. The festival waste managers worked together to convert the bus into the perfect mobile home, spending about $17k (£13,400) on the project. While working on the bus, they lived in a tent on a friend's property after meeting each other on a year-long biking tour of the US. Now, they spend their free time travelling and dumpster diving - which usually consists of collecting 'expired' foods thrown out by supermarkets. Oak and Leah save thousands in rent by living in a bus ( mediadrumimages/@dumpstarsdiving) The couple bought the bus for the equivalent of £2,500 ( mediadrumimages/@dumpstarsdiving) 'It's hard to say what the best haul we've had was,' said Leah. 'One of the best ones off the top of my head is one time we pulled up to a store and saw the employee dumping lots of full cardboard boxes into the dumpster and when he was finished he just turned around, closed the door and never looked back. 'We immediately went to check it out and there were cases full of still super cold bacon, cold cuts, milk, feta, cheese and eggs. 'We just barely had enough storage for it all but made it work and ate a pound or two of bacon a day for about two weeks, it was great. 'The more you look, the more you find. We usually gather produce and things to resell or donate. 'Being in a tiny home there is limited space, but we always make room for the good food.' Sometimes the pair are spotted as they 'dive' - and they get mixed reactions to their method of shopping. 'Most of the time they ask you to leave,' said Leah. '){kind=link}
Leah and Oak Greerslanian spend their time travelling across the US in an old school bus they converted into a home, find abandoned food in bins to feed themselves as they go
A couple are on a constant road trip across the US in an old school bus, feeding themselves from food they find in bins.
Leah, 30, and Oak, 33, Greerslanian decided in 2018 that they wanted to commit to full-time travel and bought an old school bus for $3,200 (£2,500).
The festival waste managers worked together to convert the bus into the perfect mobile home, spending about $17k (£13,400) on the project.
While working on the bus, they lived in a tent on a friend’s property after meeting each other on a year-long biking tour of the US.