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it's not illegal, but if it is on private property you could be cited for trespassing but from what I have read, that rarely happens

Actually it is illegal at least here it is. Although dumpster diving is generally controlled by local ordinances and statutes, it is, if not specifically covered by law, both trespassing and theft. On top of it being trespassing and theft it must be highly immoral as you are depriving WasteManagement of their highly coveted trash. On top of being illegal and immoral it is also unsafe and unsanitary. Don't you people care about the public health? Mixing with garbage and then inviting hundreds into your haunt just seems like a bad idea to me. Not to mention the fact that you could get squashed in a garbage truck or compacting dumpster. Then your family would sue Spirit store and the rest of us would see an increase in prices, or an unavailability of merchandise due to your selfishness. I, having superior moral fiber cannot advocate nor condone this maleficent behavior.

Originally Posted by Juice

So I went to two stores. The first one I found a couple of things that I posted already. The second one the dumpster was locked.

same here it was an 8 foot dumpster and the side door was locked. i didnt feel like climbing up there. lol

Scott, I checked out Houston, TX ordinances and guess what ............drum roll please....

it is ...

Illegal.

houstontx.gov.
It's talked about a lot in 2004. ;-)
What was going on with your city in 2004, gosh.

It looks like in his city, Bubbels can dumpster and not get in trouble. ;o)

Originally Posted by MsMeeple

You just better hope that the employees didn't hide the good stuff in another dumpster hahaha

I was suprised to hear it was illegal too.

So I looked online... and one of the reasons that dumpster diving is illegal in many places this actually happens.

Employees and Customers place new items in trashcans and trashbags and then retrieve them later at night once that trash has been thrown out.

Originally Posted by IslandCryptKeeper

Actually it is illegal at least here it is. Although dumpster diving is generally controlled by local ordinances and statutes, it is, if not specifically covered by law, both trespassing and theft. On top of it being trespassing and theft it must be highly immoral as you are depriving WasteManagement of their highly coveted trash. On top of being illegal and immoral it is also unsafe and unsanitary. Don't you people care about the public health? Mixing with garbage and then inviting hundreds into your haunt just seems like a bad idea to me. Not to mention the fact that you could get squashed in a garbage truck or compacting dumpster. Then your family would sue Spirit store and the rest of us would see an increase in prices, or an unavailability of merchandise due to your selfishness. I, having superior moral fiber cannot advocate nor condone this maleficent behavior.

man I hope your post is tongue in cheek......

Originally Posted by The Red Hallows

Scott, I checked out Houston, TX ordinances and guess what ............drum roll please....

it is ...

Illegal.

houstontx.gov.
It's talked about a lot in 2004. ;-)
What was going on with your city in 2004, gosh.

from what I saw it pertained to this:
"... Rummaging through your trash or the trash of a business looking for
individual’s personal data in a practice known as “dumpster diving.”

"These include sorting through discarded trash (dumpster diving), rifling through
coworkers' desk drawers, bribing bank employees, stealing US mail"


"... Dumpster Diving - Going through your trash or the trash of businesses to obtain
copies of checks, credit card/bank statements or other records"

but this is NOT what we are talking about here......and I dont know what was going on here in 2004, I wasnt here....

Originally Posted by Scott N.

from what I saw it pertained to this:
"... Rummaging through your trash or the trash of a business looking for
individual’s personal data in a practice known as “dumpster diving.”

"These include sorting through discarded trash (dumpster diving), rifling through
coworkers' desk drawers, bribing bank employees, stealing US mail"


"... Dumpster Diving - Going through your trash or the trash of businesses to obtain
copies of checks, credit card/bank statements or other records"

but this is NOT what we are talking about here......and I dont know what was going on here in 2004, I wasnt here....

This is what I'm reading:
"Ordinance made it illegal to remove contents that had been placed out for collection of garbage, also known as dumpster diving"

I think it all depends if the cops are bored. Have you ever noticed that. And, I ask once again what is Trolling... and who is Bubbels talking about?

yeah, I think we can agree that you can be cited for trespassing at the very least, maybe more depending on what your taking out of the bin ie. bank papers, personal info etc and if the cops are bored....

Maybe Bubbles thinks we are advocating people steal or something, but like anything else, it comes down legal interpretation and thats why lawyers makes the big bucks