Council Postpones Decision on 'Trash Scavenging' Ordinance

The Reno City Council delays action on trash law (link to Reno Gazette-Journal article on topic published today). Save Reno Dumpster Diving will review recordings of the full discussions and keep you updated for any further motions on this issue, its inclusion on the Agenda of future meetings, and all other pertinent information regarding the matter of interest to Save Reno Dumpster Diving's Mission:

To galvanize public support and understanding of trash scavenging, dumpster diving, curb crawling and other forms of recycling. Its ultimate goal is to defeat any attempts to outlaw these activities in the Reno area.

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In other news, yesterday in Louisiana, a Dumpster diving bear was captured. A human dumpster diver was in the dumpster when the bear decided to dive-in too:

The dumpster diver came face to face with a 250 pound black bear.

"The guy was digging in the dumpster. What happened was apparently he was in the dumpster and the bear probably smelled the food shaken around and the bear creeped up on top of the dumpster and startled the guy," said Winn Dixie employee Vanessa Savoy. "Somehow he managed to jump out and run into the store and told them up front you got a big black bear out by you alls dumpsters," said Store Director Shayne Hall. [video news report about the incident available here: Dumpster-Diving Bear]

Another bear was caught on tape, earlier this year, scaring some residents in California: Dumpster-Diving Bear Scares CA Residents.