You'll always find people picking garbage. As the saying goes, one person's trash is someone else's treasure.
There's a term that's been coined to these folks...dumpster diver.
And it's been going on for years.
We don't hear much about it because it's still somewhat of a "best kept secret" for those in the practice. But lately, social media and other platforms have exposed this once unknown phenomenon and these "divers" are now struggling to make a living.
A recent article on NJ.com sheds more light on this situation and how businesses are combating the situation. Click on the link below for more on this "secret craze"...
Inside N.J.'s secret society of dumpster divers and its declining economy