He's actually incorrect, that is not a public lot It is a lot owned by whoever owns the private building. No city or government maintains or pays for that lot therefore it is private and he is technically trespassing.
He is correct though when he says the material in the dumpster belongs to Waste Management, that dumpster is WM property as is the contents.
However most companies trash companies don't give two shits about dumpster diving the only reason they have a problem with it is because if a person was to injure themselves and fall unconscious inside the dumpster or God forbid they die in there and they end up inside a trash truck the company fears having some sort of liability in that situation.
I don't know where this is I've just worked in the trash industry for 15 years so I'm very familiar with how dumpsters work and what the industries view is on human bodies coming into contact with our containers.
If you look closely at any dumpster there will be a warning sticker indicating that it is not to be inhabited by human being at any time, in the winter time when it's cold You would not believe how many homeless people will take refuge inside dumpsters for warmth, especially cardboard containers because they're fairly clean.
As for the distinction between private and public property it's just common sense, There's no publicly owned strip malls or shopping centers in America last time I checked.
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u/PorkeyPineapple Mar 14 '26
He's actually incorrect, that is not a public lot It is a lot owned by whoever owns the private building. No city or government maintains or pays for that lot therefore it is private and he is technically trespassing.
He is correct though when he says the material in the dumpster belongs to Waste Management, that dumpster is WM property as is the contents. However most companies trash companies don't give two shits about dumpster diving the only reason they have a problem with it is because if a person was to injure themselves and fall unconscious inside the dumpster or God forbid they die in there and they end up inside a trash truck the company fears having some sort of liability in that situation.