a full living room furnishings

a 12in subwoofer

alot of metal and wood

multiple shitty tvs

fishing poles

a 70 inch tv that i ended up tossing cause it was to much work and not worth the condidtion

a 70 inch that fell apart before i got it home :(

2 custom gaming pcs with parts from around 2004
the guy said they were shitty pcs and didnt boot hed rather just has his reliable mac LMAO
and even bigger lmao, all they needed was ram

A baby in a garbage bag.

An useful advice i can give you it's waiting for the guardian to come hen he is alone and talk to him in person. Not with all of your friends he will be afraid and won't let you go dumpster diving. If he have a dog you are screwed.

>>35075
I just used to go dumpster diving with these glvoes:
http://www.pfidistribution.com/items/product/117/02-06-2010_13-37-23.jpg

>>35054

In the dump i used to go dumpster diving there was a lot of container. And each container contained the same thing, metal, wood/natural waste, paper/boxes, and in another one clothes and everything else. Sometimes there was manure. Ad in the other dump there is only household appliances, bikes, books, etc. Sometimes in the first dump there was rotten bread. But nothing dangerous

Anyone have run ins with the cops? If so what are the best excuses?

>>35296
I got caught by cops once with my friend, i had a backpack and it was full of things. I just told them the truth because they knew that many people go there and they drive around the dumps area very often. I told them that we went dumpster diving. They told us if they caught us once again they will take us. that's all.

I don't think you can be screwed if they caught you. Or just tell us that you are a student who need money and you are here to find interesting stuff to sell after or for yourself.

Still sweaty as fuck (I ride a bike because fuck paying for gas) from today's morning dive. Just got back with about 10 lbs of peanut bars. Unfortunately they all opened up when I washed them in the sink.. I was going to sell them but oh well.

Just got back from dumpster diving with a friend. He found a NES and two controllers and 9 games in their boxes. Me nothing.

I usually find things such as bread (everything from knäckebröd to soft loafs), cookies, cakes and fruit. Sometimes I find candy (found about 20 kg (40 lbs) chocolate eggs last easter).

>>35766
Every other knäkebröd other than Falun rutiga is shit, but still good find.

Hey guys, I have never dumpster dived before but I'm starting to feel like I really should after reading this thread. I've always had the urge to do so, but I get nervous as shit, like I'll get shanked by a hobo or something. Any advise? What should I wear, gear I should take, do I have to look out for cops, etc.

>>34888
Good idea. Thanks for the tip. I haven't actually gone dumpster diving yet, but I've been meaning to.

Isn't trash considered public domain once it's off your property, or does this vary by area something? I'm not really sure why the cops would want to stop you, unless it's for your safety or something.

When my friends and I were younger we got a bunch of plastic ninja swords out of a kids karate dojo's dumpster. Many stupid times were had with them.

>>32439

University employee here. Our students toss out some crazy shit. I usually end up grabbing the good stuff and re-selling it to the ones that come back in the fall.

yesterday i found a specialized ROCKHOPPER

two server blades, and a bunch of medical books.

a girl broke up with her college boyfriend and his loss was my gain.

or atleast thats what it looked like lol i got it all right before the trash guy came a couple hours later.

i sold the bike the other day and bought a gun :D IM SO EXCITED ITS IN THE MAIL!!!

Do you guys think Home Depot or Lowes would be good for trying to find some power tools? Read something about someone finding a drill and a dremel and I could certainly use those things for some projects I have in mind, as well as wood and metal and some of the electronics everyone's mentioning. Definitely going to pick this up as a hobby. Man, I love /diy/. So what do you guys think?

>>35782
i'm not sure about trash being public property, but 7/10 times dumpers are in places labeled "no trespassing." the only times i've ever gotten approached by police they told me about the sign and politely asked me to leave.
if you don't look like an absolute creep, cops will usually understand that you're not out to hurt anyone or break any serious laws. unless you live in a small town with nothing going on, cops have more important things to do than fill out a whole report over someone simply sifting though trash.

that said, if they do ask you to leave, don't come back. they'll feel disrespected and that need to prove their authority will flare up and you'll have a $50+ trespassing ticket to deal with.

>>32557
i couldent. lol i dive for things i can turn into cash. not food.

i have standards!

>>35808
im not sure if diving in company trash is legal, but year you are pretty likley to find tools in there.

>>35296
you were looking for aluminum cans. also collect aluminum cans, they easy monies.

>>35808
Yeah, they floorload a lot of their shit, then bundle it into the trailer with two nylon heat bonded straps, and a few sheets of cardboard. After pulling it a few hundred miles in the back of a 53' trailer, stuff is literally falling off the truck when you open the door. They usually just scan it and trash it if its an electrical item, but anything else, they'll check it for damage, then throw it out or keep it at their discretion.

