Other peoples trash - opinions please?

homemademama

I just came home and someone had dumped a cross trainer about 10 foot from my front door. The same person or people regularly dump their junk in that spot and the council comes and collects it eventually. No idea which of the neighbours does it.

What did I do? Went out, checked if it worked and nabbed it!

The small screen is a bit broken so doesn't show how many miles etc you have done but I'm not fussy. I am trying to lose weight without spending anything and a cross trainer was top of my list.

Previously the same person (possibly) dumped about 10 bird cages which I stuck in my back yard and freegled.

Just wondered what people's opinions were. Would do you this or do you frown upon that sort of thing?

Kate_fixing_it

Absolutely! Waste not want not! They obviously don't want it and as it's useful to you it's a form of recycling and who knows they might start leaving bags of cash next

Kate x

Sunshine22_2

I agree. It's a nightmare if they are dumping stuff but if you can make use of it, see it as more of a gift and keep your fingers crossed for more nice presents!!

Sx

elsien

I sometimes put stuff out I don't want. If it's halfway decent I put a note on saying help yourself. If it's a bit knackered I give it a few days and if it doesn't vanish I take it to the tip.


Just like skip raiding, but without the skip.

homemademama

Kate_fixing_it wrote: »

Absolutely! Waste not want not! They obviously don't want it and as it's useful to you it's a form of recycling and who knows they might start leaving bags of cash next

Kate x

Fingers crossed!!!!

Sunshine, I am tempted to put up a poster listing the things I need but no doubt I'd get a fine for fly posting!

ste_wilko

Do it by all means. A free cross trainer that has a broken display is still better than no cross trainer.

And what about the people that had the bird cages off you? They might not have been able to afford a new cage or something ya know.

Good on ya!

7roland8

Gosh do the council collect it for free? If we want them to collect larger stuff we have to pay.

FireWyrm

homemademama wrote: »

Just wondered what people's opinions were. Would do you this or do you frown upon that sort of thing?

Good lord, of course not! I've been known to nosey around the local dump (they have a container which doubles as a 'shop') and pick up coffee tables, chairs and stuff like that. It's positively nauseating what people throw away. I wonder how they would live if someone suddenly yanked their cosy throw-away society out from underneath them. There was a time not so long ago when furniture was largely purchased once in a lifetime and there was no waste of 'things'.

toomanynotebooks

I was going to say, by removing it you're providing a service!

foolsgold01

toomanynotebooks wrote: »

I was going to say, by removing it you're providing a service!

Yes you should charge them! :rotfl:

homemademama

We have to pay for bulky waste collection but by sticking it on the street they get it done for free. The bird cages went to a nice couple who were collecting an aviary and had no idea how they were going to move 100 birds, I think the freegled the cages again after the move!

I'm glad to know it's not just me saving stuff from the local landfill.

I will enjoy my rescued cross trainer, after I have cleaned the cobwebs off it :eek: