"Most of the furniture currently cluttering dumps was made within the last 10 to 15 years." What is 'stooping'? Everything to ...

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure: This spring and summer, the adage rings especially true. The hotter months were always peak times for Big Apple move-ins and -outs. But standard relocations ...

Imagine picking up a vintage, mint-condition Herman Miller Eames lounge chair, matching ottoman or a bunch of gently-used IKEA cubbies, all for free. While this may sound like something out of a movie ...

As night falls on the streets of Shanghai, Mikiko Chen can often be found prowling through the winding alleyways of the city hunting for discarded items. "I pick up all sorts of things, chairs, wine ...

New York City is known for many things. It is a haven of diversity, a global hub of finance and arts, and, as a famous popstar once encapsulated it, a “concrete jungle where dreams are made of.” It is ...

Have you ever been tempted to grab a stylish, forsaken chair or couch off of the curb and make it your own? “That’d look better in my living room than wasting away in a dumpster,” you might think. You ...