Nope. It's illegal to dumpster dive here in most situations as far as I know unless it's your own dumpster. You can go down to the recycle center and go thru the stuff for coupons legally. I know a person who was caught in a big box store dumpster and got caught and spent the night in jail for trespassing.

I think part of the problem is that companies are sometimes told to throw things away. IF these items are taken from the dumpster and resold (like ebay), then it becomes an issue for the manfacturer because bad product is on the market and people may want to try to get free warranty work, etc on items that should have never been sold. I can see both sides of the story. I would also hate to think the diseases that are in dumpsters. You could get stuck with a needle form a druggie that was tossed in there or worse. A lot of stores have to lock theirs up now because people who get injured and then try to sue the store!!!

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Proud to say I haven't shopped at a Wal-Mart since Sept 2003