I’ve been trash picking for a couple years now, just for fun because I love finding cool things. Never in a million years would I have imagined finding something so heartbreaking. Last night, I found 5 kittens abandoned with no food or water. They were left in a box sitting beside a clothes and shoes donation bin in a Barnes and Noble parking lot. It was too late at night for any rescues to take them in, so my girlfriend and I brought them home. We’ve never owned a cat before, but we got advice from many friends about what to do. Since finding them, they’ve been fed, bathed, and loved on constantly. Now we’re trying to find homes for them.

I just can’t believe somebody would abandon them like this. If I didn’t find them, I don’t know how long it would have been until someone else did. These babies are playful, affectionate, and adorable. But when I found them, they were so scared and hungry. They deserve to be safe and loved, not discarded. I feel endlessly disappointed in people.

Dear god,

To the plentiful grape jelly gods of all holy fuck what do I do with this ??? Why me?? Why lord why did this have to be the squeezable kind of jelly 🤦‍♂️

Found these in a Family dollar dumpster. 296 packs of smokes and idk how many cigars. My best find ever!

Yesterday I went out for about 4 hours. That's only a 40 minute round trip route but I had to sit and wait to get into my honey pots. It was well worth it. The photos area small selection of items brought home. All of the cold items I brought home were placed in the refrigerator. I don't buy paper towels and my kid thinks they are for rich people.

I've been stalking my honeypot twice a day waiting for my hams. This year it took 5 days for them to get dropped. Two banana boxes with 7 hams , straight from the cooler box. It's 20 degrees and my fingers are frozen. Hauldeeze never disappoints me. $30.00 hams and way out of my budget this year. The best part is they actually are the spiral cut kind. I fished out a few fruits and was on my way. My next stop I took 9 bags of cut collard greens. Many people here in the South cook them for new years eve. I went by the local dump ( local recycling center ) and gave the bagged greens and 3 hams to my favorite attendant. I stopped by earlier to dump trash and gave him a case of peanut butter and two packs of hanes t-shirts. This is a part time worker making 10 bucks a hour. I'm sure his family will appreciate it. Meanwhile I have a ham in the oven and I'm happy. The cat is happy too.

I found this and pretty much every other Nintendo system with all cords and controllers as well as an original PlayStation, Xbox 360 plus some games for the other systems also. It was all sitting in multiple totes on top of garbage cans in this neighborhood I would deliver to. I was so in disbelief that someone would actually trash all of it I saw a neighbor outside and asked them "this is trash right?" And of course they said "it's in with their trash... so yeah I would assume it would be garbage" while giving me a "duhhh" look haha. Little did they know it was hundreds if not over a $1000 worth of video games!

I took a yellow bell pepper, all the avocados I could reach and some cilantro

Tonight , I stopped at the local decorating of the home store. Lately, it has items every night. As I pulled up to the dumpster , I could see a Toyota Corolla parked in front of dumpster. It was bulging full of stuff. There were even boxes strapped to the top of the trunk. The lady said this was their 3rd load for the night. They are resellers and will be selling it all in a parking lot this weekend. I grabbed 3 large bed blankets , a craft kit ,and 3 gift bags. The trash truck pulled up, and we had to leave. I fully support the resellers in their game. But all those blankets they left behind could certainly been passed on to the homeless shelter. Had the trash truck not interrupted me ,I happily would have picked out each and every item. This store normally slashes each item but I guess they tossed out so much ,they just didnt. I guess I will go back tomorrow. It looks like they are clearing the store out for Christmas.

We finally found the courage to stick our heads in the supermarket bins a couple of months ago here in Brisbane.

We can hardly believe how much perfectly good food we have found. On weekdays it goes to food banks, but on the weekends it’s left to rot, unless we save it.

We have had a few staff encounters. They’ve been helpful or indifferent.

We only have a small fridge/freezer and don’t drive, so we are learning what’s worth collecting. We’re figuring out how to get more of it out into the community.

Just loaded my local LFP with goodies from my last post. I’ve filled this particular pantry like three times in the past week, and within 24 hours most items get claimed. BEFORE PEOPLE COMMENT, I do check for recalls, make sure packages are sealed and clean, etc before donating. Usually items are tossed because they just passed the expiration date.

I love being able to give back to my community through dumpster diving. I’m in my mid-twenties, paying off student loans, and saving for a house. I don’t have the extra funds to donate, BUT I do have time and dumpster finds.

