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Lifting

binlidsin

alleyways,

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Allkitted

out,ready

fora dive

A spot of

polish and they

were like new

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BIN-RAIDER

I get a real kick out of

rummaging through rubbish

AngelWilliams, 39

G

ettingthekids

readyforschool

onemorningin

September2012,

it dawnedonme.

Thesedayswill

soonbeover,I thought.

Myhusband

Antwanand

I bothhadalmost-

teenagers

fromprevious

relationships.

Andourdaughter,

Hailey,then2,

wouldsoonbe

startingnursery.

I’dbeneeding

somethingto keep

mebusy!

PlusAntwan,35,hadjust

startedbusinessschool.

A bitof extraincomewould

comeinhandy.

Thefollowingweek,I got

chattingto a ladyatchurch.

‘I oftenfindfurnitureand

householdbitsoutsidehouses,’

sheshrugged.‘It’samazingwhat

peoplethrowout!’

Drivinghomethatday,I got

Your trash...

thinking. We were moving

house soon, couldn’t afford

new furniture.

And one person’s trash...

‘I’m going to try dumpster

diving,’ I said to Antwan.

‘You’re going to bring home

someone’s

rubbish?!’

he laughed.

‘Give it a

chance,’ I said.

I’d checked –

here in Chicago,

anything thrown

away, not on

private property,

is up for grabs.

So I wouldn’t be

breaking the law.

That October, I braved it. I

didn’t have a plan. Just set out

around our neighbourhood.

Lifting bin lids in the

alleyways, I felt more excited

than nervous.

Peering in, I checked for any

loose items.

Nothing. So I moved on to

the next one. Then... Bingo!

Lying next to some bins was

a perfectly good playground set

• a slide with a toy treehouse.
  Lugging it to the car,
  I proudly drove home. No-one
  else was around to see.
  I cleaned it, set it up in
  the garden. Perfect!
  I couldn’t wait to show
  little Hailey.
  Days later, I added to
  my haul. A big computer
  monitor, chucked in the top of a
  neighbour’s bin.
  Antwan was sceptical.
  ‘Bet it doesn’t work,’ he said.
  He’d just bought a new one
  for £120!
  But I plugged it in, hit the
  power button. The screen
  flickered to life, good as new!
  ‘Beginner’s luck,’ Antwan
  chuckled to me.
  Over the next few weeks, I
  rifled through every household
  bin I passed, ripping open bags,
  assessing their contents.
  Some days, nothing but