I picked up 10,000 bottles and cans because of Seinfeld

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9 ай бұрын

PROVING KRAMER RIGHT: There's a double episode of Seinfeld (The Bottle Deposit) where Kramer and Newman try to exploit the bottle redemption scheme in NY by driving to Michigan in Newman’s postal van. As it stands, the state I live in doesn’t have a redemptions scheme, while the neighboring state (New South Wales) does. Taking inspiration from Kramer and Newman, I decided to hit the roadside and collect a truck load of redeemables to drive interstate. As long as JFK’s golf clubs don’t get thrown at us, and we avoid getting bogged, what could possibly go wrong?
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@TomMotTom 9 ай бұрын

I still can't wrap my head around the fact that people straight up throw cans out of their windows while driving. Mind boggling

@oskarks1211 8 ай бұрын

It's crazy, I've never thrown trash out the window. Toss in the passenger footwell, toss out accordingly later. It's not that hard.. shame shame

@Bambisgf77 8 ай бұрын

I can’t either! I would NEVER! One time when I was in my early 20s I had a guy friend in the car that did this, I was so angry I threw on the brakes - and said go get it NOW. He was mad & shocked that I was so angry. We didn’t stay friends long after that.

@moos5221 8 ай бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking. What kind of people do that? Not even because littering is a crime, it's just something I would never do because it's just stupid.

@cm0cm 8 ай бұрын

I mean, it’s an asshole thing to do, but I can understand why people do it: laziness.

@corystratton5318 8 ай бұрын

It should be a criminal offence. First time, warning. Second time, community service. Third time, half a year in the clinker.

@hjewkes 9 ай бұрын

I always think about how precious these things would be a few hundred years ago. Aluminum cans? A metal so rare and precious they capped the Washington monument with it instead of gold. A plastic water bottle? Its a lightweight, nigh unbreakable, clear, reusable, resealable container - it would be someones greatest possession.

@katlicks 8 ай бұрын

There's a recorded story of Japanese ambassadors on their first trip to America, and one of the first things the ambassador notes is the metal waste, cans and other scrap just littered around, and how he and the other ambassadors with him had to fight the temptations to gather up all the scrap, back in Japan it was practically gold laying out in the streets.

@R3TR0J4N 8 ай бұрын

Segregation and oh the e-waste man 😤

@Grunttamer 8 ай бұрын

reminds me of a story from a north korean defector. When he was a child he was carrying a glass bottle of lamp oil and it broke for some reason or another. He cried and wished for a bottle that couldn't break. When he was leaving north korea and was running he stumbled upon a washed up plastic bottle. the video was here on youtube

@vappyreon1176 8 ай бұрын

@@Grunttamerthey have plastic in north Korea my guy that man was capping

@Grunttamer 8 ай бұрын

@@vappyreon1176 this would have been several decades ago

@moos5221 8 ай бұрын

Finding the full bottle of hand sanatizer while looking through the trash is so ironic, I couldn't stop laughing.

@nicolaschew443 8 ай бұрын

I once found a whole crate of hand sanies during the pandemie while digging through the trash 😂

@ComputersAndLife 6 ай бұрын

@nicolaschew443 that's like finding liquid gold back then!

@Ross-ql9fi 3 ай бұрын

@@ComputersAndLifeGod works good like that I put the sanitizer in my gas to hopefully get more goodies ate everything I could find on the ground during the heat of Rona to keep immune system healthy

@missmatch9058 13 күн бұрын

the trash was speaking to him 😂

@Pancreaticdefect 8 ай бұрын

The deposit law in Michigan makes what Kramer and Newman were planning illegal. My very first job when I was 16 in 1996 was in the bottle return at a supermarket here in Michigan. We were supposed to watch for anyone attempting to return out of state cans and bottles. Being an apathetic teenager meant I 100% did not. One ridiculous quirk of the Michigan deposit law is that it only applies to carbonated beverage containers. No water bottles, sports drinks, etc. Those still just get thrown in the garbage. Even hard cider has no deposit. I can not tell you how many times 16 year old me had to stand there and argue with an older person that they did not in fact pay the 10 cent deposit on their Woodchuck Hard Cider when they bought it so I would not be refunding it.

@tonyjackson5115 8 ай бұрын

my first job was at a redemption center in Maine. They're all required to have a sign stating something to this effect: "any item being redeemed that was not originally purchased in this state shall be subject to a fine of $10,000 per container... etc, etc," We would often get stuff from across the boarder in NH that did not have the bottle deposit info printed or stamped on it. 1 or 2 and we would just let them go (or not even notice). But when people brought in a whole bag we would tell them they couldn't drop them off. People sometimes gave us grief until we pointed to the aforementioned sign. To your point though, as a 16 year old, we only cared as much as we had to.

@alexneidermeyer284 8 ай бұрын

It is not "deposit law," it is just normal every day fraud. If you didn't pay the tax then obviously you can't get reimbursed. The fact this guy didn't understand that and even attempted it is very stupid, he could still be charged since this is video evidence of him planning and attempting to defraud the state of New South Wales.

@willcal2738 8 ай бұрын

@@alexneidermeyer284lived homeless with homelss for 5y in san diego. the cans and bottles are 5c. no water bottles. aluminum or glass only. and it was a very hard scrape. i didnt commit fraud by taking those nickels. even though i didnt pay the tax, the litterer or non-recycler did.

