Concept information
Preferred term
dump digging
Definition
- Dump digging refers to the practice of excavating old garbage sites. From beachcombing with metal detectors to digging through 18th-century outhouse contents, whatever the location, dump diggers share a common pursuit—unearthing items that people threw away in the past. [Source: Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage; Dump Digging]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/dump_digging
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