r/DumpsterDiving

I still can't believe this is real, but my wife was walking near our house here in Montreal and spotted a box sitting out with the trash on the curb. She looked inside and immediately brought it home.

​It was 8 AM, she woke me up and said, "Go come check what I found in the trash." I was actually a bit annoyed being woken up for this type of stuff until I realized she brought home a fully functioning Japanese Family Computer, completely intact in its original 40year old box with a stack a games. What the hell just happened?

Edit :

It wasn't inside an actual garbage bag getting crushed. It was sitting in a cardboard box next to the bins on the curb. Honestly, it looks like someone was just clearing out a basement or an estate and had zero clue what it was.

2 big baskets of i think sheets that were intentionally sliced up despite being brand new and there being a people inc senior apartment building about 100 ft away that would have likely happily picked them up

I opened a few and they didn’t seem to be in too bad of condition.

Found this at work today (im a garbage man)

Found these authentic arcade “marquees” tonight looking around my apartment dumpsters, someone had to have collected them and knew they were at least worth something !? Anyway, 100% going in the game room 😮‍💨

$700 bike rack somebody dropped off at a community trash day event.

Idk if it turns on rn I haven’t tried it yet. 1 Original PS1 controller 2 non original controllers, AV & power cord.

1 VGA cord (unrelated to the PS2 but useful for a monitor I have that’s missing one)

Today I sold an old TV that I got from this spot a few months ago.

I went by earlier 1x and there was some TVs LCDs or LEDs idk but I’d rather take CRTs home before I take those. They just have a better chance of turning on & also still sell surprisingly well at times

I threw away my old skateboard and my local garbage men came and acted like they were 13 again. It’s hard to see it but they were riding it down the road.

Bunch of dumpsters with hotel stuff

Along with a few other things.

Never seen such a thing floating table what do you think…. Should I pick up to flip for $?

I found all of this juice and disposable vapes dumpster diving today , thank you God 🙏🙏

I work doing storage cleanouts. We were cleaning out an old storage unit and went to the dumpster to throw away the trash from the job.

When I looked inside the dumpster, I couldn't believe what was already in there. Someone had thrown away a HUGE amount of brand-new electrical supplies and equipment — stuff that electricians could actually use and that definitely has resale value.

So I climbed in to see what else was there. 😂

That's when I found a small box with a watch, a gold ring, and all of these old fishing reels.

These reels were literally sitting in the dumpster with everything else. I don't know much about vintage fishing reels, but I knew they looked too interesting to leave behind.

Does anyone recognize any of these? I'm curious if I actually found something collectible or valuable.

Not a bad day to take out the trash! 😂