@frocoshake2107 8 ай бұрын

Yeah. It's super weird. Like beer and carbonated beverages are the only ones that get deposits. Everything else doesn't. The only time that you will ever get like caught is if you're trying to return something that isn't sold anywhere in Michigan, but what a lot of stores do then is they will basically just go off of what they have in their inventory. So if you buy a 20 oz bottle of Arctic Sun at like Meijer, you can't return it at Walmart because Walmart doesn't sell that.

@Rev.Match.Reviews 8 ай бұрын

@@alexneidermeyer284I swear half of you aussies love fun, and the other half will only do completely government approved things while calling out any "rulebreakers." Sad stuff.

@StrawbyteWorkshop 8 ай бұрын

The line "I know I'm not an idiot, but all these things edited up into a 6 minute video can make me look like one." is probably the best line in the whole video! Jim's comedy genius. Sorry Beau - more Jim please!

@shondra6 Ай бұрын

A bit a corry and some garlic bread 😂😂😂😂 you are putting a smile on my face ... only in straya mate ... 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@pickuptrash 9 ай бұрын

I recently did a bikepacking trip across Europe and in my home country of Germany we have a national redemption system. As soon as I left the country bottles and cans started appearing in roadside ditches. Redemption systems are one of the best inventions to combat plastic pollution in my opinion. Thanks for the great video on the topic! Goodonya!

@MinkxiTes 9 ай бұрын

You sadly still find a lot of bottles and cans in ditches in Germany. Not all bottles are valid for the redemption system and there is an amount of people that just don't care.

@HaggisMuncher-69-420 9 ай бұрын

You germans also have state sponsored noncing of children, so forgive me for not caring what you do in your country.

@Nick-vs5wl 9 ай бұрын

The motorway exit closest to my parents house in germany is the perfect example of this not working. For some reason as people come off the motorway they just feel that they can throw a load of rubbish including bottles and cans out of their windows. It literally looks like a dump truck full of garbage spilled out as it went round the corner.

@pickuptrash 9 ай бұрын

Yeah, it does need some reform to include more types of bottles for sure and an increase from 25ct to 50ct would make it even more attractive@@MinkxiTes

@GregoryLevas 9 ай бұрын

We have it in Sweden as well. Its very Nice. Big plastic bottles are 20 cent. Smal plastic and cans are 10 cents

@Sudsierjet 8 ай бұрын

When I was a kid my grandpa would take a daily stroll through the local park in the small town I grew up in for years. Every day he would pick up trash or tidy things up, he said it was because he didn't want kids or animals to get hurt. Ended up getting in the local paper for it. He never said anything to anyone about it unless asked and we didn't have a recycling scheme in the state we lived in, just genuine care and effort. Ended up doing it till his health wouldn't allow.

@kamblai 7 ай бұрын

I Love how optimistic this dude is. He is happy where everyone else would feel miserable. It is mind boggling. I wish my brain was that happy and optimistic about life! People like you make the world a better place!

@JinjuNuffin 4 ай бұрын

It's easy when you make a 20 bands for a million views

@killswitch6361 4 ай бұрын

@@JinjuNuffin Money doesn't equal happiness, or create positivity. That's some cynical thinking.

@JinjuNuffin 4 ай бұрын

@@killswitch6361 do you think this guy would be able to handle it so calmly that everything he did to gather all those bottles and the countless hours spent doing it was entirely in vain? The videos here, that's clear indication this guy would NEVER attempt this without being able to monetize it.

@killswitch6361 4 ай бұрын

@@JinjuNuffin What does that have to do with optimism and positivity? Never said he would or wouldn't without monetary gain. Just that his attitude is desirable. Go on being miserable, and thinking everyone always has ulterior motives though.

@JinjuNuffin 4 ай бұрын

@@killswitch6361 my point is that his attitude would not be that way if he was not using the footage for a youtube video that he makes 20gs on.

@rilla1890 9 ай бұрын

There's a great scheme in Finland where you get 10 cents for glass bottles, 15 cents for cans, 20 cents for 0,5l plastic bottles & 40 cents for 1,5l plastic bottles. The amounts are included in the store prices so people want to return the bottles to get money back. After big events outside a lot of people go around collecting bottles to basically get free money while also cleaning the surroundings.

@starpetalarts6668 8 ай бұрын

That is how you do it. Make it worthwhile to redeem recyclables.

@natalie8212 8 ай бұрын

It's the same here in the US in Oregon and Michigan. I lived in Oregon for several years and there are NO cans or bottles on the ground because of this. I wish more states would have this program, but I suppose it's shot down because people don't want to pay the extra money for the product. There's SUCH a waste of aluminum, glass, and plastic in the states that don't have this recycling option!

@snackplaylove 8 ай бұрын

PANT!

@Sniperboy5551 8 ай бұрын

Next video, bringing 10,000 bottles and cans to Finland!

@python_l5367 8 ай бұрын

@@Sniperboy5551 They have to be bottles from Finland for that to work (I assume, at least if it's like in Germany).

@Obesebot 9 ай бұрын

I feel like you can rate a Beu upload, by how much trash he picks up and either eats or keeps. I Give this one an 11/10.

@IzzyIkigai 9 ай бұрын

You meant 10000/10, didn't you?

@kentuckyfriedbabiestx2199 9 ай бұрын

This is a scientific fact.

