I live in an Apartment Complex. Over a hundred apartments. We have four or five dumpsters strategically located around the complex so that we can dump our trash. Usually in trash bags. Oddly enough the people from the surrounding subdivisions seem to think that the dumpsters are theirs to use also.

I go for walks occasionally and pass each dumpster in turn. You would not BELIEVE what people throw away. Like furniture. Right now I'm sitting in a very nice office chair that I 'rescued' from the dumpster. I've seen a LOT of various types of furniture, clothes, electronics (a computer!)...just about anything actually.

I'd actually thought of 'salvage-resale' myself.