Talk:Dumpster diving
SoCal student who set up a lucrative business?
Thank you Rossumcapek! WP works again! ww 14:53, 25 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Not a problem. Rossumcapek 06:17, 26 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Brief outline
The style of this article seems to be rather non-encyclopedic. It's chummy and instructive, much like an instruction manual on how to dive. I have nothing against this, but it's not really what Wikipedia is about. It would be perfectly all right to have an outside link to such a thing. Other opinions? Hardwick 00:27, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
- I agree. The second person ("you") needs to be edited out, as well as the casual tone overall. I just added a cleanup tag, but will try to get to some of it myself. --Mumblingmynah 21:33, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
- Are people happy with how the page looks now? I still think the "Overview" section needs to be broken up into at least two sections. Don't ask me what. -Danspalding 08:06, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
"Irrelevant" discussion
I've reverted some information that was previously deleted, albeit with heavy editing. The bulk of the story about Jerry Schneider, for instance, belongs on his own page, and the same goes for the over-long digression about computer security. --Mumblingmynah 05:08, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
Time references
In Italy, a law issued at the beginning of the new century declared dumpster diving to be legal.
This line would be better if the author could provide specific information. A date would be great, but I think the line could stand well enough if "the new century" were changed to say 1900s or 2000s, depending on which s/he meant. This sort of text could be problematic in the future, when it would have to be edited as "last century" or something like that. Ckamaeleon ((T)) 11:05, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
Skipping?!
I'm from the UK, and I've only ever heard "bin diving". Kinitawowi 23:30, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
Ditto. Skipping is something you do with rope - Most of my friends call it skip raiding - thomas.
Computers
The article doesn't mention computers. With a lifetime of 18 months many fully working (and actually quite capable) computers gets dumped. It's also relevant for information diving as hard discs often aren't erased. // Liftarn
- I've also heard that a lot of the older comps that are getting thrown out nowadays have rare earth magnets in them. How rare are they, and how much could I get for one if I found some. And where the heck is it in the comp? The Ungovernable Force 21:36, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
- WP isn't really a forum for exchanging hints and kinks about this or anything else. Nevertheless, I'll point you to the article on the periodic table, and the links there. The rare earths are a group of elements (found in the ground) and are rare only in the sense that they're less common (generally) than some other groups of elements, such as the alkali earths. Some of the terminology is leftover from medieval times and alchemical practice. They pop up, in common use anyway, in the context of improved magnets as opposed to plain iron magnets, eg in loudspeakers. ww 15:22, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
- WP gets used for off topic things all the time. The anarchism talk page seems more like a political debate than anything else. Anyway, thanks, I knew there had to be a catch. I should have remembered that from chemistry. The Ungovernable Force 18:52, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
- WP isn't really a forum for exchanging hints and kinks about this or anything else. Nevertheless, I'll point you to the article on the periodic table, and the links there. The rare earths are a group of elements (found in the ground) and are rare only in the sense that they're less common (generally) than some other groups of elements, such as the alkali earths. Some of the terminology is leftover from medieval times and alchemical practice. They pop up, in common use anyway, in the context of improved magnets as opposed to plain iron magnets, eg in loudspeakers. ww 15:22, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
There are ofcourse companies that recycle old computers for the content of gold, silver and copper. The conputers are dissolved into acid and then the metals are extracted using electrolysis. Not something you can do at home and it requires a lot of computers. // Liftarn
Furniture
I read in an article that antique dealers in New York look for finds in the trash people put out when they move. Because the appartments are so small you can't keep anything som they often find designer stull from th 1950s and 1960s. // Liftarn
Some links and references for possible use
- http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2003/1/29/215523/088
- http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/5.09/es_dumpster.html
- http://www.frugalvillage.com/dumpsterdiving2.shtml
- http://www.dumpsterworld.com/
- Empire of Scrounge: Inside the Urban Underground of Dumpster Diving, Trash Picking, and Street Scavenging ISBN 0814727387
- Jason Abbruzzese (2006-09-01). "From trash to treasure". Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg, Massachusetts). MediaNews Group, Inc. and Mid-States Newspapers, Inc.
- Sue Vorenberg (2006-06-07). "Dumpster diving group pulls reusable materials from garbage bins". The Associated Press State & Local Wire. Associated Press.
- Sue Vorenberg (2006-04-17). "Rubbish renegades". Albuquerque Tribune. Albuquerque Tribune.
- "Layton outlaws "Dumpster diving"". The Associated Press State & Local Wire. Associated Press. 2005-11-07.
- Elizabeth Mattern Clark (2006-06-13). "Freegans in Boulder want to control wasteful society". The Associated Press State & Local Wire. Associated Press.
- Larry Barnard (2006-08-24). "I was a student dumpster-diver". The Globe and Mail (Canada). Bell Globemedia Publishing Inc.
- Nicole Parton (2005-11-23). "Dumpster diving poses too many dangers". The Vancouver Sun (British Columbia). CanWest MediaWorks Publication Inc.
- Elaine O'Connor (2006-07-06). "Dumpsters serve up tasty dinner: Pamphlet offers tips to binners on how to find the best meal". The Vancouver Province (British Columbia). CanWest MediaWorks Publication Inc.
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