To Dave Sheffield, the dumpsters of Western New York are like old friends — reliable, generous and still capable of surprising him sometimes. As snow falls on the Buffalo suburb of Cheektowaga, ...

Dumpster diving is usually associated with people in the developing world who do it out of necessity. But since reusing or ...

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FILE: Organic materials from commercial food waste is piled up before being shredded and taken to an anaerobic digester at a GreenWaste Renewable Energy Digestion Facility in San Jose, Calif., Friday, ...