Hitchwiki/dumpster-diving-spots

Dataset Card for "Dataset of Dumpster Diving Spots"

Community-collected dumpster diving spots and their ratings from https://www.dumpstermap.org (or better https://dumpstermap.herokuapp.com/dumpsters).

Updated monthly using https://github.com/Hitchwiki/dumpster-archiver.

Dataset Details

Dataset Sources

• Repository: https://github.com/Debakel/Dumpstermap
• Demo: https://www.dumpstermap.org/

Uses

• gift and sharing econonmy research
• policy research

Dataset Creation

Curation Rationale

The data points collected on https://www.dumpstermap.org/ were only accessible via the web site interface, this dataset should serve as a starting point to run analytics on the data that is collected there.

Storing the data on huggingface will also serve as a layer of redundancy in case https://www.dumpstermap.org/ vanishes.

Source Data

• spots (Latitude & Longitude) from https://www.dumpstermap.org/ e.g. waste bins of supermarkets
• there can be multiple reviews (voting & comment) of each spot over time

Data Collection and Processing

• data was collected on https://www.dumpstermap.org/ which is run by Moritz Duchêne
• each single spot or review is added without review or verification

Who are the source data producers?

• indiviual entries are crowd-sourced

Personal and Sensitive Information

• identities of the crowd-sourcers are not recorded thus the name is Anonymous to avoid linking entries to any individual
• this information is sensitive because the practice of dumpster diving might not be legal in all regions where data is collected

Bias, Risks, and Limitations

• spots are biased towards Europe
• entries can be outdated or wrong due to the lack of verification

Citation

BibTeX:

@misc{dumpster,
author = {Till Wenke},
title = {Dataset of Dumpster Diving Spots},
year = {2025},
url = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/Hitchwiki/dumpster-diving-spots},
}

Dataset Card Contact

• @tillwenke