A man has made it his mission to expose the thousands of pounds wasted by retail outlets by dumpster diving - and found up to £100,000 worth of gear in a single haul.<br /><br />Martyn, 47, who goes by 'Retail Waste Exposed' on YouTube, is a full-time dumpster diver, which means he searches waste bins of retail stores for items.<br /><br />He began dumpster diving in support his family as a child and has now made it his full time occupation. <br /><br />Martyn, from Kent, has one main goal, to expose the huge amounts of retail waste.<br /><br />He said: "It's an incredible amount of money. I grew up in a struggling family when I was a child, one day I found food in a Tesco dumpster and it all started there."<br /><br />His biggest hauls have included £30,000 of beauty products at a distribution center, £100,000 of nail varnish and even iPhones and hard-drives.<br /><br />The £100,000 of nail varnish came from an enormous haul of 50 boxes with about 300 bottles in each of them. <br /><br />Martyn, who doesn't want his last name to be revealed, makes between £200 and £1,000 per week from his hauls.<br /><br />He goes out diving on weekends, spending about 12 hours a week on the hunt and spends the rest of the time repairing, selling and donating his items. <br /><br />Martyn added: "I don't want everyone to think that they can make a living by jumping into dumpsters. I've been doing this for years."<br /><br />But Martyn is disappointing to see so much waste given the current cost of living and climate crisis.<br /><br />He said: added: "It's criminal what they're doing.<br /><br />"I only search general waste bins, everything that isn't recyclable should go there, stuff like cardboard and plastic should be recycled.<br /><br />"I see that stuff all the time. The worst for recycling is Smyth's Toys. They throw away an incredible amount of stuff.<br /><br />"The best places are the ones I get the least from, places like Curry's, Homebase, and Argos.<br /><br />"I'd like the shops to do better. We're all forced to do so much for the environment and blamed, but on a commercial level they waste so much.<br /><br />"I found a hundred thousand pounds of nail varnish a few months ago, and that was all sent to a landfill. How dare they."<br /><br />Martyn donates a large part of what he finds, or gives it away to friends and family as well.<br /><br />He added: "I donate 90% of what I find to charity. <br /><br />"I like to donate to independent charities, I've been behind a few food banks and they throw away so much stuff."
