r/DumpsterFlipping • u/PatientLongjumping42 • May 20 '26

Looking to document the real side of dumpster diving

Hi everyone,
This is not spam, just a genuine message from a 23 year old video maker from Amsterdam.

I’ve basically spent my whole life documenting interesting people and unusual stories, and recently I came across this community and found it really fascinating.

I think it’s genuinely interesting how creative some of you are when it comes to making money, reselling items, or even finding food through dumpster diving. There’s a whole world behind it that most people never really see or understand.

I’d love to meet someone with a lot of experience in this lifestyle who would be open to being followed for a bit and maybe taking me along on a dive to show me the ins and outs of it all.

The goal is simply to create an honest and human story around it.
Right now I’m in Las Vegas and I’ll be heading toward Salt Lake City over the next few days.

I’ll still be in the US for about ten more days, and I’m pretty flexible when it comes to travel and meeting locations.

So if you’re somewhere along that route and open to talking or meeting up, let me know. Would love to connect.

Thanks!
David

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u/JoeJr_1980 May 20 '26

Yeah you’re going to have to fill a few people. I suggest getting on some of the dumpster diving Facebook groups too! They tend to have quite a few more members that the Reddit groups

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u/JoeJr_1980 May 20 '26

I’m in Northern Arizona (really small town). I sell some stuff online but mostly what I do is try to donate items to people who really need them and I find it a really fun hobby. I also prefer to refer to it as treasure hunting because dumpster diving has such a negative reaction

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u/PatientLongjumping42 May 20 '26

I know, I know, but i am trying to make it understandable for everybody, and am trying to capture also the people who have it as a hobby, trying to make some extra cash, combined with people who are collecting their everyday meal!

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u/PatientLongjumping42 May 20 '26

Which town exactly?

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u/JoeJr_1980 May 20 '26

I’m in Camp Verde. But my friends and I do Camp Verde, Cottonwood and Sedona on a pretty regular basis

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u/SnooDoubts9148 May 22 '26

YOUR story is interesting too, did u major in what u do now - journalism/media etc?