Local law may vary but in most places in the US, once you put your trash on the curb, it effectively becomes public property. Anyone is allowed to take it and d

Local law may vary but in most places in the US, once you put your trash on the curb, it effectively becomes public property. Anyone is allowed to take it and do what they want. This is one of the main sources of information for private investigators, for instance. This is why I run _all_ of my paper documents through a shredder before throwing them away. I don't have any immoral behavior to hide but I also have zero control over where my bank statements and such end up once they leave the end of my driveway.