A glam mom has found $30K worth of items digging through the trash for treasure in the last six months — including a piano and Burberry coat worth $500. Ariana Rodriguez, 35, has always loved thrifting but started sourcing free items three years ago after joining her neighborhood ‘buy nothing’ group on Facebook. There she … Read more
For Melanie Diaz, the magic of Christmas doesn’t come from shiny store shelves or online shopping — it’s found in dumpsters. The dumpster diver has saved around $20,000 by retrieving gifts and decor from trash cans — including wreaths from Michaels and toys from TJ Maxx. The 22-year-old Tampa, Florida, resident has spent the past … Read more
Diving into treasure. Tiffany Butler, 34, revealed how she earned over $76,000 as a full-time dumpster diver. After each dive session, the Texas mom collects her findings and resells the products online. “You never know when stores are going to toss stuff – it’s really just all about luck,” Butler, who dumpster dives at least … Read more
They found love in a hopeless place. A pair of scavengers from Buffalo — whose romance was kindled at the bottom of a dumpster — say they haven’t let the arrival of a baby curtail their rubbish-rousting exploits. Scrap-happy Dave Sheffield, 35, met wife Erin, 39 back during his college days — the trash-minded twosome bonded while Dave … Read more
For someone unfamiliar with “Haikyu!!,” the anime adaptation of a slice-of-life manga about a high school volleyball team, the premise may seem a bit niche. And yet the series, which continues in the form of the film “Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle,” has always excelled at making its wholesome sports drama accessible to every kind of … Read more
Two singles were down in the dumps — but it’s actually what led to them falling in love. Erin Sheffield, 39, and her husband Dave, 35 met in a dumpster in Buffalo, New York in 2009. Dave was in Buffalo getting his degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Buffalo and Erin recently moved … Read more
Should you quit your job and become a dumpster diver? One Baltimore woman says she’s uncovered a whopping $2 million in unwanted treasure — everything from Le Creuset cookware to a $500 Dyson hairdryer. Jennifer Lleras, 40, is a busy mom who owns her own marketing firm, earning her a comfortable living. But when the mother of … Read more
It was the Ulta-mate score. A TikToker recorded herself dumpster diving outside an unidentified Ulta Beauty store last week — she claims to have snagged many Stila brand eye pencils, a full Coach perfume bottle, slightly used Chanel perfume testers, various shades of Mac foundation, and several Redken hair products, among other items as part … Read more
One man’s trash is another’s coveted shoe of the season. Nike has been ripped by footwear fanatics for the brand’s ISPA Mindbody sneaker, which features a worn-in aesthetic that’s more akin to a Yeezy cleat than Nike’s staple sleek styles. The mud-colored trainer, which is also available in neon green, is more an eye sore … Read more
Former “Baywatch” star Jeremy Jackson’s ex-wife Loni Willison was spotted rummaging for food in a dumpster, showing just how far the former swimsuit model’s life has spiraled since their breakup a decade ago. Willison, 39, has been living in homeless encampments in California for nearly seven years, often spotted with her ragtag possessions in a … Read more
What the ’ella? For a musical with the drunken confidence to slap the word “Bad” in front of a classic title, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Bad Cinderella,” which opened Thursday night on Broadway, doesn’t have much in the way of ‘tude and swagger onstage. Or brain cells. Theater review 2 and a half hours with one intermission. … Read more
If it’s free, it’s for me. An expert dumpster diver proved that another’s trash is someone else treasure with her latest garbage hunt video viewed over 800,000 times. Ella Rose, also known as @glamourddive on TikTok, rummaged through mall dumpsters and discovered “thousands” of sealed and unopened makeup products in two boxes. “It is from the AOA Studio … Read more
This woman is securing the bag by “glamour diving.” A TikTok influencer named Ella has become a pro at scoring freebies by rummaging through garbage dumpsters to find luxury goods. Calling her practice “glamour diving,” she frequently posts her high-end hauls online — much to the shock of her followers amazed about the treasures in … Read more
One person’s trash is another person’s holiday treasure. A poverty-stricken mom says she’s resorted to “dumpster diving” to procure Christmas presents for her young son — and has already found $240 worth of great gifts. Rachael Collins, 42, trawls through trash twice a week, honing in on garbage cans located outside of department stores, in … Read more
One beauty lover’s trash is truly another’s treasure. TikTok creator Ella Rose, whose account is dedicated to dumpster diving at all kinds of stores, dug through her local Ulta Beauty dumpster and apparently found a treasure trove of discarded products, many still in their boxes and good as new. “So much of it was factory … Read more