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Originally Posted by cschin4
Is it even "legal" to dumpster dive? If someone were dumpster diving behind a retail store, grocery store, etc could they get charged for that or some other offense such as trespassing?
And, do people actually get into the dumpsters? What about the risk of getting stuck with a needle, broken glass, rodents, etc?
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Here in Seattle there was a dd up on Capital hill who hit the dumpsters of the grocery stores (they throw away a lot of good veggies for 'blemishes'). Well, they dropped the lid on him, locked it and called the police. Turns out, once it is in the garbage you lose control of it and the guy had broken no laws. He sued for unlawful imprisonment and so on and won - all he wanted was a promise that they would never ever again deny anyone access to the dumpsters.
Dumpster diving is legal in Seattle.
GrimJack
(hi! DW)