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Welcome to Trashwiki, the collaborative world wide guide of creating value from trash! It is written for and by dumpster divers. Here you will find plenty of trash-related articles, including articles on specific countries, markets and other places, articles on food and law from a dumpster diving perspective, and more!
"One man's trash is another's treasure"
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We started on September 17, 2008, and we already have 175 articles on trash. You can find precise descriptions of how to get rid of your trash in a sustainable and ecological manner, how to sensibly recuperate trash, and more. All red links on this wiki indicate articles yet to be created. You can start such a new article first by clicking on the red link, and then filling in the information that is known to you. It doesn't have to make too much sense (yet) - someone else will edit/correct your entry later on anyway. Check the recent changes to see what's been going in the past couple of days. And note that this is a continuous work in progress that's just been started - please add more information wherever you think it's needed.
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People who dumpster dive do this for various reasons. It could be out of necessity and lack of money; it could also be a form of the criticism towards the consumptive behavior of the modern society and its unsustainability; lastly, some people dumpster dive simply because they are fond of free trash. Beside dumpster diving, there are other things one can do to decrease one's own negative impact on Earth and to contribute to sustainable way of living - see following topics: grow your own food | permaculture | locally produced goods | gift economy | Guerrilla gardening.
For more films on freegan lifestyle see here.