@coffin7904 9 ай бұрын

@@IzzyIkigaithank you

@smoll.miniatures 9 ай бұрын

11/10 is not an acceptable score unfortunately… This a void rating. Sorry 😂

@cooperjay4823 9 ай бұрын

Why this man isn't Australian of the year most years is baffling.

@Zachry86 8 ай бұрын

As a Norwegian that has had deposits all my life I find the notion that other industrial nations dont have this system. We have like 99%+ return rate on bottles and cans. Truly dont understand why its not a thing for others. Great project. Had to click it when I read the title!

@BeauMiles 8 ай бұрын

Yep, we're slow adopters here in Aus. Horribly so. When it was proved how harmful passive cigarette smoke was in pups, it still took years and years to outlaw it- folks getting cancer the entire time. Much the same for many other things we know must, should, have to, and need to be done.

@psychozen7169 4 ай бұрын

Again in many studies about 60% of the deposit become profit to the bottling company as only 40% of the deposit are ever redeemed.

@Zachry86 4 ай бұрын

@@psychozen7169 There must be very big differences between countries. I can really only speak for Norway and our stats say 99+%. And I belive that based on my own experiences. Every single grocery store collects bottles here. And almost all bottles have a deposit. Even small batches or limited edition bottles. But of course in other countries if you dont have the same easy availability of return points and if not all bottles are part of it. I truly understand that the numbers being very very different.

@rodafowa1279 3 ай бұрын

Because, what they don't tell you, is that recycling isn't the answer when it comes to plastic. Metal and glass, yes, but plastic, no. Plastic is expensive to recycle, and can usually only be recycled 2-3 times before it just breaks down to the point where it has to be incinerated. That's why the "Three R's" are, "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle," in that exact order. Recycling is meant to be the very last option. Indeed, it used to be that way, when most things containers were made of were metal and glass. However, there's always a grifter waiting in the shadows. In the 70's and 80's, huge campaigns were started on how easy and great it was to recycle plastic. People ate it up, because it also drove down cost, as plastic is obviously cheaper than metal or glass. Ever since then, we've been on a "plastic binge" that is only projected to increase, exponentially, mind you. Very, very strange when you consider how "environmentally conscious" the Western World has become. Only, it's not strange, because it's ALWAYS about money in the end, and the plastic recycling grift has become extremely profitable for a lot of people.

@jarvisjackson4833 3 ай бұрын

It doesn't make much send to go to a redemption center when a truck picks up your trash every week. Are they supposed to count the bottles right then and there.

@reinapearse9111 6 ай бұрын

Here in South Africa an entire industry has sprung up around people that have very little other resources becoming recyclers. They gather massive trolleys of things and sell to recycle yards. Projects like insulation fabrics made from recycled plastic etc. Not sure how much they get for it, but they must be of the hardest working people you have ever seen lugging these massive platforms with recycled stuff through traffic at times. Gotta admire the guts.

@chunkymurps 9 ай бұрын

Absolutely disgraceful that they wouldn't even accept them as a donation.

@transatlant1c 9 ай бұрын

@@Joe-sg9llwell… not quite, watch to the end!

@boobalooba5786 9 ай бұрын

Most "recycled" material just ends up being shipped to China to sit in landfills there. Plastic is the most evil thing mankind has ever invented and it should be outlawed.

@stevemckewen1046 9 ай бұрын

They aren't a donation. When the item is sold it has 10c added to the cost. When it is returned the 10c is claimed from the manufacturer. If they accepted them then they would be billing the manufacturer for them, but the manufacturer wasn't paid the 10c in the first place if they were sold in Victoria. When the scheme started the nay-sayers claimed that no one would buy things in NSW when they could get them 10c cheaper in Victoria. In Victoria the government said the scheme wouldn't work.

@wobblysauce 9 ай бұрын

The scene was in Vic, and would get a big truck load when full and haul to Sa for recycling.

@Kni0002 9 ай бұрын

vics getting a redemption scheme soon anyways

@harleyhacksaw 9 ай бұрын

As an Aussie, I absolutely hate seeing so much trash just thrown/dumped out into our beautiful bushland 😢 thanks guys for picking so much up!

@AlphaGeekgirl 9 ай бұрын

I visited the 3 sisters in Katoomba last weekend, and noticed over the edge of the lookout railing, immediate below on the next ledge down, dozens of water bottles & cigarette packets. Who do these idiots think will clean up their mess off the side of a cliff??? I wish they’d set up a live CCTV camera at the lookout so people can be ‘named & shamed’ for their selfishness and stupidity.

@bhambhole 9 ай бұрын

Do they call them Fly Tips in AU?

@SpencerDonahue 9 ай бұрын

Its crazy that you don't have a more functional curbside pick up for recycling.

@MonkeyJedi99 9 ай бұрын

I live in a US state that has a $0.05 bottle deposit, but only on carbonated beverages. Even with that silly limitation, if you're picking up containers you didn't pay for, it's all profit. And the stores or redemption centers get (last I looked up the information) 7.5 cents per container, or a 50% profit.

@SenatorAri 8 ай бұрын

Lots of Beer/Alcohol containers I noticed. Can't fix stupid lol

@verenas3536 7 ай бұрын

It always baffles me that people walk around in forests and fields and go "oh nature is so nice" and then turn around and throw away their cigarettes, cans and bottles. ......

@garryferrington811 6 ай бұрын

Cigarettes degrade, though. Plastic doesn't.

