Dive summary:

• Workers at the Walton County Landfill in Florida have made some extra cash by salvaging five hundred tons of material residents throw away that can be reused or recycled.
• Some of the most common products taken from the landfill to be recycled are metals, cardboard, plastics and clothes.
• The extra money that comes from the scavenging goes back to the county while the landfill is given extra space to help prolong its lifespan.

From the article:

Silver, copper, brass, wiring, plastics and lead are all considered valuable. The county started the program last January, salvaging five hundred tons of materials so far. But there's a lot more in these trucks than scrape metal. One of the items taken out of the landfill are clothes but instead of being recycled they're sent to SunCoast Textiles and Recycling to be cleaned and distributed to needy families around the world.

"We've sold approximately twenty tons of clothes so far. We've got probably a little over half a load of clothes we've pulled since the last dump" said Simmons. ..