A lot of the security cameras are actually dummies outside of high crime areas. Keep in mind they often have 3rd shift accept deliveries from 10pm to roughly 1am in addition to drop and hook shipments throughout the day. 2am-5am is probably your best timeframe. Trash trucks will likely come very soon after that window.

>>35839
Sup br/o/.
Why y/o/u cheating /o/n us with an/o/ther b/o/ard?

Food:
Tomatoes, Iceberg salat, cabbage, apples, oranges, plums, fresh basil plant, strawberries, pomelo, mushrooms.

Posting in original thread now

I enjoy diving myself.My main preference are the dumpsters the banks get to load up after evicting tenants. I find all kinds of shit. Found some jewelry, random tech, but the grail, a NIB unopened Famicom. That bitch is still in a lock box.

The next kind I just LOVE and those behind stores. CVS usually throws out the good stuff often, but the big box store always have guards or are locked up tighter then a virgin pussy around here.

Last year, a lot of my Christmas gifts were from a dumpster. Each of my three nieces got those children's digital cameras that can take one hell of a beating. My youngest one got some walking poodle thing, the middle got a toy ATM, and the oldest also got a $25 gift card. That's the funny thing about CVS, they rarely, if ever, fully deactivate the gift cards. Best one I pulled was a $500 one. Didn't think it was worth so much until I checked it.

Great shit. I go back once a month, second tuesday night is when they usually throw out the more expensive discardable inventory.

>>35888
nice trips, also you inspire me.

It seems like it'd be alot less sketchy during the day/early evening.

I get weirded out thinking about going rooting through dumpsters at night.I own a car but I don't think I'd want to drive around, wouldn't it stir up more suspiscion?

Probably the PS1 with Final Fantasy, memory card, controller and wires. Only worth about $30 but priceless to me.

>>35851
>implying I have an exlusive relationship with /o/
Bitch, please. I'm all over the chans and chons.

Vultures. All of you.

>>36137
vultures are considered an important part of the ecosystem, so I would be honored by that term.
Thank you.

>>36113
>Calling someone a bitch for being friendly with you.

What a fucking faggot.

I'M A FAGGOT PLEASE RAPE MY FACE!!!1!!!!!

Can't believe this thread already died.

I found at least three routers in full working shape. Flashed them with modded firmwares and keeping them as spare parts. Using one at the moment.

I've found an Atari Jaguar with a handful of games with original packaging, Big screen projection TV (picture was blurry but opened it up and cleaned up the dust and what seemed to be cigarette tar. fixed!) passed by a high school dumpster one day and saw a bunch of old band equipment. (cymbals, tom toms ect) grabbed them up! I haven't really dumpster dived much but I've been pretty lucky just passing by places.

Janitor here
I work at a telephone company after hours. Not technically allowed to take trash home, once I'm off of work I can go back and pick shit up though, pretty useful electronics in there.
I've thrown out TONS of electronics that were simply out dated. Hit em up guys theirs gadgets to be made!

>>33171
Dallas area reporting in. I'm about five minutes away from West Plano, so I'm in one great location.

>>34849

I'll be in New Zealand within the next month. I'll be traveling on a tight budget so it would be nice to be able to scavenge some food.
Anyone know any places?

>>36307
also
A few time I threw out payphones! They are getting rid of them because of cell phones, I'm pretty sure most of them still work or can be easily repaired.

>>36324
Welcome to the asshole of the world.

A tip for living on a budget in NZ.

>Find out the Closing times of Pizza Hut
>Use a Pay Phone to Order Pizza about a Half a hour to a hour before they Close and "claim" you will be in to pick up.
>Wait till they have closed then Raid their Dumpsters for those Pizzas you ordered.

Pizza Hut employees are not allowed to take Pizzas that are not sold Home and then 8 out of 10 times are put into their bins still in boxes.

Also find Bakerys and Raid their bins at night since they are not allowed to Re sell certain things and thus Bin them.

Enjoy your Free food tips from a Ex Poorfag New Zealander.

>>36321
Same here bro! Fuck the people around here got money

>>36343

Thanks brother.

>>36321
>>36348

If either of you are still ITT, here's my temp email.

xkwspjup@sharklasers.com

I once found a small, very nice pastel artwork that somebody had left in the trash. Took it home with me.

>>36343
>Pizza Hut employees are not allowed to take Pizzas that are not sold Home

I took pizzas back home all the time.

>>36343

I'm curious don't people call the police when they see you diving?

>>37706
Would you call the cops on someone if you saw them dumpster diving behind Hostess?

