Picking Items from Dump Yards

graunya

I live close to High Wycombe and our local dump seperates all resaleablegoods and allows you to buy them at a great price. They will only sell eletrical goods to a company. We picked up a £200 dyson there for £5 and got dyson in to repair it and they charged us £55 and they replaced the motor, brushes ect so we got a £200 dyson for 60. Bargin (my hubby is a electrician so they registered his company). We have also bought a brand new kids bike for £10, a kids carrier for a adult bike for £5, a beautifully handmade dolls house with contents for £3, ect ect,
so no not everything at the dump is useless and there because it doesnt work, its there because some people are just tooo lazy to sort through it and sell it on, donate it to charity or freecycle it, and we can benefit from that.

Horace

I am in Birmingham but most waste here goes to the incinerator at Tyseley where the waste is burnt and recycled into molten metal, brieze blogs, and electricity amongst other things.

I find skips to be useful places to find things especially under the cover of darkness. I have taken a few things out of skips from rugs (just needed a clean) to bits of furniture which have been sanded down and varnished. Freecycle is always good for things too.

clio2008

I have no qualms what so ever picking up goods that have been dumped as I am a great believer in recycling ;-) My partner and I have actually come across some very good/amazing items whilst out and about including a lovely standing mirror, an antique wooden chair which has pride of place in our kitchen and we have even picked up an IKEA 3 seater sofa which had next to nothing wrong with it and is currently being used as a bed by our dogs. I dont see nothing wrong with selling on what one finds as long as long as one is truthful about the condition of the goods to the potential buyer. What can I say? I love freebies lol

abdulawwal

Horace wrote: »

I am in Birmingham but most waste here goes to the incinerator at Tyseley where the waste is burnt and recycled into molten metal, brieze blogs, and electricity amongst other things.

I find skips to be useful places to find things especially under the cover of darkness. I have taken a few things out of skips from rugs (just needed a clean) to bits of furniture which have been sanded down and varnished. Freecycle is always good for things too.

Thanks for all the advice. The Tyseley waste site is the only one I am aware of too. But I agree with the majority here... it is too risky taking electrical goods. However, furniture should be OK, if the dump yards do sell them.

{Abu}

abdulawwal

graunya wrote: »

I live close to High Wycombe and our local dump seperates all resaleablegoods and allows you to buy them at a great price. They will only sell eletrical goods to a company. We picked up a £200 dyson there for £5 and got dyson in to repair it and they charged us £55 and they replaced the motor, brushes ect so we got a £200 dyson for 60. Bargin (my hubby is a electrician so they registered his company). We have also bought a brand new kids bike for £10, a kids carrier for a adult bike for £5, a beautifully handmade dolls house with contents for £3, ect ect,
so no not everything at the dump is useless and there because it doesnt work, its there because some people are just tooo lazy to sort through it and sell it on, donate it to charity or freecycle it, and we can benefit from that.

I think the friend I know from High Wycombe did the same thing, as he is in business too. He must have registered himself and obtained all sorts of things! He didn't sell any of the items... just reeused them and gave to friends and family.

{Abu}

Cinders2001

It's a shame move people don't use Freecycle to dispose of useful items.
Shame to go to waste!

Horace

There is money to be had from dumped stuff as demonstrated on Antiques Roadshow at the weekend - one chap found a load of paintings when he went fishing at his local pond, he took them to the Roadshow and some were only priced in £100s but one of them was quite rare and in its unrestored state was worth £30K but if it was restored would be worth £100K. Wish I could find something like that:D

ThinkingOfLinking

Actually, although it IS a shame more people don't use Freecycle, after wasting 4 different days waiting for 4 different people to come along and collect an item, I gave up and left it in the street with a note attached. It was gone within 10 minutes.

buxtonrabbitgreen

Flickering_Ember wrote: »

Actually, although it IS a shame more people don't use Freecycle, after wasting 4 different days waiting for 4 different people to come along and collect an item, I gave up and left it in the street with a note attached. It was gone within 10 minutes.

When my dd lived in Brighton she said people used to just leave things out side the house and in the morning they would be gone. A lot of hard up students living there I expect.
As to the dump. Ours is run by a prvate company and will sell you stuff. I don't know if they sell electricals on, but they do have all the bikes lined up. My ds bought a good mountain bike. Nothing much wrong with it for £25. They sell between £15-£30.
I have been lucky with freecycle collections apart from one occasion when someone came a day early and was lucky to find me in .

chevalier

I don't know about dumps, because these are heavily managed now, but HOUSEHOLD RECYCLING SITES are another matter. Our local one in Buckingham, you could BUY anything from there, but no way could you just walk off with something for nothing. Certainly if we hadn't been leaving the country I would have been able to get all sorts of things, like mirrors, cutlery, china etc let alone more pricey things like hoovers, microwave, for a pennies.

So it is certainly worth a look
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