Curb mining

Curb mining is the act of salvaging appliances, electronics, furniture and art discarded on the street ("curbside").

In June 2007, The New York Times wrote:[2] "Freegans" are scavengers of the developed world, living off consumer waste in an effort to minimize their support of corporations and their impact on the planet, and to distance themselves from what they see as out-of-control consumerism.

They forage through supermarket trash and eat the slightly-bruised produce or just-expired canned goods that are routinely thrown out, and negotiate gifts of surplus food from sympathetic stores and restaurants.

They dress in castoff clothes and furnish their homes with items found on the street.In many jurisdictions, ownership of domestic waste changes once it is placed into a container for collection.