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“I just went ahead and jumped in …”
Photo Credit: TikTok
Footage of a dumpster-diving session outside of Bath & Body Works is getting attention not just for its allegedly discarded goods, but for what was found mixed in with them. 
One seasoned diver, who goes by GlamourDDive online, said some of the tossed bags held seemingly new products alongside hair, dirt, mystery liquid, and even roaches.
In the recent, now-viral TikTok video, the diver showed herself retrieving bags and boxes of candles from a Bath & Body Works dumpster and saying, “Wait until you see what they left hiding for me to find….”
The video quickly drew nearly 700,000 views and almost 15,000 likes.
She described the dumpster as “loaded” and showed stacks of what appeared to be intact Christmas candles along with several mystery bags, adding, “So I just went ahead and jumped in…. I started grabbing and there were so many of these unbroken, brand-new Christmas candles.”
Not everything she found looked usable; she said some broken candles were mixed with hair, dirt, detergent, food, cockroaches, and a “bunch of mystery liquid.” She also found “food and crackers” alongside some broken goods.
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The comments section was mainly focused on the diver’s attire. The top comment pointed out that she completed the dive “in sandals.” Another commenter similarly advised, “Please wear gloves and closed shoes.” A third user wrote, “Please please please wear enclosed shoes next time. People throw away glass, needles, sharp things. All the time.”
One commenter, who claimed that they used to work at Bath & Body Works, wrote, “The best time to dumpster dive is during candle day weekend and Christmas eve. Have fun.”
Another user even suggested that the footage was staged, adding, “The majority of these people are setting up these finds! They usually buy items beforehand and then stage it so it looks as if they found it.”
For more on similar dumpster-diving finds and retail waste at Bath & Body Works and other chains, check out these stories. 
• One dumpster diver pulled a mystery bag from a Bath & Body Works dumpster.
• Behind Sephora, a diver found thousands of dollars’ worth of discarded beauty products.
• At HomeGoods, one shopper made an upsetting discovery in a store dumpster.
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