A woman has saved $50k in two years by getting all her clothes and home goods from dumpsters.
Melanie Diaz, 22, started dumpster diving - salvaging from large commercial and residential trash cans for discarded items - after watching a video of someone doing it on TikTok.
In her first dive, she found books, toys, and calendars and decided to keep at it.
Over two years, Melanie has found clothes, home decorations, Christmas decorations, and pet food in dumpsters.
She says she's saved $50k over 24 months doing her new hobby and she's not had to spend a single dollar on clothes or home items since she started.
The large savings allowed Melanie to quit her full-time job in photographer to dumpster dive full-time.
Melanie Diaz, 22, started dumpster diving - salvaging from large commercial and residential trash cans for discarded items - after watching a video of someone doing it on TikTok.
In her first dive, she found books, toys, and calendars and decided to keep at it.
Over two years, Melanie has found clothes, home decorations, Christmas decorations, and pet food in dumpsters.
She says she's saved $50k over 24 months doing her new hobby and she's not had to spend a single dollar on clothes or home items since she started.
The large savings allowed Melanie to quit her full-time job in photographer to dumpster dive full-time.
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