Is it illegal to go dumpster diving in Arizona?

[Tom]

Not without a scuba tank

 

[DinohScene]

Don't take my profile picture personal to this topic. That's not me. I swear lol. For the laughs.

Well.....

Now we know for sure it's you.

I'm a super duper white-boii. Yo.

So you're trailor trash that goes dumpster diving?

Damn .__.
And I tought stereotypes couldn't get any worse.

 

[ImNotSkilled]

No. Bye.

Don't be an ass hole.

 

[stinkoman]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_v._Greenwood
Relevant Supreme Court case.
http://trashwiki.org/en/Law
Helpful wiki.

Have fun, OP.

 

[DinohScene]

No. Bye.

Don't be an ass hole.

I'm not an arsehole.
I'm just responding to your comment.

 

[Thesolcity]

Wouldn't it technically be classed as theft even though it's been thrown out?

Depends on the state, but most states deem it Public Domain once an item of any value lands itself in a waste receptacle.

Now, that becomes null and void if you have to go onto private property (parking lots, fenced areas, etc...)

Most businesses won't MIND, however, if you dumpster dive, as long as you don't make a mess, and you don't cause a lot of drama.

HOWEVER, chains or locks around a dumpster means absolutely and unquestioningly, that NO, you cannot dumpster dive on this property and doing so will most likely land you in legal trouble.

Take it from a former for-profit dumpster diver.

This about sums it up. If you're interested, you should also look up how Food not Bombs manages to get much of its food. It's sad how much is wasted by large chain stores when they could easily donate what they're planning on tossing out.

There used to be a local supermarket that would give its unused product to homeless every 2 weeks or so. They stopped because homeless started swarming the place looking for free food and for some reason believed they were entitled to it.

 

[Warrior522]

Wouldn't it technically be classed as theft even though it's been thrown out?

Depends on the state, but most states deem it Public Domain once an item of any value lands itself in a waste receptacle.

Now, that becomes null and void if you have to go onto private property (parking lots, fenced areas, etc...)

Most businesses won't MIND, however, if you dumpster dive, as long as you don't make a mess, and you don't cause a lot of drama.

HOWEVER, chains or locks around a dumpster means absolutely and unquestioningly, that NO, you cannot dumpster dive on this property and doing so will most likely land you in legal trouble.

Take it from a former for-profit dumpster diver.

This about sums it up. If you're interested, you should also look up how Food not Bombs manages to get much of its food. It's sad how much is wasted by large chain stores when they could easily donate what they're planning on tossing out.

There used to be a local supermarket that would give its unused product to homeless every 2 weeks or so. They stopped because homeless started swarming the place looking for free food and for some reason believed they were entitled to it.

The lesson: People are assholes. What else is new?

 

[Tom]

No. Bye.

Don't be an ass hole.

FLAME ON

 

[Psionic Roshambo]

In my area I would honestly be afraid to dumpster dive.... Not because it is against the law or anything, I just have seen waaayyyy too many used syringes by dumpsters and it would be my luck that I would run into the one AID's infected junky who also cares about our planet and decides to throw his used paraphernalia in the dumper for me to stick my self with...

Just something to think about when digging in a dumpster.

Edit: Please be careful, would be horrible to die or get sick over a scratched up disk of Barbie's Horse Adventures for the Wii...

 

[Gahars]

I feel like if someone is dedicated enough to search through a dumpster for its contents, they've earned whatever they can find.

 

[Psionic Roshambo]

I feel like if someone is dedicated enough to search through a dumpster for its contents, they've earned whatever they can find.

I agree, and to me if some one throws something away, it means they really had no use or value for it and only wanted it gone.

Some of my things I have rescued from a dumpster, I have a Ti 99/4A hard drive enclosure along with extended BASIC some one was throwing away. I think the hard drive is something like a whopping 5MB's lol But it seemed cool to me and I already had a 99 so I snatched it.

 

[FAST6191]

Although being stuck with needles and worse is certainly a concern PsionicRoshambo it is probably not doing to be HIV that gets you.

I will also note if the dumpster of a business you are raiding has a business foolish enough to junk things with sensitive information (apparently social security numbers still do something in the US that would mean limiting numbers of people that can know it is a good idea) even if you can otherwise justify it then it is probably best to leave it alone.

 

[Shadow#1]

OP go for it unless a cop stops u

 

[aireca]

i know people who sell that stuff collected from dumpsters

 

[FAST6191]

OP go for it unless a cop stops u

Certainly it is not usually worth picking a fight with the police and for the most part I would acquiesce to their demands but I can not necessarily agree with that as an outlook on life; most police will not necessarily know all the various laws (and as others have said this gets kind of specific as to what you can and can not do) not to mention if a policeman knocks on the bin as you are elbow deep in it and you pop up with a bunch of papers with social security numbers or something on and that will probably see you in front of the beak for no good reason.

 

[Shadow#1]

OP u can't get in trouble finding papers with SS numbers on them and u wont find needles as for a fact i haven't even found either they r just trying to scare u for no reason, so go have fun dumpster diving as i have for years now.

 

[retKHAAAN]

your doing it does not make it legal.

 

[Shadow#1]

doing it does not make it illegal.

 

[retKHAAAN]

doing it does not make it illegal.

I'm located in East Mesa/Phoenix.

Don't take my profile picture personal to this topic. That's not me. I swear lol. For the laughs.

http://cronkitezine....iving/laws.html

OP's post was regarding the legality of garbage picking in his/her area... 'Tis not legal.

 

[Shadow#1]

doing it does not make it illegal.

I'm located in East Mesa/Phoenix

Don't take my profile picture personal to this topic. That's not me. I swear lol. For the laughs.

http://cronkitezine....iving/laws.html

OP's post was regarding the legality of garbage picking in his/her area... 'Tis not legal.

OP thats for the City of Phoenix so your all good