English

Noun

dumpster diving ‎(uncountable)

1. (US) the act of recovering, for any purpose, discarded items that would otherwise be sent to a landfill

Synonyms

• binning, D-Mart, dumpstering
• garbage gleaning, garbage picking, garbing
• skip-raiding, skipping, tatting
• trashing

Usage notes

• "Diving" in the term refers to putting one's hands into the dumpster (or other receptacle storing discarded items) rather than one's whole body.

Translations

Derived terms

• dumpster dive
• dumpster diver

See also

• freeganism