garbologist
nounEtymology From garbology + -ist.
1
One who examines refuse using archaeological techniques.
- A garbologist forages through waste paper baskets in search of interesting documents.
- 1998 October, Trash Talk, Boys' Life, page 10, Garbologists discovered the leachate, mostly water mixed with rotting garbage, actually aided in decomposing other trash in the area.