>>1682694>tell me your waysThere's a bit of a science to dumpstering. A lot of it is planning routes, identifying signs that someone has moved out, knowing when to dig/when to move on, and weird shit like finding dumping dumpsters where people throw out a bunch of stuff that they couldnt sell at a garage sale or take while moving. I treat it like exercise and walk 4-5 miles a night multiple times a week when we're in a city or college town, during the summer I was running large portions but I realized my knees aren't what they used to be. I also take a dog for company/security while inna dumpster and so the dogs can get exercise too.
Any and all dumpsters have potential, except fast food/restaraunt dumpsters. Dont bother even cracking those greasy hazards. Dumpsters are either loaded with cool shit or loaded with what I call 'trashy trash' aka liquids leaking out of bags, half eaten junk food, bathroom trash, paperwork. Trash. Identify what trash in a bag you cant see looks/feels like and what a bunch of clothes in a bag look/feels like. If a bag is heavy it's probably worth checking but it might just be kitchen trash which tends to be heavy. Use your senses, if a dumpster or bag smells gross as fuck it's probably gross as fuck and obviously there's no need to dig in. I'd say 90% of the dumpsters you crack will have nothing, but the remaining 10% could be someone's entire apartment thrown into a dumpster.
