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50. I'm not sure if it is illegal here. It may be, but both trash and garbage is

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Tue Sep 18, 2012, 12:20 PM

Sep 2012

picked up by DPW trucks with city workers that are in unions.

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Is scavenging for scrap metal a bad thing? [View all] CTyankee Sep 2012 OP

Yes and no Marrah_G Sep 2012 #1

On trash pickup day, some guy comes around with a little cart and goes thru people's CTyankee Sep 2012 #7

Dirty rotten poor person - how rude. sad sally Sep 2012 #39

Look before you leap, sad, and see my response to DainBramaged below. CTyankee Sep 2012 #48

Holy shit are you serious? DainBramaged Sep 2012 #45

I'd like him to have the stuff...I just don't like the noise at 4 a.m. CTyankee Sep 2012 #47

A word to the wise, is that some kind of threat? DainBramaged Sep 2012 #55

I happen to suffer from chronic insomnia. If he came at 2 am I'd be awake CTyankee Sep 2012 #56

You suffer from chronic holier than thou syndrome DainBramaged Sep 2012 #60

I am but of only one who begs to touch the hem of your robe, your Holiness! CTyankee Sep 2012 #61

it's bad when they tear it off existing buildings maxsolomon Sep 2012 #2

That is out and out theft. If you are giving stuff away or just throwing it out it is different. CTyankee Sep 2012 #8

They have special "big trash" days here in Japan, too Art_from_Ark Sep 2012 #46

Metal theft is so bad here that scrap yardsnow have to document ID of scrap sellers. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2012 #13

The amount of copper which was "scavenged" in Iraq dipsydoodle Sep 2012 #3

Scrap metal is one of the top US exports -- to china. HiPointDem Sep 2012 #4

Well, I sold some stuff from my dad's garage after he passed. Unfortunately some other people GreenPartyVoter Sep 2012 #5

Re your scenario. If you own it and give it away, it isn't scavenging. Since you can not uppityperson Sep 2012 #6

Some people feel that if someone gets a use out of an item they no longer need, all is good. CTyankee Sep 2012 #9

Be happy if looking tacky, is the worst thing your neighborhood has to worry about. Vincardog Sep 2012 #11

Well, it can be symptomatic of blight. And that is bad for property values. CTyankee Sep 2012 #12

Where I live, it's common practice for people to put unwanted MineralMan Sep 2012 #22

I take a lot of stuff to Goodwill because it is close. But Big Brothers/Big Sisters has called me CTyankee Sep 2012 #23

I don't generate a lot of usable old clothing, frankly. MineralMan Sep 2012 #25

I wear stuff I love out too! But...I have some stuff from when I was working and now just don't CTyankee Sep 2012 #26

That's exactly what I did this summer when I remodeled my kitchen. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2012 #31

+1 robinlynne Sep 2012 #32

Define "scavenging" . The recycling "expert" didn't want his scrap to go missing. What about the Vincardog Sep 2012 #10

I define scavenging as "dumpster diving" only doing it in people's individual trash bins. CTyankee Sep 2012 #14

Then IMO it is a good thing. Vincardog Sep 2012 #16

with the exception that if the container is a "recyclables only" container it is not trash and... yawnmaster Sep 2012 #34

I'm not sure if it is illegal here. It may be, but both trash and garbage is CTyankee Sep 2012 #50

same here with regard to same company and workers and union... yawnmaster Sep 2012 #54

That sounds consistent with what the recycling expert was saying. CTyankee Sep 2012 #57

When I was younger, the little teensy tiny filing cabinets Trillo Sep 2012 #15

well, it is not free in our city since our taxes pay for it. And there is an extra fee for large CTyankee Sep 2012 #18

We have the same thing here. Jamastiene Sep 2012 #35

Too many "scavengers" cross the line into outright theft Retrograde Sep 2012 #17

That is what the recycling expert was saying. So she said there is an option that the city/town CTyankee Sep 2012 #19

Ah, ethics matt819 Sep 2012 #20

If you get the okay from the owner of the metal... Hubert Flottz Sep 2012 #21

We have a once per year "bulky items" trash pickup. hamsterjill Sep 2012 #24

Can't you just put the items out on the day of the pick up? CTyankee Sep 2012 #27

Even if *I* do...not everyone in the neighborhood waits until the last day. hamsterjill Sep 2012 #37

Here we had a scrap metal drive and some jerks started stealing stuff RKP5637 Sep 2012 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author RKP5637 Sep 2012 #28

You used to see junk cars everywhere out here in the country ... no more 1-Old-Man Sep 2012 #30

The issue is I put my stuff out in town recycling trash bins hollysmom Sep 2012 #33

In the case you mention with the file cabinet, I would say it is a good thing. Jamastiene Sep 2012 #36

No, because there's at least an equal chance Warpy Sep 2012 #38

well, mine was hypothetical even tho I do have old metal file cabinets I'd like CTyankee Sep 2012 #41

Actually, people are interested in them, so put them out early Warpy Sep 2012 #44

there`s a women in my town who asks for aluminum cans madrchsod Sep 2012 #40

someone "scavenged" my very cool 1950s metal lawn chairs OUT OF MY FENCED BACKYARD DonRedwood Sep 2012 #42

sorry to hear that. It's sad when that happens... CTyankee Sep 2012 #49

I make a buck or two scrapping metal PD Turk Sep 2012 #43

if i'm to lazy to take it to the yard rsweets Sep 2012 #51

I try not to do that. For one thing, I leave large bags of clothing for CTyankee Sep 2012 #52

It's a bad thing when they steal metal from your property, which happened to me. LeftinOH Sep 2012 #53

American Pickers do it for a living, scavenging vinny9698 Sep 2012 #58

It's what people used to do if they couldn't otherwise find work ck4829 Sep 2012 #59

Problems, problems, problems. Praetor1 Jun 2017 #62

Hi and welcome... WePurrsevere Jun 2017 #63