trash picking
Rescuing discarded items
Trash picking is scavenging discarded items from garbage, whether for survival, recycling, or finding usable goods others have thrown away.
The practice ranges from desperate necessity to deliberate thrift: She furnished her apartment through trash picking on moving day.
Also called dumpster diving or curb shopping.
- dumpsterCommercial refuse container
- dumpster divingSalvaging from discarded refuse
- scavengingGathering discarded or dead material
- curbRaised road margin
- salvageRecovering damaged goods
garbage · junk · treasure · freegan · recycling · curbside · haul · finds · curbside finds · discarded · alley · back alley · waste · rummaging · upcycle · secondhand · bins · scrapping
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- gathering activitiesforaging, mushroom hunting, herb gathering, firewood gathering, gleaning
trash pickingluxury shopping
Purchasing costly, prestigious merchandise
conspicuous consumption · boutique shopping · online shopping · splurging · retail therapy
trash pickingthrowing away
Discarding as refuse
discarding · disposing · dumping · trashing · tossing out
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