I won't stop!

Heck, if people are going to throw away perfectly good stuff, why not?

Hey, my hubby dumpster dives and is proud of it! He's a classy guy with a great job! He's come up with more than cans! He finds antiques and stuff that people have thrown stuff away in great shape! For instance, our kids got a great bicycle tire pump thrown away by Play it Again Sports! I have some expensive Christmas decorations from Seasonal Concepts. He found some antiques we still have and appraised. Won't tell you what their worth but, it's a lot. No wonder someone yelled at you! They wanted it.

I don't see a thing wrong with dumpster diving. I've found a lot more than cans, too. People throw out the strangest things and personally I think it's strange that you got yelled at for recycling. I wonder what planet they think they're living on? Because it isn't ours... ours have limited resources.

That's great you're doing that. I thank my fellow earthling. But you should take gloves with you so you can avoid cuts and gross stuff, and maybe some antibacterial creams.

We use to do this years ago and the kids loved it. See that extra recycling money was given to them each month so they could purchase books of their choice through the book club at school. Were those faces happy each time they received their orders. Congrats on your preservation.

You have a great vision when it comes to recycling, and your work will pay off. There are two benefits of doing this, being the environmental one and the monetary one. All the cans taken from the dump will increase space for garbage, and cut back more material production of recyclable materials. You should already know that the future of such cans helps the environment in the infinite future. Secondly, you gain a small amount when recycling, which can be used for shopping. This is a great idea, and I'm happy you've started doing this. If it weren't for people like you, thousands to millions of extra cans will accumulate in dump yards in a 10 to 15 year period. Dumpster diving is rather different, as people who have no means to live do this. In your case, a can or bottle is what is taken, and you don't have to crawl or work hard through the dumpster. Its a respectable action that many people really forget and don't realize.

That's a great thing you're doing making the world a better place. I'm impressed by your motivation to even search in dumpsters for tin cans for recycling.