pileFor a long time, dumpster diving carried a stigma. It was looked down upon and considered something only the starving would do because they had no other options.
Bidding sites like eBay and local resale have made dumpster diving into a profitable endeavor for some. For us preppers it can be an effective way to get prepared without incurring the costs.
Dumpster diving might be the preparedness solution you have been looking for.
Let’s Start With Legality
Trash is in the public domain. The problem is where the trash is stored. I found that in 1988 the Supreme Court already went through this issue of dumpster diving in none other than sunny California.
Technically, dumpster diving is legal in all 50 states. In the 1988 Supreme Court case California v Greenwood, it was established that searching through trash is legal as long as it doesn’t interfere with other laws in a given area.
