A woman has saved $50k in two years by getting all her clothes and home goods from dumpsters. <br /><br />Melanie Diaz, 22, started dumpster diving - salvaging from large commercial and residential trash cans for discarded items - after watching a video of someone doing it on TikTok.<br /><br />In her first dive, she found books, toys, and calendars and decided to keep at it.<br /><br />Over two years, Melanie has found clothes, home decorations, Christmas decorations, and pet food in dumpsters. <br /><br />She says she's saved $50k over 24 months doing her new hobby and she's not had to spend a single dollar on clothes or home items since she started.<br /><br />The large savings allowed Melanie to quit her full-time job in photographer to dumpster dive full-time.
