Ollie's trial evoked protests in Belgium against restrictions from taking discarded food items. In Ontario, Canada, the Trespass to Property Act—legislation dating back to the British North America Act of 1867—grants property owners and security guards the power to ban anyone from their premises, for any reason, permanently.
The term "Dumpster" itself comes from the Dempster Dumpster, a brand of bins manufactured by Dempster Brothers beginning in 1937.
"Dumpster" became genericized by the 1970s.
Some people do this out of necessity due to poverty, others for ideological reasons, while still others do so professionally and systematically for profit. == Etymology == The term "dumpster diving" emerged in the 1980s, combining "diving" with "dumpster", a large commercial trash bin.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term "dumpster diving" is chiefly found in American English and first appeared in print in 1983, with the verb "dumpster-dive" appearing a few years later.
In a 1983 Minnesota case involving the theft of customer lists from a garbage can, Tennant Company v.
The Atari video game burial in Alamogordo, New Mexico after the video game crash of 1983 is a well-known example; a 2014 excavation recovered about 1300 games for curation as museum exhibits or auction. Clothing.
In 2009 individuals were arrested on assumed burglary as they had surmounted a supermarket's fence which was then followed by a theft complaint by the owner; the case was suspended. In the United States, the 1988 California v.
"As the cost of food reaches record highs an underground movement of dumpster divers is rapidly gaining momentum fuelled by consumers who are forced to find creative ways to feed themselves." == See also == == References == == Further reading == Art and Science of Dumpster Diving by John Hoffman; Dumpster Diving: The Advanced Course by John Hoffman (brings dumpster diving into the computer era) Paladin Press 2002; Evasion, (2003), CrimethInc.
technique" in which dumpster diving or its equivalent "wastebasket recovery" figures prominently. === By country === In 2009, a Belgian dumpster diver and eco-activist nicknamed Ollie was detained for a month for removing food from a garbage can, and was accused of theft and burglary.
On February 25, 2009, he was arrested for removing food from a garbage can at an AD Delhaize supermarket in Bruges.
In 2009 individuals were arrested on assumed burglary as they had surmounted a supermarket's fence which was then followed by a theft complaint by the owner; the case was suspended. In the United States, the 1988 California v.
Dive! premiered in October 2009 at the Gig Harbor Film Festival, where it won the Audience Choice Award.
All their food, clothes, electronics, art materials and entertainment, all out of the trash." Accolades: Skyfest Film and Script Festival, (won 2nd place for Documentary Films); and Lake Michigan Film Competition, (won 3rd place for Documentary films). The 2010 documentary film Dive!, a short documentary written and directed by Jeremy Seifert, investigates dumpster diving in the Los Angeles area.
Divers can also be seriously injured or killed by garbage collection vehicles; in January 2012, in La Jolla, Swiss-American man Alfonso de Bourbon was killed by a truck while dumpster diving. === Dumpster diving with criminal intentions === Discarded billing records may be used for identity theft.
The Atari video game burial in Alamogordo, New Mexico after the video game crash of 1983 is a well-known example; a 2014 excavation recovered about 1300 games for curation as museum exhibits or auction. Clothing.
Thieves known to several Walmart locations for fishing receipts from trash bins for the purpose of perpetrating return fraud by locating the same items on the receipt and returning them for cash were arrested in 2016 in Madison, Wisconsin == Legal status == Since dumpsters are usually located on private premises, divers may occasionally get in trouble for trespassing while dumpster diving, though the law is enforced with varying degrees of rigor.
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