>>37030
>>36474
I never called in a bad order, but for a while there I was raiding a pizza hut's dumpster on the regular. they closed to the public at 1am, had tossed out all the pizzas and locked up around 2. Last call in our city is 2.30, so me and my buddy would cut out a bit early and swing by the 'Hut. there was generally something, and sometimes a whole lot. its all still nice and in boxes, btw.

Bump.

>>31410
In most places what you're doing is stealing. It's also rather skeezy and skanky. LOL poorfags.

I've been bounced by the junkyard man today while loking for something in the electronic bin. he said it was forbidden and that were cams. shit, I had a good P4 mobo in my hands! SiS chipset, though :)

>>36324
NZ eh? Dive Pizza Hutts, larger super markets, any unsold breads baked that day are thrown. Hope they don't lock their dumpsters.

>>36343
Kiwifag, ever raid places for things other than food?

>>38656
I've never done it, I had a science teacher that said dumpster diving around office buildings is great. She found a projector screen that some dumb fuck has written on with a whiteboard marker, and wiped it off with acetone.

tl;dr: expensive stuff in office building dumpsters

>>38676

Industrial areas are great for scrap too.

Where do you find these dumpsters? It seems hard to imagine that stores like Best Buy have dumpsters, but I'd like to check. Someone please reply to this, I'm curious.

I've never dumpster dived before, but I'm interested in doing so.
Where should I start? What would I need?
I'm just after general items of interest. I might be having to do it alone because I have no friends who would want to do that.
What kind of places should I go to start with? I think people get kinda pissed if you start going through their trash....is that against the law?...

>>38676
Ah, I'm sure somewhere in Dunedin there's going to be something decent

used to go diving all the time
but i ended up stepping on a nail and getting tetanus
shit sucked but i got a shot and was better i would like to start doing it again

>>38719
Any tips on where to go diving?

>>38725
construction sites usually have good stuff like shovels and tool that need minimal work to fix or none at all
produce stores throw away good food all the time
and even one stop shopes like 7/11 and places like it throw away food but its usually in trash bags which i avoid.

do you reckon fish and chip shops put the food they have left out at the end of the day in the dumpster?

could i in theory salvage that huge chunk of donner meat they have rotating inside?

>>38698
this, could use some ideas for places to dumpster dive and some good tips

I'd do it but I'm such a pussy.

My cousin found an old Star Wars figure collection and gave it to me. I now own 3 copies of the original figures(minus a couple), the slit-belly Taun-Taun, and Wampa.


Feels good, man.

I'm a girl. And a rather petite, light-framed one.

Should I find a male buddy if I attempt to do this at night? It would be nice just for the lifting help. The other day I passed a dumpster in my alley that had glorious ancient windows that would have been nice to paint on for Christmas gifts.

Basically, if any of you are in Chicago and are male and do this stuff, I'm game for going with you.

>>38719
Wear boots, tie/duct tape wood blocks to your feet like platform shoes. They don't have to be really thick, just thick enough so them + thick rubber boot sole soaks the nail before it can get to your foot

>>39170
It's a good idea to take a buddy or three no matter who you are. Also take a really bright flashlight so you can blind any knife-wielding hobos and make your escape.

Normal flashlights are crap for doing the actual diving though - get headlamps.

>>39170
....i wish i was in Chicago, it's always nice to have a buddy. Wish you luck. If your gonna do this at night, it's best to have a good defense. Especially if your of the small frame type. Also make friends with some one with a truck.

Didn't realise old thread was dead. To repost.
Semi-related, I've dived a couple of times, but never found anything good in dumpsters, however, as we speak, it is Hard rubbish season. (ausfag here) which means that just about everybody puts out their stuff they don't want on the nature strip and the council comes and collects it. In the past week i've salvaged
A working bar fridge
A pair of jumper leads
Two homebrew barrels
A working toaster oven
A nice barstool
two bikes
A full can of Silvo
And a bunch of other shit that i forget.
I like to think of myself as an active recycler. God damn i love this board.

I once found this Ali Baba sword when going dumpster diving. That thing was sharp as shit, you could chop a camel right in the hump and drink all of its milk right off—right off the tip of this thing.

i shit you not, i found a brand new DVD player with remote (batteries included) and an old, but broken flatscreen. i guess they thought the DVD player was broken too. lol

>>31834
>>31834
>>31834
>>31834
>>31834
about 10 years ago i threw away my brothers purple gameboy advance with a game in it because i was mad at him.

>>39188
>>39208

Thank you both!

I'm sure alot of good things get thrown out. I'd do this if I weren't a pussy about being alone and/or getting caught.To me it looks like active recycling / better use of resources.

I see guys on bikes going through trash sometimes though, mostly for cans and bottles.

