File:Recycling Kemble Road, Tottenham.jpg

English: 24 March 2013, in Kemble Road, Tottenham. A man with what looked like a child's pushchair was poking in the pile of dumped rubbish. He didn't seem to find anything he wanted and walked away a few seconds later.

___________________________________ § Aerial view of where I took these photos. § Mudlark - Wikipedia link. § Guardian article on Henry Mayhew's book London Labour and the London Poor. § Henry Mayhew - Etext. § Rag-picker - Wikipedia link. § Tosher - Wikipedia link § Urban lumberjacking. § Dumpster Diving and Skipping- "The practice of dumpster diving can additionally be referred to as bin-diving, bin-cruising; containering; dumpstering, tatting, skipping, or 'recycled' food." § Steptoe and Son. § Smear Campaigns, a talk given by Steven Connor at the "Unclean Beings" symposium held on 16 July 2011. Part of the exhibition Dirt: The filthy reality of everyday life at the Wellcome Collection, London. § On 18 August 2013 The Guardian has a short article by Hugh Muir: What migrants do to survive. He suggested that "some take the jobs we won't do". Adding: "... a good few will have subterranean wheezes going on. The rest of us won't even know it". Hugh Muir points out that many "wheezes" which migrants use to survive can be creative; and involve self-help and mutual aid among members of new communities.

  One practice people do know about is urban waste scavenging. From time to time, Harringay Online one of our local community websites has a new discussion thread where members voice an old topic: their discomfort and irritation when other people hunt though waste bins in front gardens for items of value.