It's not only legal, it's protected by the supreme Court ruling California v Greenwood. The homeowner just wants the stuff gone. They aren't ever upset.

I pick up grass clippings for my goats people are thrilled, help me load. Often offer me scrap etc. Grab and free up the dump trash guys love me to

@@ScrapPalletMan if its in the trash the owner gave up all rights to it. BUT I have sat out free working items like TVs with signs on them "Free, Works" and the scrap guy would come cut the cord and bust open for copper coils. I nipped that in the bud watching and catching them, Id tell them before they touched it that its a free WORKING item, and not trash, if they cut the cord or bust it open they take the whole thing since our trash guy didnt pick up debris outside the cans or items such as these and I wasnt cleaning up their mess... bit of a difference between trash and free items.

No worries! If it's on the street as trash, it's free for the taking. Years ago, a couple buddies of mine would go out 'Treasure Trashing' as we called it. Usually, this was the night before the trash would be picked up the next day. We would cruise the neighborhoods looking for treasure. Bob went after electronics like radios, TVs, computers, small kitchen appliances like toasters etc. take them home and re-wire them and sell them. Jimmy liked to find old lawnmowers, weed-whackers, hedge trimmers etc. and he would repair them and sell them also. I just went along for the fun of it. Great times and memories.

It is legal to take anything that has been discarded, even the contents of a trash can so be careful what you’re throwing away. You don’t want people seeing stuff with your name or other information on it.

Amen

What a nice sediment.

We live in PA and we have scrappers. Most folks are appreciative of the scrappers because the items they scrap will be recycled and reused instead of ending up in a landfill. Also a lot of trash companies won’t take some of the things that he’s scrapping. Then people end up throwing it in the woods and things like that. But I’m sure there are people out there that give scrappers a hard time. To them I say, your trash is someone else’s treasure LOL!

@@janielunday5012 I’m in Dora, Alabama. $10.50 per hundred

Definitely Scrap Kingdom

Honestly I did see some type of a cheeky grin from the other scrapper as if to say “ I’m getting to it before you do”

You caught that :-)

Sure did!!!

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Exactly - smart thing is to have both. Each can act up as a back-up for the other. Electricity may fail, and both will only increase in cost, so leveraging against each other may save a fair bit overall.

No toxic metals involced in grist mills or windmills. If they break, you don't have to destroy land to mine more elements and then throw away crap that poisions the soil. Poor comparisons to say the least.

Depends on what you consider green. Electronics production, particularly lithium batteries are hyper toxic in both manufacturing and disposal..

@@dimtucas359 Well, it's the whole side of manufacturing a vehicle to replace one that may already be relatively efficient in energy terms, especially if the power generation is coal/oil/gas fired. I sort of 'inherited' an older, smaller car from a relative when mine needed replacement, but I find it an excellent 'shopping basket', which is its primary use. A couple of years ago it needed some rust repairs that were quite a lot more than the actual worth of the vehicle but looking at a (new, used buys other people's problems and I knew the history of this car) replacement, it just didn't make sense for the very low mileage it does - maybe 2500 to 3000 kms (1500-2000 mls) a year, with 5 or 6 fills a year as it already got 35-40 mpg in town and over 60 on the few times it was on the motorway. With the capital expenditure and especially increased insurance, it would have a negative payback with me spending several thousand a year more over it's service life. Hybrid/electric options were a lot worse, with the added displeasure of them all being some form of automatic, which I LOATHE!

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The world needs more who pray and display their faith.

@@djondjon agreed

Thanks for the heavy lifting help

Totally

Lol

Having Paul for our children, to follow after, is so wonderful !!! Thank God, for people like him.

You are so right God is good. I'm just sitting here in my living room listening to my dog eating. We went for a decent walk. It's going to be a super nice sunny day. Not sure what to do. Who knows. Thanks for the comment, enjoy your day

@@ScrapPalletMan Love LOVE daZe like that. lol

Thanks for keeping the animals healthy

Awww. 🙂

Totally

It costs more to donate than to scrap.Donating requires recordkeeping, and usually paying an employee to dort, itemize and even deliver. Scrapping something at the curb or dumpster is just a matter of writing off the invoiced cost with no extra employee hours involved.

I've found this a few times as well. Sometimes the brass tube is very thin or just a sleeve over a steel pipe and the magnet fools you. Worth taking an extra look if you have time.

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That is awesome to hear

That is awesome you are so helpful. Good stuff

Yes he does particularly with really heavy items. He also backsup to.the crub to.make it easier to.load.