Best find ever was the dumpster behind the metal shop at my old highschool. End of year, they threw out aluminum ingots, giant bricks of the shit. No clue why, we brought that shit to a scrap guy and got pocketmoney for the summer.

Born in the Oak Ridge TN area, near the plants that made the first A-Bomb. Way back in the 1970's, a bunch of us once dumpster dived (off the DOE reservation) for a collection of curved ended pieces of what turned out to be rigid "carbon-titanide-some odder metals" foam. Each of these pieces was of square cross section bar about 6" thick, and had various holes drilled through it, weighed a few ounces, and was about sledge hammer proof. Turned out you stacked all them right, put some cross braces on them and bolted through the holes and they made a four foot, disc shaped flywheel core. It had a couple of little chips in it and so wasn't balanced above 35,000 RPM anymore.
A cop caught us digging this stuff out, and made us wait until he dug up a Geiger counter, but let us keep it after it checked out. Oak Ridge was like growing up in real life Eureka.

I have step-family in oakridge, and it's boring as fuck man. What's fun to do there?

also,
>big ed's pizza

Got myself a few hundred zip ties earlier.

Found from dumpster divin: 2 working TVs, tool box, a few old PCs from 100MHz to 1GHz range (most of them worked), speakers, copper, aluminum, and a bunch of other crap.

Got for free from people: (All stuff working) Two Dell AXIMs, Netbook with a dead screen, HP Core2Duo 1.8Ghz with 23in widescreen, 4GB DDR3 for my laptop (total at 6GB now), Palm T3, 5.1 Surround Sound, AM/FM Tuner, Computers ranging from 300MHz to 2.8GHz, Desk, TVs, radios, and tons of other crap.

Here is a tip. Find any electronics from dumpster diving, if Wal*Mart sells it, take what you found and get a new one. Had a friend that found a LCD TV, he took it to walmart and got a new one of the same model. But walmart will only let you take stuff back with out the receipts a limited amount of time. I think it's like 3 times.

>>39212
Here, Just went out for another run at the hard rubbish, found myself the following,
A wicker frog waste paper basket thing,
a 6.2 megapixel digital camera,
two cans of spray paint,
A fire extinguisher,
an Orbital sander,
a 5inch portable TV,
a high back leather computer chair,
A dinosaur of a laptop (see "Toshiba Satellite 2510CDS", Bastard takes floppy disks!)
and, my new pride and joy, A MOTHERFUCKING POOL TABLE!

>>39915
> no ticket 3 times max

Find nonworking X
Buy new X, save the ticket
Replace nwX for a new one using ticket
Have two X, or sell one.

→ Empty regular dvds... 6-7 GB
→ od laptop (around 2002 model, my brother took it)
→ 15" inch tv, stop working after 4 months
→ Bicycle parts... worth 1-2 euros

I wonder how much of this is exaggeration. Makes me want to try my luck. I wouldn't do it without full-length, tear-resistant gloves, though. Not worried about STDs, people are gross enough without that.

Isn't this what thrift shops are for?

>>39932
What state are you in?

>>40479
He's from Victoria (Australia)

He also live around the corner from me, i just went on a look around with him, picked up a digital set top box and a decent skateboard.

he got a new wine holder, some leather rope, 9 rolls of christmas wrapping paper and some other shit i think

>>34839
500 dead geckos?
sounds like my kinda night ;)

>>40556
Damn. I'm in Sydney and have no idea when we do these things (these things being when people leave stuff outside their house for collection)

>>40739
ours actually starts getting picked up at 6am, usually takes a few days for our area so i might go out again unless i go out to a club

lets see....ive found a little bit of everything. i found a cool light up shadow box from the 50's with painted stained glass panels of viking long boats that light up, ive found an old set of samsonite blue marble suitcases from the 50's, a working kelvinator magic cycle refrigerator from the early 50s thats about 5 feet from my desk, atari 2600 4 switcher and atari junior, 5 controllers and 36 games, a few old radio's and an rca selectavision ced player with 10 movies that i found in an house my friend got at a tax auction. there are other things but i cant think of them at the moment

Bump.

>>39932
>a high back leather computer chair

would want but I don't want bugs to spread to all my other furniture.

I have a walmart in a low crime area

should I dumpster dive that shit?

They close at midnight.

I might be homeless soon thanks for the tips /diy/!

Went to do my laundry at the nearby university gym, passes some dumpsters there with some boxes, didn't dive though. There was a punch bag propped up against one of them, looked like a thing at the top had broken and they'd decided to throw it out but everything else looked in tact. Didn't bother taking it though. Just interesting to see what sort of stuff appears near dumpsters.

