0 the activity of searching through skips or other large containers holding waste, in order to find food that can still be eaten or objects that can still be used: --
Skip diving was a pastime I enthusiastically engaged in when I lived in London and Brighton.
"I still go skip diving", he admits. "With so many companies going into liquidation, I would strongly recommend anyone to take a drive around their local business estates to see what they might pick up".
January is a good month for skip diving - lots of people are moving in the new year and also throwing out old things they have replaced over Christmas.