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ESPIGUEO CONTENEDOR [1 record]

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Record 1 2018-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
DEF

The practice of searching through dustbins for discarded but still usable or valuable objects such as food or clothes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
DEF

Fait de vivre des déchets récupérés dans les poubelles, spécialement les poubelles des magasins d'alimentation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de los desechos
DEF

Práctica de buscar en contenedores alimentos u objetos desechados todavía útiles.

OBS

espigueo en la basura; espigueo en un contenedor : La Fundación del Español Urgente(Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, recomienda utilizar las expresiones en español "espigueo en la basura" y "espigueo en un contenedor" como alternativas al anglicismo "dumpster diving".

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