@verenas3536 6 ай бұрын

@@garryferrington811 yeah. Might be but I rather not throw away anything except maybe the core of an apple. Even banana peels ubshould not throw away. And I have not even talked about the tissue paper :o :o Get yourself a doggie poop bag and u can store your toilet tissues people, not that hard. And on second though, the filters of cigarettes...don't they release a lot of chemicals into the soil?

@verenas3536 6 ай бұрын

@@garryferrington811 I have googled, yes cigarette buds are also harmful. ..."Cigarette butts consist partly of cellulose, which can be decomposed only slowly. Throwing a cigarette butt into the environment is therefore more harmful and long-term than you might think at first. It is particularly bad to throw cigarettes into water, i.e. into the sea, rivers and lakes. A single cigarette is capable of contaminating several dozen liters of water₃. For fish and other underwater inhabitants, this means an agonizing death. ..."

@m.f.3347 6 ай бұрын

@@garryferrington811Cigarette filters are plastic

@BalboaBaggins 6 ай бұрын

@@garryferrington811 Cigarettes have plastic and chemicals in them. So no.

@wydbaby 7 ай бұрын

The recycling initiative has finally come to Victoria. My husband and I thought of you immediately. Cannot wait to see you finally cash in the bottles 😂😂😂😂

@BeauMiles 7 ай бұрын

Thanks matey. Yep, we made it happen. Film out soon

@gowanlock 9 ай бұрын

I love how Beau called another Beau to help

@pooperdrop 9 ай бұрын

Amazing how often doing the right thing can be stopped or ruined by pointless bureaucracy.

@memeyou241 9 ай бұрын

Absolutely true🤦

@gingivitis9148 9 ай бұрын

Kinda sad they didn't find a NSWer to re-littler them, Probz would have to get the manager in on it tho.

@SeanCarroll1993 9 ай бұрын

This may be one time the US is actually...better? Some states have redemption and a cans a can a bottles a bottle. If its there you can redeem it no matter where it came from

@Camp3r 9 ай бұрын

@@SeanCarroll1993It's actually illegal to transport them across state lines. Some family just serious trouble for doing exactly that. They were transporting millions of cans and bottles from Arizona to California.

@colinmcc8564 9 ай бұрын

I get the sentiment, but if everyone did it, the state would pay out more than it brings in since the deposit is only charged in states with a program. That said, no one will say anything if it's just a couple bags of bottles/cans.

@SilentStudioExplores 8 ай бұрын

honestly this should be a movement, its inspirational. makes me want to walk local and pick up. i always do my part for myself i don't understand how people just toss out the window.

@BeauMiles 8 ай бұрын

Tossers, is what they are

@plini-xi3ux 6 ай бұрын

google "plogging"

@plini-xi3ux 6 ай бұрын

google "plogging"

@74KU 4 ай бұрын

A movement? like clean up Australia day? Btw recycling is a joke, less than 9% of all plastic that is put into recycling actually gets recycled, the rest goes into landfill after costing even more resources (as well as more of that BS global warming stick) before it is dumped. A whole other truck, extra site, the power for all the machines, the trash blowing all over from the 'recycling' centers.. then off to the tip in yet another truck.. or off to china via ship (until recently, when China said "enough of your garbage")

@SilentStudioExplores 4 ай бұрын

@@74KU that's very true, I mainly mean cleaning up the trash but your point on recycling is the hard truth.

@jimh781 8 ай бұрын

"I've always loved picking up rubbish, I have no problem's with other people's filth... cleaning up the places I run with the tantalizing prospect of finding stuff." That's a mantra I can get behind. This is the first video I've found from you, subscribed.

@BeauMiles 8 ай бұрын

Ta mate. Love ya work

@dionysus6892 9 ай бұрын

I physically cringe at the idea of throwing a can or something out the window. My parents drilled into me that there was no way I was allowed to just toss stuff away. It was my trash and the only person who was going to clean it was me.

@Michael69 9 ай бұрын

Your parents did the right thing :)

@incredulousd9408 9 ай бұрын

@@FaceAway-xb9hdlooking in the mirror there friend

@Jimmy_Maxwell 9 ай бұрын

You're telling me mate. Some shocking humans out there 🤦🏼‍♂️

@Hhh-j8o 9 ай бұрын

I've reported a car once. Was travelling in front of me on the fwy on the Mornington peninsula. They were continuously throwing trash, bottles, mcdonalds bags out of their window. I hope they got a nice fat fine.

@MonkeyJedi99 9 ай бұрын

I had a summer job in grade school picking up trash around strip mall in central Arizona. I don't throw ANYTHING out of my car that is not fit as food for a local wild animal. Yes: Apple cores, bread crusts, that one egg salad sandwich I got at a convenience store that was BADLY spoiled... No: orange peels, paper, glass, plastic, metal, wood, the wrapper from that spoiled egg salad sandwich...

@ytvturtle 9 ай бұрын

After getting the truck stuck and leaving the door open Jim is definitely Kramer

@socdutch7196 8 ай бұрын

Was just about to comment this lmao

@annapri1526 3 ай бұрын

just found this channel today; i've watched you surprise your wife with an office space and sort through loads of nails. Absolutely love this content. Just subscribed 💛

@BeauMiles 3 ай бұрын

Great to have you here, Anna. (not a bot, me, nor you by the sounds)

@lauramitchell6725 2 ай бұрын

Those were the exact two that I watched and now I’m hooked! ( I inherited my dad’s workshop and micro sorted EVERY NAIL,SCREW,NUT,BOLT,ODD PULLEY,ETC.!🙌🏻)

@nicodives1974 8 ай бұрын

As a guy whos watched Seinfeld reruns many many times growing up, i appreciate everything about this video. What a treat or as Kramer would say... Bravo Maestro!!

