Dumpster-diving duo turns trash into a profitable business: ‘We went to Europe with dump funds’
Jessica and Carina, two occupational therapists from New York, have turned dumpster diving into a profitable side business. They collect discarded items from college campuses and resell them online, funding their travels and vacations with the profits. Their unique hobby has garnered them a following on social media, where they share their adventures and finds.
- ▪Jessica and Carina have been dumpster diving for five years, collecting items from college campuses in North Carolina.
- ▪They have found valuable items such as Balenciaga sneakers and MacBook laptops, which they resell for profit.
- ▪The duo has used their earnings to fund trips to destinations like Cancun and Europe.
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Lifestyle exclusive Dumpster-diving duo turns trash into a profitable business: ‘We went to Europe with dump funds’ By Asia Grace Published May 19, 2026, 11:16 a.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Jessica’s apartment is trashed. It’s an abode of overload filled with furnishings and fashions she and her best friend, Carina, found in dumpsters on college campuses. Rather than spending thousands shopping on luxe labels at high-end boutiques, the native New Yorkers, occupational therapists now living in North Carolina, spend their free time studying the college move-out schedules of local universities such as Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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