dumpster diving

See also: dumpster-diving

English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdʌmpstəˈdaɪvɪŋ/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdʌmpstɚˈdaɪvɪŋ/
Rhymes: -aɪvɪŋ

Noun

dumpster diving (uncountable)

(US) The act of recovering, for any purpose, discarded items that would otherwise be sent to a landfill.
Hyponym: binology

Usage notes

"Diving" in the term refers to putting one's hands into the dumpster (or other receptacle storing discarded items) rather than one's whole body.

Synonyms

binning, D-Mart, dumpstering
garbage gleaning, garbage picking, garbing
skip-raiding, skipping, tatting
trashing

Derived terms

Translations

act of recovering discarded items

Chinese:
Mandarin: 垃圾搜尋／垃圾搜寻 (lèsèsōuxún)
Czech: vybírání odpadků m
Danish: skraldning c
Finnish: dyykkaus (fi), roskisdyykkaus (fi)
French: déchétarisme (fr) m, glanage alimentaire f, trésordure (fr) f
German: Dumpstern n, Containern (de) n
Hungarian: guberálás, turkálás, kukabúvárkodás
Japanese: ゴミ漁り (gomiisari)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: søppeldykking m or f

Nynorsk: søppeldykking f
Spanish: recolección urbana f
Swedish: containerdykning c, sopdykning c, dumpstring (sv) c

See also

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