Dumpster Diving In Seattle

Trash is food: For frugalists, bargain hunting is a lifestyle.

Rebecca, 51, gets 99% of her food from dumpsters.

"It's so easy to eat for free," she says. "The only things I buy are butter and milk."

In 10 years of serious Dumpster diving, Rebecca says she's never gotten sick eating food from the trash.

She has only occasionally been hassled by a store manager, but she will usually talk her way out of it by spinning a story that she recently lost her job.