Dumpster Diving: Is Trash Picking Right or Wrong?

We have all done it; you know what I'm talking about. It is dark outside, no one is around there it is right there for the taking. You look and look and look. I'm talking of course about taking something from the trash. Dumpster diving, curb crawling, gleaning, scavenging, finding buried treasure, whatever you call it, it is still always the same. People toss out stuff that is completely normal. People toss trash everyday. But once in awhile people toss out perfectly good items that literally could be just about anything. TV's Microwaves, old sofas, end tables, the remains of their yard sale, whatever it is it will end up poking out of someone's garbage can down the street and you will want to take a look at it.

Now in today's society there is a tone of waste. Recent surveys have shown that Americans waste close to 50% of the food, which enters the country or is produced here. On top of that food waste there is a large amount of industrial waste, such as TV's, scrap metal, old computers, all sorts of stuff that could find the right home without a problem. So if there is so much waste then why is there such a stigma on people picking through trash. It would seem that the logical thing to do would be to look down upon people wasting these items, not upon the people redeeming them to a new life. Perhaps it is a sign of desperation, a man digging through garbage clearly is in need of something correct? Devil's advocate would say "yes" but I say "no". Just because a man is looking through trash doesn't mean he is in need of anything, perhaps he finds it a source of entertainment? Who knows?