dumpster diving

See also: dumpster-diving

English

Noun

dumpster diving (uncountable)

(US) the act of recovering, for any purpose, discarded items that would otherwise be sent to a landfill

Usage notes

"Diving" in the term refers to putting one's hands into the dumpster (or other receptacle storing discarded items) rather than one's whole body.

Synonyms

binning, D-Mart, dumpstering
garbage gleaning, garbage picking, garbing
skip-raiding, skipping, tatting
trashing

Derived terms

Translations

act of recovering discarded items

Finnish: dyykkaus, roskisdyykkaus
German: Dumpstern n, Containern (de) n

Norwegian: please add this translation if you can

See also

freeganism

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