Curbside collection Woe's and Cons
Hey all just wanted to stir up some healthy discussion of the Pro's and Cons of Residential Automatic Curbside collection and recycling. Some years back when I first started scrapping in the bay area, there was regular rear loaders coming by with a crew to get the garbage and they fed anything and everything into the jaws of doom. I would find great items on the curb all the time. Radiators, ceiling fans, rain gutters, busted lawn equipment, smaller crt's, house fan, monitors, a/v cosumer goods. Rarely is that the case anymore. It usually ends up inside the big blue containers at the end of the driveways. Nowadays I have to drive by apartment open top/bulk dumpsters for cool stuff. I plan on adding college campus/apartments dumpsters as a tip I heard about for e-scrap.
Is it taboo to go through the blue bins?? I have found stuff from blue bins only if the lid was ajar and it was sticking out in plain view. I don't think I would make it a regular thing, but it would be curious to know other viewpoints. Also, when I had my truck with an enclosed fencing, I always thought about if it were legal to go out on recycling pick-up with a friend and grab up all the cans from the curbside through various neighborhoods?? Would the city have someone arrested for that as stealing a revenue source??