Dumpster diving is an unfortunate term for a noble  pursuit: reclaiming and reusing perfectly good things that are being  thrown away by wasteful or lazy people. It is also a political act  highly frowned upon in materialistic societies because it removes one  from obligate consumerism. And John Hoffman has written the ultimate  guide for perfecting the art. A college graduate with a good job,  Hoffman doesn't have to Dumpster dive: he loves to, and lives  better--and more freely--because of it. In nations like America, there  is an incredible amount of great stuff--often in great shape--thrown  out every day. And Hoffman tells you how to claim it as your own.    At this point, I have a confession to make: I am a sometime Dumpster  diver myself. Almost all of the furniture in our house has been found  abandoned on the streets in our upper-middle-class neighborhood or  nearby college campuses: sofas, tables, bookcases, lamps... you name  it--even some of our several household computers! Personally, I  wouldn't do some of what Hoffman advocates (such as diving for food),  but as in the tradition of all Loompanics Press books, this is a  no-holds-barred, tell-all book that assumes its readers can  make decisions appropriate to their own lives.

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