Is Trash-Picking Anything Like Dumpster Diving?

[Butter Hat]

Especially if it's on your own block?

There was a tag sale this past weekend, but we never made it due to extensive and exhausting Home Improvement Projects.

Today, driving out to a store, we saw the homeowners hauling stuff to the curb. 'If it's still there on the way back we'll stop.'

It was still there. Not a big haul and nothing valuable, just lots of metal bakeware that will come in handy for gardening and BBQ, some books, and drinking glasses.

I'm torn between happiness and embarrassment.

 

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[AnonymousTurker]

No reason to be embarrassed, people throw out way too many things that still have use.

 

[AU Seeker]

Be happy , another man's/woman/s trash is another man's/woman's treasure, the items are good things that would of ended up at the dump, I grew up in an era where you repaired everything, and I hate today's era of throwing things away that we used to be able to repair, nothing is made to be repairable anymore!!

 

[PYRATE]

If you don't get it, someone else will.

You'd be amazed at what gets thrown out in my neck of the woods, there is often treasure in the trash.

 

[Ocean7]

yeah it's dumpster diving - same thing. Hey if you can use it, think of it this way - you are recycling and being green!