Master Dumpster Diver

I'm totally in favor of recycling (who isn't?) but dumpster diving for a living, not quite my thing. Noentheless, I give this guy much respect for his entrepreneurial drive even if his "office" is garbage.

From Forbes of all magazines...

Darren Atkinson has discovered a marvelous fact about selling garbage: There's always more to be had. The 40-something dumpster diver has been in the game for 16 years, and he's learned to stop worrying and love the trash.

Atkinson has built an empire collecting high-tech junk out of corporate trash bins, repairing it and selling the second-hand goods to customers worldwide on sites like eBay and Craigslist.

...before long, Atkinson was making money hand over fist.

In the two decades I've known Atkinson, I've only seen him get really mad when he sees this disregard for proper waste disposal: "I've got a son, and we recycle like crazy so that he'll have a future. But for every thousand old ladies washing and flattening their cans and putting them in a blue box, there's a company like this with twice as much recyclable waste going straight into the landfill."

Check him out in action...