In San Francisco, trash pickers are going through the garbage of billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg and selling the items they find to make a living.
. Orta has uncovered a hair dryer, a vacuum cleaner, and a coffee machine in the Facebook CEO's trash, and an iPad in someone else's.Read moreSan Francisco is so expensive that households making over $100,000 a year qualify for low-income housing
The Times notes that trash picking is illegal in California, as the contents of garbage bins on the sidewalk are property of the trash collection company — but the law is seldom enforced. The trash-picking trend illustrates the growing gap between San Francisco's wealthiest and poorest residents. An analysis of 2017 US Census dataOther trash-pickers have made similar discoveries: The bloggerpublished a post about making over $1,000 selling items he found in a single dumpster in the garage of a luxury apartment building. Those items included a coffee table, bar stools, and clothes with the tags still on.
For some people, though, discovering the treasures in other people's trash is more of a hobby than a way to make a living.
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