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Should the workers at the recyle center be allowed to go thru the material and pick out items for personal use to keep or sale for a profit?  The dept. head searching for items to keep for himself.   When I throw something away, I don't expect or want a employee to search for himself.  I know at the dump you have 2 to 3 employees watching you unload without an offer of help which I understand, but as soon as I pulled away, they dive into the junk looking for things that they want to keep for themselves.  I know that somewheres in the mix I give the city the title of ownership to my gargage,  not the employees.  To me it is the same as stealing from the city.

Originally Posted by jmmgj5:

Should the workers at the recyle center be allowed to go thru the material and pick out items for personal use to keep or sale for a profit?  The dept. head searching for items to keep for himself.   When I throw something away, I don't expect or want a employee to search for himself.  I know at the dump you have 2 to 3 employees watching you unload without an offer of help which I understand, but as soon as I pulled away, they dive into the junk looking for things that they want to keep for themselves.  I know that somewheres in the mix I give the city the title of ownership to my gargage,  not the employees.  To me it is the same as stealing from the city.


I guess I see it a little differently. To me once you throw it away it is fair game. Of course I wouldn't throw anything like credit card numbers or anything that could be used to steal an identity out either though. I'm wondering if they also go through household garbage or if it is just stuff people haul in in their trucks like yard debris or junk and bigger household items?.Who really knows? It's still always a good idea to shred documents and reciepts I think.

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I believe our taxes pay these employees, and they save the items to display them in their office? Now that the city is aware, why don't they action them once every so often for a charity? 

These items were not theirs anyway, as they were supposed to be ground-up, melted or whatever, to make new items. What if, say,  Honus Wagner T-206 baseball card($2.3 million) were found- would it be fair for it to be pined to the wall at the Florence Recycling Center boss office?

 

The Raven

I once took a load of trash to the Florence landfill.   While unloading, I looked over into an adjacent pile and saw one of those devices that is used to punch paper and bind it into book form.  It looked in good shape.  I showed it to a friend in the printing business.  He listed it on a surplus equipment newsletter circulated among printers and sold it for $200.00.  He kept a  $20.00 commission; I got $180.00. I will go to the dump every day for that kind of profit.

I can remember when I was a kid back before there was a big landfill here the dump was just 2 big dumpsters on the side of an old country road and everyone took their trash there in the community. This was also before we had trash pickup. Me and my dad would find all kinds of stuff. I used to love going to the dump. You never knew what you might find in there. I've been known to still dumpster dive on occasion. LOL

You know it, Seven and Contendah...  

 

Thar's gold in that there junk.

 

The more affluent the community-The better quality the stuff.

I was freakin' "Dr. Dealgood" back home..

 

I made a killing for a decade or two, salvaging and reselling riding mowers that only needed new air filters, top-end electronics that only needed fuses or a switch replaced.

I drove a car home outta our dump once (with title from the guy dumping it) by replacing the flat tires with others I found and scrounging all the lawn mowers for leftover gasoline.  'Twas a '69 Rambler American.  It brought me some nice dough when I sold it to a collector.

 

Once ya throw stuff out-it is considered "abandoned" and usually becomes "public domain."  Fair game for the picking.

 

My advice: Don't walk around with yer nose in the air......You'll miss all the cool s#!t laying on the ground for the taking.

 

Originally Posted by Road Puppy:

You know it, Seven and Contendah...  

 

Thar's gold in that there junk.

 

The more affluent the community-The better quality the stuff.

I was freakin' "Dr. Dealgood" back home..

 

I made a killing for a decade or two, salvaging and reselling riding mowers that only needed new air filters, top-end electronics that only needed fuses or a switch replaced.

I drove a car home outta our dump once (with title from the guy dumping it) by replacing the flat tires with others I found and scrounging all the lawn mowers for leftover gasoline.  'Twas a '69 Rambler American.  It brought me some nice dough when I sold it to a collector.

 

Once ya throw stuff out-it is considered "abandoned" and usually becomes "public domain."  Fair game for the picking.

 

My advice: Don't walk around with yer nose in the air......You'll miss all the cool s#!t laying on the ground for the taking.

 

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You're right Pup, When I was ten years old I sold papers on the street

uptown. I found some really good stuff, I saw some really interesting

things.

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