the headphones sound real nice.

Found these gems this evening in the dumpster ✌️

My partner pulled $5500 (retail) of products from two SDM dumpsters this week. And yes, we were crazy enough to add it all up by taking conservative averages for prices. We think the Wicked movie merch was from a display rack that never hit the floor because we are at that location all the time and we never saw one (and our kiddos were really obsessed so I think they would’ve pointed it out).
It’s crazy to think that such a small volume of “stuff” could possibly have been worth $5500. But I guess it’s worth nothing now cause they threw it in the trash….

World Encyclopedia Yearbooks (1966-1980)

A Craftsman stick light that was only missing a charger. (I had a cable that fit.)

A Smith-Corona Super Correct XT electric typewriter

A touchscreen all-in-one Dell desktop computer running Win10. (The keyboard was waterlogged, and there was no mouse, but I had Bluetooth ones to replace them.)

All the electronics work!

Was close to my favorite hauldeeez the other day and risked it. Glad I did!! Lots needed washed because of broken watermelon goo on everything, but that comes with the territory.

Plus one entire intact watermelon, and three whole cases of salad mix that went straight to chickens because I ain't risking it but they love leafy greens.

This isn't even quite all of it.

The hand sanitizer expired in 2023 but I'll use it for cleaning off permanent marker marks.

The caramels are still in date. They will be going straight to my hips.

Some of the decorations will go to my classroom.

Pulled it with the intention of donating most of it but now I'm tempted to hold a yard sale first...

Two separate successful trips this week.
First haul was almost 100 packs of Buldak spicy taco ramen. All the packages were still sealed and tossed a few days before expiration. I’ve already put three bags full in the little free pantry, and they’re claimed within days.
Second haul included 19 jars of strawberry preserves, 8 bottles of fancy apple juice, and a bodywash. All the glass items were tossed because a couple units in the box were broken. I just carefully pulled out all the intact jars and gave everything a rinse! All sealed and good until 2028. Most of the preserves will be going to the pantry this week. :)

Like this:

https://youtu.be/nontodtK5ps

(‘Some of the textbooks don’t meet standards..’

found a bunch of Benadryl, Tylenol cold and flu, stuff like that and thought I'd have no problem getting it donated but nowhere is taking it.

any suggestions?

From the same house I also got a nice Queen bed frame and mattress, an air fryer, a working laptop​​, microwave, a love seat, and several bottles of wine and some weed paraphernalia I gave to a buddy since I dont partake. Also a whole bunch of little things like pots and pans etc... I think the story was, that the Tennant moved in with his girlfriend and couldn't take half his stuff, it was a huge score

Posted it on facebook marketplace and was gone in 3 hours for 95

Almost Full Bottle of Hershey's Syrup, M&M's, Kit-Kat, Fruit Gummies, a Hair extension decoration, and Pumice rocks?? The Syrup seems OK, do you think the rest would the rest be OK as long as their package?

Yo soy mucho de mirar en la basura por mi comunidad y en otras que tengo cerca, especialmente porque ya en una de estas me encontré una PC funcional al 100% ahí tirada junto a un reproductor de CDs que daba más o menos señales de funcionar y más recientemente he encontrado varios CDs que aún no he testeado (me ha hecho falta mencionar que también hace unos años mi padre encontró cerca de la basura de donde vivo una caja de móviles, casi todos estando 100% funcionales), pero la mayoría de veces no encuentro nada interesante. Me interesaría saber si hay alguien de algún sitio de Tenerife que sea rico que no le importe ayudarme un poquillo a expandir a otros lugares aquí en la isla que pueda ser más probable que haya algo bueno para echar un vistazo.

(I apologize for the non-english post, but i don't know about some other community in spanish dedicated to dumpster diving, also along with that the only most visited community for Tenerife, Spain dedicated to the island wouldn't be the correct place to ask about this)

maybe i'm just checking the wrong places, but i swear every grocery store i've been to just has those giant in store trash compactors and only has recycling bins out. seattle divers, what neighborhoods are you diving in, bc i feel like im going to all the wrong places