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This is a thing in Germany, too. People leave stuff by the kerbside, and a lot of these people collect whatever looks nice or simply take all of it, fix it and
by bserge 6y ago
This is a thing in Germany, too. People leave stuff by the kerbside, and a lot of these people collect whatever looks nice or simply take all of it, fix it and resell it, sell it to a recycling center or (sadly) dump it somewhere else. Highly doubt they're doing it the proper legal way, but it's extra cash in their pockets.
- joezydeco 6y agoThis exists in the USA as well. The hunters know the trash pickup schedule, and a lot hunt on weekends as well. It's unwritten knowledge in my neighborhood that you separate and leave metal waste on the curb where the pickers can get it easily. You see the pickup trucks slowly combing the areas in the afternoons and evenings. I've also seen more resourceful ones refurbish what they can and sell items at flea markets and in parking lots. BBQ grills and bicycles are always in the flow, although the bike supply has dried up with COVID.
- baud147258 6y agoWhere my parents live in France, there's a waste category 'encombrants', means cumbersome, that's like broken/unwanted furniture, metal waste that's collected Sunday evening/Monday morning. And so every Sunday afternoon we see people going through what's been left on the sidewalk, I guess to reuse or sell.
- nom 6y agoThere is a whole network of people behind it. Where I live, trucks with polish numberplates reliably show up the day before Sperrmüll pickup. They somehow know the dates (which are not fixed!) and plan routes through germany accordingly. There's a german documentation on YT about it somewhere. Makes you think how much valuables we throw away, they pick up like half of the pile of what we call 'trash'.