Re-Purposing
Making use of something surplus or discarded by using it for something other than its intended use. This includes agricultural surplus that is collected and used as supplementary animal feed or composted. It also includes found art projects (see below).
Re-use and Repair
There are alternatives to buying a replacement when something breaks.
Curiosity
Gleaning information.
Dumpster Diving
Making refuse back into food.
Farmers' Market Surplus
It's not only the supermarket dumpsters that can be gleaned.
Found Art Projects
Re-use can take many forms. One of the finest examples of gleaning for art is the Artist-in-Residence program at the San Francisco dump. Watch a KQED YouTube video on the program.
Partially Funded by the California Council for the Humanities, UC Santa Cruz, and INTA - TrainingWeal.