We’ve all heard that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. But have you ever taken the time to investigate that claim for yourself? Most of us aren’t brave enough to hop into a dumpster or ride along in a garbage truck to see what’s out there, but those who are have plenty of stories to tell.
Sanitation workers and dumpster divers of Reddit have been recalling the wildest and most impressive finds they’ve ever discovered in the trash. Enjoy reading through these stories that might inspire you to start checking out your local garbage bins, and be sure to upvote the ones that you can’t believe are true!
#61
I worked for university's conference center in Southern CA one summer as a groundskeeper. After the summer, we were putting away all the mattresses that were used by the university student counselors and discovered a box of photos of the activities that the students had engaged in. There were only a few items of clothing shown in any of the pictures.
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#62
As a former hairstylist, I was mildly surprised to find a salon going out of business and throwing barber chairs out back. I grabbed one asking with other equipment and now I cut my family’s hair in the comfort of a real barber chair.
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#64
Used to work for a real estate company in Tucson, clearing out foreclosed homes. My favorite story is the "Cartel House". We went to check out the next day's house after work nearby. Nice quiet street. We walk in and the more experienced guy says "Hold up". I notice a rifle leaning against the couch, very high end furniture. The house would have been a huge score. He says "Stay here" and goes upstairs. We leave quickly- he says there were guns at hand in every room- never went back. Reported it to the realty company- they went back a few days later and it was virtually empty. Speculation was that the house was used for illegal activity, perhaps someone in another house in the neighborhood observed our visit. All that stuff would've been legally ours but who knows if we'd have made it out in one piece.
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#65
Very big black bear made of plaster. I patched, painted and now it’s a cool outdoor coffee table.
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#66
Vintage glassware, cleaned one small creamer pitcher up and sold it to an antiques store.
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#68
I once lived above a dominos pizza and would take pizza out of the dumpster regularly. I didn’t find anything crazy, but my roommate at the time is now one of the most prominent country superstars…. And I was there for the dumpster pizza days.
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