Arrested for taking other people's trash?

Once it's in the trash it's fair game. I remember my first husband used to go to the dumpsters in our apartment complex. People throw aways everything! We got a beautiful kitchen table and chairs just because someone did not want to move it with them and put it in the trash!

I also think it is stupid. However, if the trash is still on the owner's property, then they (the person or people taking it) don't have a right to sift through it. Though if it is on the curb or at the dumps it should be considered free for the taking. If someone that threw out the item wants it back, they shouldn't have thrown it out in the first place. One thing that eerks me (man, I hate that word LOL), is that my husband (or any other worker at his job) isn't allowed to take leftover material (including any scrap) from work. They are supposed to throw this stuff away. And here it is in perfect condition. Now that doesn't make any sense to me at all. What a waste.

we used to have a big garbage day every couple of months and people went out went 'picking' and did whatever with it and i got some really great stuff that way from it. i think it is a shame to waste good 're-usable' trash like that!

I think that's really silly. Heck I furnished my first apartment with stuff I pulled out of the dumpster and fixed up. My grandfather was famous for that! He'd always drive up and down the neighborhoods looking for old chairs, dressers or tables. Then he'd bring them home and completely redo them into gorgeous furniture. My cousin still picks up tv's that people throw out, fixes them and sells them for $25 - $50. It's a hobby of his. We've got junkers who drive up and down our alley all the time. If they want to pick up some piece of furniture or electronic gadget that I put out on the curb they are welcome to it. I would much rather see someone get some use out of it than go to the city dump and take up space.

i assume its because of i.d. theft these days. oh those were the days when i could get furniture on the side of the road and take it home.

A town near us finally made a law that once it's out on the curb, the scavengers are welcome to it. It saves the town on garbage costs, cuts down on waste, helps out everyone, so what is the problem? I can understand the identity problem. That's a growing concern. But if it was just furniture or other things, he's doing a public service!

Actualy I have to disagree with you on that one. It's still there's until the garbage man comes and takes it. The best way for him to do what he did would have been to ask them if he could take their trash. Other wise he minus well be going through their mail to LOL.