@eskimoguy 8 ай бұрын

Using the same music Kramer and Newman has playing while they collected cans was a fantastic touch.

@caroline_sunshine 9 ай бұрын

"with clean hands and a fresh pair of undies, neither of which is true..." had me laughing my ass off

@AndrewDemack 9 ай бұрын

And just at the end, talking to the bags of redeemables: "Is everybody listening"

@itskarl79 9 ай бұрын

That Beau... He's quite a character

@clovermark39 9 ай бұрын

Just love Beau attitude. Not sure about his eating left over food though. He produces very uplifting videos.

@Sea-cucumber1151 8 ай бұрын

Beat quote ever, “ I know I’m not an idiot, but all these things added up in a six minute video can make me look that way”

@grantbeerling4396 6 ай бұрын

I can honestly say in my 60 years on the planet, neither my parents nor I have ...EVER thrown tins/bottles out of the window. Laughed almost as much as I would at an episode of Seinfeld. Bloody brilliant, mate.

@thesausage351 9 ай бұрын

You know, if someone said ‘hey, let’s watch a mini doc on 2 dorks in a shitbox truck picking up bottles’ your normal response would be ah no thanks, but bloody hell mate you make great videos. The production quality, and content, is second to none. It’s absolutely incredible to watch your videos, and you’re able to make the ordinarily boring topics very entertaining and interesting. Well done guys, bloody well done.

@BeauMiles 9 ай бұрын

Cheers Sausage.That's the idea mate

@bubblyrug 9 ай бұрын

"For a bloke who considers himself world-class at finding stuff, this business of redemption was bloody hard work." Aussie poetry

@matthewgraham1381 6 ай бұрын

This reminds me of what I used to do as a hobby. Me and my mate cleaned up over 200 square kilometres of bushland in the Southwest of WA. I miss the days of cleaning up the bush for future generations to appreciate. Thank you for the memories. God Bless. :-)

@matthewgraham1381 6 ай бұрын

It took us 10 years to complete.

@Emppu_T. 8 ай бұрын

That was an awesome watch, i would watch a whole series about this.. could call it *The Irredeemables*

@PappaMustafa 9 ай бұрын

The sheer amount of work that went into this 26 minute video is mind boggling! Cheers mate

@tk74037 9 ай бұрын

RIGHT?! the production quality of all his videos is insanely good!

@gardensbydaveforge 9 ай бұрын

Love that Jim was subtly concerned for his portrayal throughout the whole journey. I think you should invoice him for some solid PR beaudy. He's a crack-up!

@hendo337 8 ай бұрын

In Canada (where my mother was born and a bunch of my family lives, I am in Brazil and am an American) a deeply derogatory term for a person is a "Binner" it's a person who us considered very low and is only able to ostensibly sustain themselves by digging in the garbage. I like you Beau, you remind me of my Canadian grandfather, you look a lotike him just alive and younger, he enjoyed taking very long walks, if he found anything valuable at the curb he would grab it and carry it home, for example he often would take wooden chairs with broken rungs and he used his lathe, drawknife, planer, table saws and stuff to duplicate the broken rungs and fix the wood chairs, he had about 30 chairs ge had repaired and restained the wood to match as best he could also, he was also known to be very tight with money, he was very wealthy, he made millions as a Union Electrican and Welder, he immigrated to the USA to work in the 1960s and lived most of his life in the USA and occasionally went to a farm he kept in Canada the remainder of his life. He lived well below his means, most of his clothes could be described as rags that he would repair on his sewing machine because my grandmother refused to use her good machines to do it for him and said he had no business not just buying new clothes. Thanks for the entertainment and inspiration man, I take a nice long 10-15km walk a few days a week here in Brazil, it helps me feel more fit, I am a disabled Army veteran, had a few spine and abdominal surgeries and a disk in my neck replaced, hopefully I will be able to begin carrying a ruck sack and walking even further soon to really get myself in shape, I am definitely doing good though, I am certainly fat or weak but, one can always hope to do better. Cheers mate.

@webbyoyster 6 ай бұрын

The fact that bottles picked up in one state cannot be redeemed in another is absolutely ridiculous.

@karl1ok 9 ай бұрын

In Norway we have a national return scheme. We currently get back 2 NOK (0.30 AUD / €0.17) for small bottles and cans, or 3 NOK for 0.5L and larger plastic bottles. We've had this scheme since 1999, but parts of the system is much older. Individual beer breweries had branded glass bottles, and thus their own return policies on those. In 2022 Norwegians returned 921 million cans and 600 million plastic bottles, about 91.5% of all returnable containers sold that year (according to the numbers from the national operator)

@JEASOUA 9 ай бұрын

finland also has this, and im not sure but i think sweden and estonia have it aswell

@karl1ok 9 ай бұрын

@@JEASOUA Sweden and Denmark has the same, but you have to return in those countries to get your money back. The norwegian machines will gladly eat a danish can, but you won't get any money back. A lot of norwegians who go to Sweden to buy cheaper drinks bring their cans back the next time. No use wasting money like that!

