On social media, the scene plays out again and again: people plunging into dumpsters and finding discarded treasures like luxury purses, video games and brand-new makeup kits. In recent years, the ...

Big Apple opens swimming pools made from trash bins. Aug. 10, 2010 — -- New Yorkers strolling down ritzy Park Avenue can choose to go for a dip in a dumpster swimming pool this month. As part of ...

Designers transform trash bins into inviting city pools. July 21, 2009— -- Some New York City residents are diving into Dumpsters this summer – but coming up squeaky clean and refreshed. In the ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Some Philadelphia residents came up with a unique way to cool off at their block party. They created a dumpster pool. One man who helped set it up says, "It was lined with pool ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Bill McGurn, Kate Bachelder Odell, and Kyle Peterson. Images: AP/Zuma Press Composite: Mark Kelly The dumpster behind the arts center in our ...