Professor Is Dumpster-Diving Urban Robin Hood

Jeff Ferrell, a professor of sociology at Texas Christian University, is an urban Robin Hood, although what he gives away is not stolen goods but instead goods from dumpster diving. The prof sifts through dumpsters and gives away the vast majority of his haul to the needy or friends. He has also managed to furnish his living room with what’s leftover. And becaue Ferrell, 57, gathers the goods on a bicycle, most of his finds are from dumpsters near his home. “I think it’s appalling on the level of just sheer waste and full landfills,” he said. “I think it’s also profoundly disturbing given the level of need in our society.”