@JEASOUA 9 ай бұрын

@@karl1ok so it would be possible for the norwegians to return over 100% of returnable containers?

@karl1ok 9 ай бұрын

@@JEASOUA Well, yes. We could return stuff that was bought previous years combined with returnable ones from outside Norway

@Herblore69 9 ай бұрын

@@JEASOUA in Estonia we get 0.10€ back on marked bottles and cans

@happykobold5161 9 ай бұрын

Jimma was a great addition to the team

@luke.bburcham7270 7 ай бұрын

24:57 the pallet breaks😂 There’s that 6 minute edits coming back to bite him

@penguinfromtheholy 3 ай бұрын

18:40 YOU CAN SEE THE BUGA CRAWLING ON THE BUNNY 😂😅

@joelkelly1192 9 ай бұрын

Feel like jim needs to be on more episodes haha you make a great team

@itsConflan 9 ай бұрын

i love jimmo, what a no stress dude, best kind of person to travel with

@julienmueller 7 ай бұрын

Man! Did I enjoy this. Great vibes all along and perfect energy to start the day with. Thanks guys!

@alissafigureskater2204 7 ай бұрын

Honestly recyclables were my spending money in college. Boosted even more by the fact that I worked at my college library and the trash cans in the library were fairly nastiness free and I could take home a small bag every evening. If tacos were a dollar each I could easily buy tacos every week with recycling money. Thanks California!

@intheshadowofathousandbean563 9 ай бұрын

This man is living a life we are all supposed to be living as humans... adventurous, curious, kind, happy, excited, motivated, helpful, productive, passionate, genuine - it's honestly incredible how he can take on those massive projects most of us would see as a chore and go along with them like it's nothing. Thank you for your work and showing young people like me and everyone else what it's all about ✌️

@coolhandluke1503 9 ай бұрын

It was drummed into the millennials, in the 90's there were always adds for keep Australia beautiful and cleanup Australia day, it used to make us feel proud and connected to the land.

@RighBread 9 ай бұрын

It's because he is fortunate enough to be well-off enough to take on projects like this. The majority of people are forced to work time consuming jobs for much of their lives to afford living.

@Seamalicous 9 ай бұрын

@@RighBreadfair - but beau in particular got this way by living in this manner - sure he didn’t come from nothing but he’s made his living through these projects

@jeremys5400 9 ай бұрын

That you could not deposit them makes the story so much better.

@JohnHuxleySavage 9 ай бұрын

The real cherry on top is keeping them for a year just waiting for redemption centers to open in Victoria!

@hefshez7687 9 ай бұрын

They still wont be accepted in victoria.... im pretty sure each item will need to have its barcode registered with the government as its being produced (cost past on to customers ontop of the 10c extra well be paying) these pre legislation items will not be registered there for will not have the tax's paid on them so will not be accepted.. its a good idea but its about money not recycling.. the government is counting on you not returning your can for 10c... so they can keep it to fund the joke of a recycling system we dont have thanks to China..

@TheExtremaz 9 ай бұрын

@@hefshez7687 he could melt all the aluminum cans down to make alu bars and then sell them. Then burn all of the plastic container.

@Aeon_W 9 ай бұрын

do not burn plastic!!! it is extremely bad for the evironment because the heat makes chemicals leech@@TheExtremaz

@montanaelkwhisperer1744 9 ай бұрын

@@TheExtremazyup. burning plastic is an awesome idea! works really well if you pack them into an old rubber tire and pour used motor oil over it! 😉👍

@LucyVMakes 3 ай бұрын

This is the best thing I've watched in ages, I really needed this! Thank you

@henryscott-jones4669 7 ай бұрын

Yet another awesome video Beau!! The addition of Jimmer made for thoroughly enjoyable viewing and he should feature more often. Keep up the amazing work brother.

@pawelkaras7231 9 ай бұрын

Beau, I've been running since January 17th of this year, (an average of 5 times a week) roughly two days after discovering your channel. I always hated running, found it boring or just too hard (I was more of a 100m sprinter, left winger in Rugby, that sort of thing). I guess what I'm trying to say is thank you. Thank you for being one of the biggest inspirations of my life so far. The world needs more people like you.

@ASMRunning 9 ай бұрын

Keep up the good work 💪🦵

@pawelkaras7231 8 ай бұрын

@@ASMRunning Thank you! :)

@XxBrMagicxX 9 ай бұрын

I wonder what people thought when they saw Beau dumping a whole bag of trash on the side of the highway 😂

@Meanie010 9 ай бұрын

Especially if they recognized him. Evil Beau! He should wear a fake pencil mustache while doing that.

@GIRAF92 9 ай бұрын

😂😂 this is gold. Like any random non fan would buy the story, "I swear a guy with a truck and more bags is coming, no worries" "uh huh sure buddy...(dialing the cops)" 😂

@Mad4400 9 ай бұрын

@@GIRAF92 Cops: "Can you give me a description of the person in question" 'Um, just imagine Cliff Young with a red beard"

@katherineobrien3644 4 ай бұрын

i can’t stop thinking about how unsafe it would feel in the us walking on roadsides to pick stuff up

@MitchViewingAccount Ай бұрын

“The detective in me would say that’s probably the same bloke” absolutely got me

@12many4you 8 ай бұрын

Jim did not have to worry so much about his portrayal. That is a top bloke

@alex.garrett 9 ай бұрын

the random amount of references, quotes, and music from seinfeld in this was valid. well done. the irony in this video is truly something i hope larry david and jerry seinfeld get to witness. poetic. ❤

@keensoundguy6637 8 ай бұрын

My favorite was when he said: ...the thrower, or "the chucker"

@feelinghealingfrequences7179 7 ай бұрын

yep curious how much the animation cost

@skitkorvboogie2361 6 ай бұрын

@@keensoundguy6637Is that a Titleist?