I've found a steiff tiger, some pioneer speakers, tons of furniture, some small jewelry, etc. while dumpster diving. My dad used to live in malibu, and on the morning of trash-day, he would drive down to the nicer neighborhoods of LA and get tons of cool shit that the people would throw away. He also once found a few rifles thrown out, somewhere near Monterey, probably.

>>41106
>a walmart
>in a low crime area

all of the cameras might be real I wouldn't risk it and after midnight they are just doing more shit anyway so there would be no time.

found a computer once that a family had thrown out.

tested all the parts and the motherboard was borked.

wrapped everything else in anti static bag besides the power supply and sold it the next month.

How legal is it to dumpster dive? I heard somewhere that once something is put outside in the trash then it's public domain, but I've also heard of people getting arrested for dumpster diving.
I'm in Texas, am I likely to get stopped by the po-po if I dumpster dive?

>>41140
googled "legality of dumpster diving"

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Dumpster_diving#Legal_status

>>41113

Find out where your local recycling area is get cans and bottles for change. If you have a car and enough money get a gym membership to take showers and keep clean.

i once worked at an ofice that was across the parking lot from a cell phone store. i went out to throw my trash and take a smoke break when i looked in the dumpster and saw a box full of cell phones. i grabbed the box and loaded it my car trunk. got home and about 7 still had service and 15 out of 20 still powered on and all had chargers. best fucking find ever.

>>32431
>not turning in a possible murder weapon to the police

>>31410
More importantly, what painting is that in OP's pic?
Do want.

>>41149
Ah, so basically dumpster diving isn't illegal, but you could get in trouble for the trespassing part of it?
Gotcha.

With the question of legality, I think I should make a few points.

Look for a no trespassing sign. If you see one, dive at your own risk. If there isn't you probably won't have many problems at all diving the area.

If it's locked, don't try to force yourself in.

If you find anything significantly illegal that you touched, report it to the police quickly. Last thing you need is to touch it and the police find it later one, find your prints, and you'll be fucked.

Now, time for some courtesy:

When diving, don't fling items everywhere and make a big mess. Not cool.

If you take something out, then decide you don't want it, put it back in the dumpster. Don't leave it out. Also, if you can do it safely, clean up the area a little bit. Not much, if there's a few boxes on the side, toss them in, unless they are in a recycling drop.

If applicable, close the lids. Simple enough.

I was busted once as I was cleaning up the area and closing the lids by a couple cops. Of course this was in a "No Trespassing" area. They came up to me and asked me what I was doing. I told them, "I was dumpster diving. I made a bit of a mess and I'm cleaning it up." They told me no problem and to be out in 5 minutes. No tickets, fines, or anything of the sort. I guess they didn't want to clean it up themselves. lol

If you follow these simple rules, most places won't care too much. It show's the store respect. And by doing that, you might get lucky enough to have a store manager like you enough to let you know when good stuff is being tossed. I get a call like that twice a month.

I was walking through a parking lot, and found an unopened copy of Madden 12 NEXT to a dumpster, so I grabbed it and went on my way. I've never actually gone dumpster diving though, I'm not a dirty homeless poorfag

Shit, I know of some great potential places to dive but then I remembered that there has been a murder at a nearby house recently. Police will be in the near areas. Dammit, Diving looks like great fun.

Also any tips/advice for a newbie

fuckin nasty azz looza scumbags yall shud be
ashamed of yallselfs dats so nasty im puttin ah
lock on my trash rite noww ewwww

Why hasn't history channel started a dumpster diving reality show yet I'd watch it...

Why do you people look for shit in dumpsters?
Just break into buildings / cars / stores and shit.

It's Cleaner and you get more bang for your.. effort.

>>41352

One man's trash =/= Stolen Goods + Cops = Jail time w/ Bubba in your anus.

>>41348
As interesting as it would be to watch, I hope they don't ever make a dumpster diving reality show. It would glamorize the shit out of dumpster diving and before you know it there will be an awful lot of new divers saturating the streets and I fear that all these copycats will end up being disrespectful and disgruntled kids destroying property thinking they're going to find a brand new iphone 4s

>>41365
Sure, It's risky but I figure you guys aren't complete retards and wouldn't get caught so easily.

All you need is some balls and brains.

I'm about to be evicted and this will help soften the loss of all the property that I can't afford to put in storage which in my case is everything

>>41388
>4chan
>aren't complete retards
pick one

dumpster diving isn't about stealing shit. there are people that think above that. while the greater potential of breaking and entry might appeal to some people, it's not quite the same as simply diving for refuse.

