[TheForge] Dumpster Diving

[Saint Phlip]

One way to recycle and economize is to join your local Freecycle
( www.freecycle.org)

I'm a moderator for a couple here, and have acquired all sorts of good
stuff, including my dog, and half of my chickens. Basicly the idea is
that people post what they don't want, that's still got a fair amount
of use in it, and people come get it. At the moment, I have 9 40" X
48" pieces of lattice, as well as assorted scrap lumber, that is going
to make a portable pen for my ducks and geese, as well as an old
camper that is being converted into a smithing trailer.

On 5/20/07, dann at wctatel.net <dann at wctatel.net> wrote:
>
>
> I have heard that common practice in many cities is that unwanted items
> are placed out by the garbage cans, sometimes with a "Free" sign on them,
> some times without, but neighbors, or drive by people, can pick up the
> "junk" bicycle, the "junk" chair, etc and haul it off for their own use.
> Recycling.
>
> My local garbage man... works for a "waste systems" sub entity.   I had a
> big 6 yard dumptser for debris disposal and asked about dumping the old
> microwave, old 386 computer etc.  He said something like, "NO ! Those are
> considered Hazardous waste, and must be set out on the side for special
> handing as such".
>
> Since then, I have salvaged a severely limed up, but otherwise good 20
> gallon aquarium with pumps, a couple 300 mhz computers.  I did it
> honorably and reformated the hard disk drives without trying to mine data.
>  The guy with the aquarium happened to be in his front yard when I
> stopped, so I asked the guym if he was really junking that.. he said
> Yep... and that he didn't want to mess with a garage sale. "Yep", I could
> haul it away.
>
> On a garage sale once, I got a 4.5 foot tall blacksmith cone for $30 ...
> full asking price: I knew what it was worth, so that troubled my
> conscious: felt more like theft to me,  than hearing the story about
> saving a school from hazardous waste desposal fee.
>
> Dann
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