(verb) The act of entering garbage dumpsters, often those closest to stores and grocers, in the hopes of finding and procuring food and/or merchandise that has been thrown away by the businesses. Acquired items are then either consumed or resold for profit. Possibly illegal in some states,
dumpster diving has been given a bad wrap because of some divers lack of decent, courteous etiquette (i.e. throwing trash out of the
dumpster and then never putting it back in the
dumpster when finished.
Sometimes D.I. and Tonya would hit the jackpot when they went dumpster-diving. Why one
night D.I. acquired a leather coat that the slick little
bastard resold for some three-figured amount. Though frowned upon by some,
dumpster diving could pay off beaucoup on some evenings.