I absolutely love going dumpster-diving at college campuses at the end of the semester; people will throw out the most ridiculous things when cleaning out their dorm rooms. I once found a used $400 biology book that got me $300 at a used-textbook exchange. I HIGHLY encourage any fellow divers to grab books when diving; you never know how much they'll go for when selling them at used stores or amazon

>>41383
That's exactly what has happened to storage auctions. Now that there are like 3 fucking shows about it, I wouldn't dream of going to one any time soon.

Also, we're at 241 posts. When is the thread supposed to start autosaging? If soon, then we should make a new thread.

Also, not that I have gone dumpster diving many times before, but here's a tip to some people: Learn about different types of wood used in furniture. People throw out beautiful teak furniture and other pieces made of expensive wood. A while back my dad and I found a teak cabinet that wasn't even solid teak, but thick teak veneer over some other type of wood. We sanded it, which took absolutely no time at all, and sold it on craigslist for about ~$250.

The factory that makes these (might be a different brand, been a few years since i've been over there), is really really close to my house. IF they mess up the labels at all, they throw them out. The packages are sealed, so they are still good.

>>41489 Now that there are like 3 fucking shows about it,

Two. Storage Wars and Auction Hunters.

Storage Hunters got shitcanned by TruTv for Bearswamp Recovery. Like that channel needs ANOTHER towing show, this time populated by fat versions of the guys from Pawn Stars.

Found a big old garbage bag of cigarettes one time outside Longs. My mom has been dumpster diving since I was little, we usually hit thrift store dumpsters for neat stuff.

>>41513
>this time populated by fatter versions of the guys from Pawn Stars.

fixed it for you. I don't go dumpster diving, but occasionally, I like to hit the local flea market for some military surplus that pops up occasionally. Other things I buy tend to be awesome, but ultimately useless shit, like my popcorn maker and cotton candy maker.

Is it safe to look through store dumpsters in the daytime, or should I stick to residential?
Are cameras usually conspicuous enough or should I look carefully?

surprised to see noone has dived for information

i used to dive corporate dumpsters in the 90's for info on their computer infrastructure, it was relatively easy to profile a companies systems just by looking in the trash. I was able to pull out usernames, details on what sort of printers, operating systems (lol could both be found on the printer test sheet as i recall) internal networks.. also got a few of those fire alarm deals you see mounted on walls, looked pretty neat and you could get your rocks off pulling on the thing all day without setting off alarms and summoning fire trucks

dumpster diving domestic trash? yuck, in my time diving commercial, the worst i've encountered were some coffee grounds and the occasional banana peel.

Pretty sure everyone shreds now.

>>42092
Why'd you do that?

>>42364
CLEARLY HE IS KEVIN MITNICK!

>>42364

curiosity mostly, didn't have access to much technology at the time, never amounted to anything, it was more of a learning experience

>>42437
Seems boring, but that's just me

>>42092
yea they generally take them to be "recycled" in those blue bins under lock and key now days.

How do I industrial espionage?

>>41352
All of that shit was confiscated by the police. If you look to the right top corner of the picture you can see a podium with a police badge on it.

I have OS HDDs (windows server, something or other) from fuck knows where with tonnes of data. .5 terabytes perhaps with dozes of user accounts and patient data. SSNs and addresses up the ass. If I had the time, or was curious enough I'd install the same OS and plug the drives into it and see what the data means (it's all chunked as backup, not individual files). I've save most of the data, I wiped one drive since I needed the space, but I'm pretty sure I saved some SSNs and shit "just in case" I need to be a 50 year old mexican woman for any reason.

Stop! There's a whole host of problems associated with discarded food products and electronics. Never touch anything questionable. Avoid things that smell bad! Flee bad neighborhoods unless you want to be stuck by AIDS needles. And always remember: you are somewhere between "law-abiding citizen" and "tagger" on the Poposcale. Safety gear should be downplayed. Wear goggles, sturdy and non-porous gloves, and a long sleeved thick hoody or similar garment to fight off any contamination from rot or spills.

If you have any doubts, don't chance it!

>>41352
Because I don't want to go to jail.

Ive always wondered if it was possible to dive into dumpsters of pharmacy's and collect recently expired meds. Has anyone ever done this?

>>42566
good lord, how old is that data?

>>42585
100% no

Hey fellow divers!
You want some good quality finds? check out your local IKEA dumpsters. they have one dumpster for woods and one for metals. i have found some amazing stuff back there. random floor models, pots pans, arm chairs, etc.

but i have been wondering something for a long time...what happens to the furniture items found in store that don't necessarily sell furniture. I'm think about stores like Urban Outfitters. they have amazing tables and stuff that they display their clothes on...but what happens to it when they have a store "style change"? and the decorative furniture no longer is of use.... i would love some tips and help on this matter.

>>42605
Why not?

