How to dumpster dive more
How I did it: Dumpster diving is really popular among my friends and I. It began at the end of the spring semester of my Freshman year at SF State. A few of us stayed in the dorms over the summer time as summer students and RA's. There was so much 'trash' and things that the students who left didn't want, that the trash rooms and the halls were piled up so high, we could hardly walk through it. Among other things, I scored a free bike, a bunch of textbooks (which I sold later) and some useful household items like toaster ovens and teapots. I never spent a dime and still have most of the useful things three years later. Dumpster diving is fun and it will save you a heck of a lot of cash while being environmentally friendly all at once!
Lessons & tips:
- Be careful what you are sticking your hands in
- If it smells bad, proceed with caution
- hit up dorm buildings when the semesters change, especially last semester
- International community dorms leave more stuff
- also go for apartments- especially with lots of students
- after Christmas works great too
- You can even get great, unopened food from grocery stores
- If a dumpster is locked, invest some time and money into a simple lock picking kit. Most master locks are a piece of cake after practice.
- HAVE FUN!
