Is it illegal to go dumpster diving in Arizona?

retKHAAAN

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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

and...
http://mesaaz.gov/clerk/CodeBook/CodeinWord/T8/T8Ch3.doc

see "Scavenging"

can't believe I wasted the 2 minutes it took to look that up...
 

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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

and...
http://mesaaz.gov/clerk/CodeBook/CodeinWord/T8/T8Ch3.doc

see "Scavenging"

can't believe I wasted the 2 minutes it took to look that up...

doesn't specify for what city.
 

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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

and...
http://mesaaz.gov/cl...rd/T8/T8Ch3.doc

see "Scavenging"

can't believe I wasted the 2 minutes it took to look that up...

doesn't specify for what city.

so you missed the city and state named in the link then?
 

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In France it's not illegal.
There's more and more people doing it on supermarket trashes, because of financial crisis. (and because TV reports are showing it and people who didn't think about it might reconsider).
Some supermarkets have orders to destroy any food (putting bleach on it), while other don't care as long as you leave it clean and don't throw trash everywhere on the ground.

People do it on other people's trashes too. Often for themselves, like TV/sleeping couch/chairs/etc., or to sell it (flea market, ebay) when it's item still in good shape.


Edit:
Oh, that trashwiki website even have my (little) town listed, and giving spot where to find food!
 

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Some supermarkets have orders to destroy any food (putting bleach on it),

really???! I'm pretty sure they'll be a***f***ed if anybody ended up eating the bleached products, get burns and file a lawsuit
and their lawsuit will be about what?

I went illegally into a dumpster, stole food from it, ate it and got sick
 

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Some supermarkets have orders to destroy any food (putting bleach on it),

really???! I'm pretty sure they'll be a***f***ed if anybody ended up eating the bleached products, get burns and file a lawsuit
and their lawsuit will be about what?

I went illegally into a dumpster, stole food from it, ate it and got sick

Even if it was legal to go into a dumpster, I think the expectation in throwing something away is that its no longer fit for human consumption. Digging into a dumpster and eating it well I would say that the consumer assumes all risks in that transaction.
 
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The difference being it was deliberately tampered with, in the knowledge that people were likely to eat it. Getting sick by something that's off and having your mouth burned off by a deliberate spoiling is something totally different.
 

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I have friends who live in Tempe, Surprise and Chandler and they dumpster dive for food all the time, you should be ok, I think
 

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I picked up a DSi XL in a trash can (not dumpmster) before and sold it to my neighbor for $120. Bargain! Guess the person who threw it away upgraded and didn't know what to do with it.
 

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