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Dumpster Diving as a Side Hustle??

14 Apr 2025 · 1 min

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In this YouTube vlog, creator Jake Setterlun investigates popular TikTok claims that dumpster diving can be a profitable side hustle. He visits a mall and spends about an hour searching roughly 20–25 dumpsters behind various stores. The only notable finds are a pair of Old Navy jeans and a box containing two video‑game cases behind GameStop—one of which may have some resale value. He notes that the overall haul is minimal, suggesting that profitability likely depends on location and luck. The video ends with a call for viewers to suggest the next side‑hustle experiment and an invitation to follow his channel.

A ton of people on TikTok say you can make money dumpster diving at different stores, so let's see how much money we make. So I just came to this mall. Let's see if we can find anything in these dumpsters.
Oh shit! Oh, I thought they were beats. That's a mouse.
I spent the next hour looking through about 20 dumpsters at the mall. I didn't find much except for this pair of jeans at Old Navy. I searched through a couple more dumpsters and didn't really find much until I found this one dumpster behind GameStop. At the bottom of the dumpster, I found I found this box with 2 video game cases in it. It was the first decent thing I found out of like 25 dumpsters. They're probably not worth much because the first one has some random Wii game in it, but the second one has the right game. Somehow some people are able to consistently find things in these dumpsters and make a decent amount of money doing this, so it probably depends on where you live. Comment which side hustle I should test in the next video and follow for more.