Dumpsters!

Well one thing about people who are scavengers is that they cause the home/business owners more of a headache than it's worth for them.

From an etiquette standpoint, when you agree to take someone's trash, you are supposed to take the WHOLE thing. But what happens is that people like to pick through the pile, make a big mess and then drive off without even bothering to clean up behind themselves... thus leaving the home/business owner with the burden.

And then the other thing that happens every once in a while is that the scavenger will disturb the home/business owner to inquire about the discarded stuff. So I can understand how people don't like their trash being obtained by the locals.

Originally Posted by tedanderson

Well one thing about people who are scavengers is that they cause the home/business owners more of a headache than it's worth for them.

From an etiquette standpoint, when you agree to take someone's trash, you are supposed to take the WHOLE thing. But what happens is that people like to pick through the pile, make a big mess and then drive off without even bothering to clean up behind themselves... thus leaving the home/business owner with the burden.

And then the other thing that happens every once in a while is that the scavenger will disturb the home/business owner to inquire about the discarded stuff. So I can understand how people don't like their trash being obtained by the locals.

Agreed, i ALWAYS flip the cart lids back on, stomp down the trash in the dumpster, and pick up any litter around, even if I had nothing to do with it. Respect is everything