@TrentTheWanderer 6 ай бұрын

Two of the most industrious fellas in Australia. Incredible work gentlemen, keep us up to date on the redemption. Definitely earned a sub!

@cgrisetti87 8 ай бұрын

So grateful to follow you. Thanks for the inspiration Beau!

@rmdcompositions 9 ай бұрын

Speaking of redemption, let that awesome bloke Jimmie have his redemption arc behind the wheel in a future video! Awesome dynamic duo the two of you. Great video as always Beau!

@gwarlow 9 ай бұрын

24:46 Bureaucracy kills another great idea. Can’t wait for the sequel though. Cheers.

@elementgypsy 3 ай бұрын

One of the great Kramer episodes. The one where he painted the lines on the road was an excellent one too. What beautiful land. Reminds me of NE US.

@azurebrown3756 8 ай бұрын

This was the content i never knew i needed. good work

@maartjegoede9330 9 ай бұрын

With so much entertainment online its rare for me to be truelly captivated... These videos are so unique and fun!

@peterl9097 9 ай бұрын

Beau is like a modern age dragon... just hoarding peoples trash, collecting it, looking at it, admiring it, all to turn it into money

@morgansoper7536 8 ай бұрын

Normally I’d see someone on the side of the road looking like these two but these two are heroes who clean up after us and give us something to watch

@noahsnevada 8 ай бұрын

This is a fantastic film! 10/10! Really nailing the backyard adventure Beau.

@MrSaemichlaus 9 ай бұрын

That sneaky driver change after Jimmy had driven off with the rear door open was top comedy :D

@outbackdreamer6445 9 ай бұрын

Hoping to see some more adventures of this dynamic duo in action.

@jameshorne88 8 ай бұрын

So keen for an update to this .

@FadeGalaxis 8 ай бұрын

I just want to take the time to say thank you for putting a smile on my face. This was great fun and even if getting paid for it whatever way cleaning trash is always a good thing!!

@asherstribe5695 9 ай бұрын

Precisely why this is my favorite channel on KZfaq. Beau puts the beau in beautiful.

@ImpatientTurtle 9 ай бұрын

Love you Jim. Any man who immediately ignores good advice and ends up in the shit is a man after my own heart. ❤

@AustinDWoodruff 3 ай бұрын

You are such a great story teller that I watched the whole thing… waiting to see the victorious moment of bottle redemption… absolutely frustrated with you that they won’t accept them… and now I can’t wait for part 2!!!

@dunnyify 3 ай бұрын

So keen for part 2!

@Astrohhh 9 ай бұрын

Beau is about the only person I know who can make collecting bottles and cans entertaining. I'm just always so amazed by how creative your mind is... you can turn the most mundane things into the most incredible stories, and I really enjoy watching them. I'm a photographer and aspiring videographer, and there's nothing that motivates me more than watching your videos.

@goldengibus6300 9 ай бұрын

Beau carries the exact charm and passion Steve Irwin was known for.

@KalebPeters99 9 ай бұрын

So true! His care for the environment, his unabashed Australian-ness, Steve would have absolutely loved Beau 🌱✨

@olid7947 9 ай бұрын

😆

@AmandaRA2772 2 ай бұрын

You guys are LEGIT my heroes. No matter what your reasoning, you are doing the hard thing that needs done! ❤❤❤❤ Thank you.

@alemerlo4508 7 ай бұрын

you are the best Beau, keep it up. laughing while teaching. great stuff

@arnaldoalegria2209 9 ай бұрын

It's heartbreaking to see how much food people just throw away

@joshireland5835 9 ай бұрын

Bro that is nothing, stand behind a restaurant or conference center near closing time. I was a chef for 15 years, we regularly tossed hundreds of pounds of perfect food that had been served to high paying customers only hours before. I'm talking entire garbage bags full of pastries right off the conference table, bins full of fruit, salad, breads, meats, you name it. I had to leave that world because the waste is unreal, and the ethics attached to it are disgusting. We were usually forbidden from taking some for ourselves or diverting the waste somewhere else, we couldn't even donate it to shelters or churches. It is monstrous, our food system is so broken and so fragile at the same time.

@arnaldoalegria2209 9 ай бұрын

@@joshireland5835 what a shame

@philipcooper8297 9 ай бұрын

@@joshireland5835 Yes, that is unfortunate, but at the same time, as a business it is much safer for you to discard the unsold food rather than donating it elsewhere. Even if you, as an individual wanted to donate food to your local charity, they would not accept cooked nor unpacked food (fruit, salad, bread, meat... you name it). There is always a risk of contamination, fungal spores... and so on, so no one would gamble donating and providing discarded food to anyone.

@NGC1433 9 ай бұрын

It is much more heartbreaking to see people make more babies when they cant feed one and already have four.

