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From scooters to shampoo - the people saving hundreds from dumpster diving

The men and women who rummage through commercial bins to take clothes and other items.

BBC Business•

Darryl Baker was shocked to see piles of clothes dumped beside the recycling bins outside her local supermarket.

On several trips to the dumpsters she has also found a host of other items, such as "a perfectly decent" Ikea picture frame and children's scooters.

Always on the lookout for ways to save money and appalled by the waste, the thrifty mother-of-two from north London asked supermarket staff if she could take some of it.

Through savings and selling the more valuable items, he estimates his finds are worth "tens of thousands of dollars a year".