>>31410

>>42595


2007

Found a gameboy with a missing battery cover, it cleaned right up
>implying Gameboy's can be destroyed/broken

>>42724


One of the HDDs also has over 100 program install folders, one being Doom 3. Despite having Battlefield 3 ATM, I may slip away for a few hours or so. meh, fuck doom 3 , I'll play battlefield till punk buster crashes me out and if I cannot take the rage I'll dick around with Doom.

>>35782 Isn't trash considered public domain once it's off your property, or does this vary by area something?

It depends. While a Supreme Court case affirmed that once trash hits a public sidewalk or street it's abandoned property and fair game, it doesn't stop cities and local municipalities from passing ordinances forbidding such scavenging. This is true if a local government has a curbside recycling program or similar program.

hmm. there are several large warehouses in my area. one is a beer distribution center?

what could i find there?

i saw a thing on tv once about a guy who was taking the tash out, and saw what looked like money in the dumpster. he pulled it out and found that they a couple sheets of rejected us mint bills. they were rejected because something happened during the printing and the ink got smeared. I dont remember what they said it was worth, but it was a lot.

>>42643
I'm not sure how it works with other stores, but I have a friend who works at a big name furniture n' office supply store; anything that doesn't sell, display pieces, anything they can't give away or do with, they destroy.
If they have a display chair, shelf, desk that's practically brand new, but don't want to use anymore they will take a knife, hammer, crowbar and destroy it before throwing it away.
Hammer up tables, break program disks, smash printers.
My friend said he nearly cried when he had to tear up a BRAND NEW high-priced leather office chair because the store didn't want to carry it anymore. Apparently this sort of thing happens in a lot of different stores. Damn waste.

Ausfag here, anywhere in Adelaide to Dumpster dive, and if so, do any /b/ros go on regular trips?

>>43045

You bet it does. Sears is notorious for this shit - they demolish old stock instead of pricing it down until it clears or selling it to resellers. Same thing with display units. Clothing retailers do the same shit. Shoe stores, you can go out behind any shoe store here in these parts that's rotating its stock and usually find the dumpsters full of shoes. It's hideously wasteful.

Brick and mortar retail needs to go except for fucking groceries. So inefficient, so much wasted production. It's fucking criminal.

The mall I work in has a recycling area and is great for scrap metal and electronics, if I had a workshop I would take heaps of stuff. Shelving units, metal framework from store displays, old cash registers, mini fridges, you name it.

Once found a bag of work tools and a lot of scrap copper, but I didn't bother taking it. Was gone the next day.

>>43065
>>43065
Found a picture I took of the recycling area by a loading bay about 3 weeks ago, a typical haul on any given day.

>>43068
Attaching it this time, herp derp.

>>43052
>not in b/
>this is diy
> NOT BRO

i work at a grocery store and found an unopened bag of chicken nuggets in a cart in the parking lot, still totally frozen someone just left them.
ate real good that night.

The computer chair I'm sitting in right now, which is actually a broken Massage Chair. But fuck it, it's still a really great chair, and way better than the POS lawnchair I was using before that.

Oh, and a Bluetooth Stereo Speaker. Took me forever to find a charger chord for it (Oldschool LG phone charger, it turns out) but she works like a charm. Now, if I could just find a use for it... My MP3 players got everything and it doesn't use bluetooth =/

>>35913
Fun fact, I totally made one of those and the bitch works great. I keep one in my room incase I get dragged along on a crazy backpacking adventure by my useless loser friends who jump from city to city for work and such.

Here is my first attempt which worked, I made a small pot of water boil. 2 cups.

This was done with Everclear (That 90% moonshine you can buy at the liquor store) since I was having trouble getting it to work with the 30% rubbing alcohol I had boughten from Walmart.

And this is with Rubbing Alcohol. I took a can opener and completely opened the centre of the can and the increase in oxygen helped maintain a more steady burn.

Here you can see the blue jets of flame more clearly. Putting the pan down too suddenly ontop the main flame in the centre would extinguish the fire. It was a bit tricky, but not impossible, because once the alchol began to heat up from the main fire, it started turning into gas quicker, making the whole stove so easy to light that one simply had to take a lighter to the side of the can and the whole thing would light up again in a puff of flame.

Very easy to spill the fuel and make splashfires as well. Delicate work. But so rewarding when you figure it out.

delicious sandwich. prepared entire meal on small barstool to demonstrate how little space the process would require. One bottle of rubbing alcohol (about $3) lasts me about a week

Now, back on topic gentlemen

i found a gf in a dumpster. she only lasted about a week before the smell became too much but we had some good times. back into the dumpster!

>>42643
>I'm think about stores like Urban Outfitters. they have amazing tables and stuff that they display their clothes on...but what happens to it when they have a store "style change"?