@hhaste 9 ай бұрын

@@joshireland5835 Yup, it's crazy. I visit my local bagel shop's dumpster every couple days, big trash bags full of freshly baked bagels that are just thrown away. I don't eat them myself, even though I certainly could.. there's nothing wrong with them, whatsoever.. but I do give them to wild animals in my back yard. Deer love the bagels.. someone is going to get some use out of them, if they're just going to throw them away.

@jacob-AI 9 ай бұрын

Two absolute legends picking up cans and yammering some hilarious commentary along the way. The ideal video, thanks Beau.

@dannesone 7 ай бұрын

Amazing, thanks for sharing this story with us! To be concluded...

@Actionbasstrd 8 ай бұрын

There was a man in California who did this and had a law written because of it. He would go to burning man an collect peoples cans (80,000+ people go to burning man) and redeem them in California. I heard he made a couple of million before they changed the law in California. You can no longer import cans from out-of-state to redeem in California.

@BalboaBaggins 6 ай бұрын

A million bucks? That's impossible. You'd had to collect millions of drink containers to get that amount.

@Actionbasstrd 6 ай бұрын

@@BalboaBaggins 80,000+ People over 2 weeks not as hard as you think to make it to a million

@GraysonBWest 9 ай бұрын

You inspired me to bring a trash bag on my dog walk. Ended up with about 15 lbs of rubbish... love your content and message. The other guy was funny too

@NZKiwi87 9 ай бұрын

I have a similar story. Beau is creating change! 🙌

@pixazelz 9 ай бұрын

I alway Do that !! Especially in natural habitats people should Do IT more often and inspire other people to do so

@N0321ZZ 9 ай бұрын

Good work!!!

@kyliep.5674 9 ай бұрын

At 10.5 years of age our son decided he wanted to attend the 2923 World Scout Jamboree in South Korea. 50,000 cans and bottles collected and saved from landfill over the next 4 years, he managed to self fund his trip. His perseverance and determination is similar to your Beau (he is 15) he is always looking for his next adventure. He collected rubbish along the way and so many cans are deemed not returnable through the machines if they are too small, no or damaged barcodes or not quiet perfect enough.

@Van_Der_Lay_Industries 7 ай бұрын

Absolutely devastated for you. Keep going, you'll find a new angle.

@WarriorsSon 6 ай бұрын

I love the sense of adventure and fundraising your life. Go man ! Ive got a stash I started last week and have my eyes peeled for cans.

@rickmastenbroek5447 9 ай бұрын

Blimey Beau, who made those amazing Seinfeld graphics? ❤ "... Newman!"

@home.with.the.botterills1220 9 ай бұрын

Watched this with the family last night and we all really enjoyed it. The 6 months + storage of the bottles/cans cracked me up. Looking forward to part 2 👏👏

@VarlsSki 8 ай бұрын

@Jimma Nice Jetty Road Brewery hat there mate, cheers for the love.

@_dimsimjim 8 ай бұрын

I wore it way more! Damn editors! I'll have a strong word with them.

@ClintWestVood 8 ай бұрын

I love the absolute Moxie of the dude at 16:22 trying to stop a massive truck from tipping

@BeauMiles 8 ай бұрын

Not a moxie at all, just another 50kg to give a little extra weight to the drive on the other side, and to no risk (he's on a bank). We needed all the help we could and the high weight of the truck means it's easy to influence the roll when pulsed

@ClintWestVood 8 ай бұрын

oh for sure, still funny though. awesome video! @@BeauMiles

@Wizarth 9 ай бұрын

I'm surprised you didn't find a pub and just offer them to any state resident who would take them. You know there's always one cheap bugger who would treat it as an absolute payday. That said - I am really glad they are restarting the program here in Vic. Edit: A comment below points out that they track what state the cans barcodes are assigned to, so wouldn't have accepted them anyway. That throws out the pub idea!

@joethompson11 8 ай бұрын

You guys need to have adventures together more often, such a great duo!

@kami3000 5 ай бұрын

Did I just watch a half of an hour two guys picking up bottles and cans?? - I'm very proud of what you did there guys!

@flutini1 8 ай бұрын

Can't wait to see part 2!

@duncang8960 9 ай бұрын

No wonder people don't recycle. If they make it this difficult for people trying to do good in the world, how about just regular people?

@theboycalledleaf 9 ай бұрын

We have similar in the UK. I live in the county of Surrey but on the border of the county of Hampshire. The recycling centre in Hampshire is closer, however because my taxes are paid to Surrey, I can't recycle at my closest facility. It beggars belief.

@johnthompson9032 9 ай бұрын

I think all recycling must be National schemes covering every part of the country you live in and funded by the government, yes operated and run on local level, this is a planet thing, has to be 1 operating system per country, and countries should really stop exporting the problem

@PurplePerinaise 9 ай бұрын

@@theboycalledleafI'm from UK too, you know they just incinerate a large proportion of our recycling don't you? Councils are tied into contracts with firms who burn it for power. We are literally just giving them money

@ryanyuhr2087 9 ай бұрын

@@Joe-sg9llI agree, it was a tough pill to swallow to think that all the plastic id spent a lifetime recycling either got burned up or shipped out to some third world country to be someone other peoples problem. Glass, aluminum, wood and paper can be recycled but in the states where I’m from there are not lots of options for redeem centers.

@Penguinishy 9 ай бұрын

friendlyjordies and this situation just convinces me even more the aussie government is corrupt af