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There is a ton of case law in pretty much every common law jurisdiction establishing that stuff that is visibly trash-like and abandoned in a public area is fai
by throwaway0a5e 5y ago
There is a ton of case law in pretty much every common law jurisdiction establishing that stuff that is visibly trash-like and abandoned in a public area is fair game.
If the job is redundant because volunteers are doing it than maybe the city should stop paying for it.
- chongli 5y agoThese areas are private property: the ends of people’s driveways. The city pays for trash and recycling collection from these areas. The scavengers steal all of the profitable items (mostly metal) from people’s recycling, making the recycling program even more unprofitable than it already is.
- johnnyApplePRNG 5y agoExactly right but why is the issue here that the city is losing out on money? The issue should be that people in our society are so desperate for income that they're literally digging through our trash for our scraps, no?
- chongli 5y agoThey're driving fancy pickup trucks so I wouldn't call them desperate. They are scavengers by choice. They could just as easily pick up a trade and do honest work for a living. There is absolutely no shortage of work for skilled trades workers. My roommate is a drywall taper and he makes a lot of money. He tells me about how unreliable the other people in his trade are. There is a TON of opportunity for people who work hard and act responsibly.
- johnnyApplePRNG 5y agoI don't disagree that hard work is rewarded... But I have never seen a bottle picker driving a pickup. Usually they are lucky if they can find a ripped garbage bag to carry the bottles in.