Suburban dumpster diving Location, location, location Know the front end - don't want any surprises Get to know routine Scout for employees/cops/palette pickers Leave a car running and ready with door open Get your stuff and go Get greedy get hurt Picking from neighborhoods Never look the home owner in the eye How does it change for urban and rural environments? You have to knock on the dumspter first to get out racoons and feral cats
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It's not the trash pickers I mind, it's the scrappers. If I leave a 1970's vintage dehumidifier on the curb and you think you can get $5 for it, take it with my blessing; but quit picking through my trash for scrap metal. That's invasive. And what in the world do you want with two old couch cushions with no covers that got moldy because I couldn't get them dry after my wife spilled breast milk on them? That's just nasty.
