“My girlfriend tells me I smell like trash,” says Colin West. And he takes that as a compliment. West spends 40 to 60 hours a week scuba diving Lake Tahoe to locate and remove submerged trash. On the ...

Kalish has dedicated her life to spreading the message of the NYC Freegans, a grassroots organization whose members seek to ...

Finding a good deal is always fun, but getting something you need for free is even better. TikToker Emma (@emmaaberin) posted a video about a vacuum cleaner that she and her significant other found ...

Dumpster diving is usually associated with people in the developing world who do it out of necessity. But since reusing or repurposing things destined for the landfill has environmental benefits, the ...

To Dave Sheffield, the dumpsters of Western New York are like old friends — reliable, generous and still capable of surprising him sometimes. As snow falls on the Buffalo suburb of Cheektowaga, ...

More than 1,600 pounds of trash was plucked from the ocean over the course of a month as part of the eighth annual Cash Trash Bash fundraiser. Karen Plianthos, the founder of the event, said this year ...

FORT WORTH, Texas -- The secret to economic survival this year may lie in the dumpster. Just ask Jeff Ferrell, a professor at Texas Christian University who spends part of his day buried in trash. The ...

There’s a stereotype that dumpster diving is only for people who are financially struggling and have no other choice. But in ...

When I first heard about a woman who had turned her lifelong habit of dumpster diving into a business, I had a lot of questions. Don’t you? Although I shop for deals, and have scored some great finds, ...