The US Supreme Court has ruled that you have no expectation of privacy for your trash, whether sealed in an opaque bag or exposed. As mentioned the long citation above was from the loosing side of a case in Florida
California v. Greenwood - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edit Sorry Redwitch I was composing while you were posting, see we found the same court decision, end edit
To conflate someone trying to make a few bucks trash diving with suspecting them of casing your house or neighborhood for home invasions... And to suggest that those of us who don't get angry at those whose lives are at a point where this activity is used to get by "
would like your trash thrown out on the side of a road when they are finished with it " .. really?