Have you ever been tempted to grab a stylish, forsaken chair or couch off of the curb and make it your own? “That’d look better in my living room than wasting away in a dumpster,” you might think. You ...

Imagine picking up a vintage, mint-condition Herman Miller Eames lounge chair, matching ottoman or a bunch of gently-used IKEA cubbies, all for free. While this may sound like something out of a movie ...

Stooping is when someone puts an unwanted item out on the street, either for trash or with a “free” sign, encouraging others to take it. Sometimes, big ticket items like televisions, pieces of ...

It was 9:59 on a Wednesday morning and Georgie Osgood was ready to pounce. In one minute, a resident of the Brooklyn street she had been pacing for over an hour would move a blue-tufted couch to the ...

Shelby Veazey confidently maneuvers her Ford Transit LXT onto a narrow side street in Greenpoint. “Oh, there’s something!” she says, gesturing toward where a wooden mid-century sideboard sat on the ...

"Most of the furniture currently cluttering dumps was made within the last 10 to 15 years." What is 'stooping'? Everything to ...