Homeless individuals living in Del Norte County are collecting thousands of pounds of trash each month and trading it in for survival gear. The winter shelter-in-place project through the nonprofit dedicated to homeless outreach, Mission Possible, provides garbage bags to homeless individuals, who then can fill those garbage bags with trash they find and trade them in for food, clean clothes and other essential items. If they turn in trash for four consecutive weeks, they receive some neat survival gear, including a pocket-sized tent and a hand-warming phone charger. Last week, homeless individuals turned in 1,960 pounds of garbage, said Daphne Cortese-Lambert, founder and executive director of Mission Possible.