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dumpster diving  

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  • Dumpster diving involves picking through discarded trash for usable material goods and edible food. Although many engage in this activity solely out of economic necessity, Dumpster diving, as it is used here, is a critical or frugal reaction to the wastefulness of the consumer society. [Source: Green Consumerism: An A-to-Z Guide; Dumpster Diving]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-GW2C74GP-R

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