Not necessarily related to Urban Outfitters, but when restaurants get rid old pieces when remodeling they might hire an auctioneer to sell the furniture for them. I work at an auction field and we've gotten table sets from restaurants and other random things like hair salon equipment. Even though they're being sold instead of getting thrown out they go for pretty cheap. Plus larger pieces of furniture don't sell sometimes (because people can't fit the stuff into their cars or there's a piece missing) and there's always people that walk around and pick up everything that doesn't sell.

>>35747
pics....

I found a nice painting once.

>>43457
Both that painting and yourself are ugly. When you go diving to put that thing in the bin, stay in there with it...

>>43506
Can't wait until you dickheads get bored of this new board and go back to /b/

going out for some diving tonight.
wish me luck, /diy/cks!

>>43783
No. I think i'll stay here. Cant wait till you fall into a bin and break your ugly neck.

Bump! This topic is so great.

I went out tonight and found fuck all. What are the best dumpsters to look in, we went in mostly red ones becuase blue ones and green ones are usually locked up. (uk here)

Where I live most of the trash is thrown into underground garbage containers.. no way I'm getting in there.

I check out trashpiles everytime someone left something outside, but all I got out of it was a few good books. ( Not that they weren't nice, but nothing very impressive. )

Oh god, i just came back from a disapointing Diving night.

Heres what happend.

>finaly work upp the balls to "raid" the big recycling/dump in town. (Trespassing forbidden, gaurded by securitas. Sweden is serious about this kind of shit)
>its quite exposed, floodlight everywere
>sneak in thrue hole in fens
>not detected, like a Boss
>start checking containers for fun stuff
>see fun stuff but fun stuff is to big to move
>check other container
>SECURITY GAURD OUT OF FUCKING NOWHERE
>ohshitohshitohshit
>run with the speed of shadowfaxe
>literly throw myself throu the hole
>make a daring escape
>check to see if i am presued
>nothankgod
>come home, pour myself wisky
>feel defeated, not like a boss
>surf 4chan
>talk to you folks

at least i dident get aressted

also bumping to first page

>>44221
pussy ass nigga

One time I found of bag full of toys, gave that shit to my kid.
Best Christmas Ever.

I've never been

>>43797
back from my rounds. So today wasnt great, but it was still allright. Foundlots of bread, as usual, some expensive potatoes (yeah, we have luxury potatoes in sweden) and some luxury juice. Also found lots and lots of milk + yoghut and stuff, but since its fairly warm here still, I chose not to grab any of those things.

>>44221
Haha, wtf are you doing son? Wat are you looking for? Ive never seen a recycling dump being guarded by securitas, or anyone else for that matter. Also; remember that if you climb over a fence/sneak through a hole/pick a lock, you're comitting a crime = the guard can hold you until police comes.

>>44444

>>44448
have you ever been caught? or chased by people?

>>44444
oh shit son

>>44470
no, never.
I was seen once by a passing car, but he didnt care.

I'm usually out in the middle of the night (between 23:00-02:00) to avoid curious on-lookers. And I'm beaing sneaky as fuck.

>>44492
After reading this entire thread, I'm becoming interested in this activity.
Do you search around in apartment dumpsters or just stores?

>>44512
only stores. that way I know what I get is (relatively) clean and safe. No-one has tampered with it or thrown out needles in the dumpster.

The hard thing is to learn what stores are good. Too big of a store: they have manglers to compact their waste. To small of a store: no trash.

When I get out there I wear dark clothes and thick skin-gloves (from cow-hide) and a small flashlight. A small knife isnt bad either, to cut open bags.

Remember: dont make a mess, or they'll probably lock up their stash.

>>44540
Have you ever bumped into other people who have the same agenda as you do? whats the best thing you have gotten?

>>44550
I never have! I live in a relative small town, so I dont know if theres anyone else doing it.

The best thing must've been... hm.. either the 20kg(20lbs) of candy in mint condition, or the first time I was out looting; cookies, bread, fruit, dessert and more bread. Got a pic of it, since it was my first time.

>>44577
Wow i cant believe someone would throw all of that away. I looks good and unopened

>>44590
yep, it was.
most of the things they throw away either passed expiration date by a day, or will in a few days.
I avoid things that dont have a wrapper (i.e. bare fruit or bare bread) and things that go bad from warmth (i.e. meat, fish, eggs, dairy-products).

Good hunting, mate!

I have found over the years
-a snowblower with a working engine i salvaged
-a working mini fridge
-a gas grill that just needed a new starter
-computer case

all put to good use for many years, still have the snowblower engine, which i put into a go-kart as a replacement engine since the last one blew out