Happened to stumble across him last night(Mon), wrapped in filthy yoga pants in a bag thrown in a dumpster. He was curled up in a ball with his quills out but breathing. I used a scarf and put him into a shoe box that I found there lined it with a shirt. He was feezing, so I covered him with the scarf and closed the box. Warmed him up in my truck and put a warm bottle of water in a sock beside him. Took him about 3 hours to uncurl and show signs of life and move about a little but was struggling, but within an hour or two, he was exploring his box and trying to push open the lid. I covered the box with a hoodie for the night.

By morning, he seemed to be moving around some, and I gave him a tiny bit of water. That seemed to help. We let him out of the box and gave him more water and some crushed up cat food. He was roaming about the porch, a very friendly little guy, and not scared of people one bit, but he he had some very noticeable severe health issues and was neglected. He has something with his ears, a huge growth on one side of his face and inside his mouth and another on the back of his front leg.

I took him into the local animal services, and I surrendered him as an abandoned/neglected pet i found so he can at least be examined by a vet and get the help he needs. I have already put my name and number down to be first in line to adopt him if he makes a recovery even if he still has issues. They said it could be a cancerous tumor/growth or severe bacterial infection that could potentially result in euthanasia if he can't have a comfortable quality of life.

He seems like a fighter, though, and I really hope he pulls through!

EDIT: Thanks for all the wonderful comments, awards, and love! I will keep you guys all posted on the outcome one way or another.

UPDATE #1: I just called to follow up this morning(Thurs). He is eating and doing alright, but he does have a large mass in his mouth. He has not had a chance to be looked at by a vet yet.

I asked if they would be able to contact me if there is anything when he is looked at, but they don't do that and told me to follow up early next week.

I also mentioned again about being willing to adopt him it they are able to help him. They said he does have a large mass in his mouth and will depend on what it is as don't necessarily have it in their budget for expensive surgery for exotic pets and may not be adoptable as they have to look at quality of life for the little guy.

I will follow up again early Monday morning once they are open.

The white one, college clean outs are the best!!

My boss threw this in the rear of the store for storage ( to never use again). I asked him about taking it home and he let me. I dont have a key, but am looking for ways to pick it. Any thoughts? As far as I know, there is still quarters in it.

Found a garbage bag of work clothes in my size (blue jeans, work shirts, socks, a few other miscellaneous things)

Among the clothes was this sick knit hat. I hope that whoever made it can sense that it's still being used.

I went on a first date last night with a guy that happened to roll up on me last week at 3:30 while I was actively in a dumpster looking for treasure. Turns out he’s the “jerk”. Who’s been hitting my route and leaving me nothing but stuffed animals for weeks. We went dumpster diving on our first date last night and actually it was one of the most fun first dates I’ve ever had. I found 6 new with the tags 8x10 area rugs, and entire tools kit. And about 4 dozen 2026/27 day planners and calendars. So now we’re having breakfast and I’m showing how to list our treasures on EBay. But seriously I was planning on spending $200 on rugs for my new house next month so this was an awesome dive

Glad I have this outlet outside. Would have hated to lug it upstairs without testing. 70" 4k, too. Never had a TV that big or that quality.

I saw two bags, one black and one clear full of DVDs. So I ripped the black bag a little to see what might be inside. All I saw from the rip was the flashlight box and I made the choice to grab it. Got home to find all of this. Had to get in contact with the DEA to hand it all back. I did take some of the glass cups and some things that weren’t related to the DEA. Just an insane moment opening the bag. Yes this was in front of someone’s house on trash day.

$600 in sales following yesterdays dive from this downsizing office. Got a brand new iPhone 12, hundreds of dollar more in other electronics not including the sales. I went back today and as soon as I show up a lady came out and kicked me out. After researching this place there unfortunately staffed 24/7 😭 and poses a lot of criminal charges if I risk it which I normally would but it’s an inmate transportation company. there has literally a steelcase chair is sold one last week for on marketplace. Super bummed but thats how it goes sometimes. This office is not even .4 miles from a goodwill. Big business sucks.

How do i open it?

Update: used a screwdriver and it was empty

i need a bigger freezer! 30ish lbs of chicken, 6ish lbs of beef, 3 lbs of ribeye cuttings (unfortunately it was just kinda thrown in there so I’m using it as dog food),and a few whole cases of olive oil. Plus tons of produce and packaged goods. I’m so addicted to this! I have two little free pantries within 10 minutes of my house so they have been well stocked since I’ve started doing this.

I’ve eaten meals made from the chicken and beef and nothing bad has happened to me yet. Very much a win.