The Curb and the bag

The curb hunt is fairly dignified to me cause all I am doing is taking whats in plain sight .
As I have always known people purposely leave out for others as many people have a feeling
- - waste not want not. --

Now if the curb hunter wants to cause issues . Looking in people trash bags will
cause discontentment that people will call police ,
Yes !! you will be out of the curb scrap business .



So I mention the Bag only to satisfy curiosity . I have the trash job
and when days allow I can open and look before the final load to trash truck .
I have to say what people toss to the bag is PLENTY .
Wire - Tools - More Wire ,- motors - copper brass - toasters - vacs - microwaves - Did I say wire
people will often wrap in a separate bag & then put in main trash bag
I can tell by weight and sound what bags have the good stuff .
Any bag can deliver as even a nasty food only has wire from cells phone chargers or a extension cord . Trash is trash
and now I know what is in trash -
Plenty of $$
also Cans from food - cans from drinks
People are wasteful and thats the story.


Please read this post for either
curious and now I know the wonder of the bag.
or a way to capitalize on a fact. ( legally )
But Please DON"T curb hunt and start bag hunting .

Absolutley.
Any construction dumpster in my area is target to animal investigation if their is food in it. any bags tossed by homeowner/worker or illegally is torn to shreds in a day or two. plenty of pickings inside, although sometimes the scrap stays as it's just to nasty as you probably know.

I wish I had special Xray glasses that could see what is in boxes at the curb! I have never EVER opened a taped box or any bag at the curb. If I stop to pick something up and there is an untaped box I will do a quick glance to see if it contains something good but I've never opened a bag nor will I. I wouldn't want someone doing it at my curb.

I have seen where other scrappers have opened and made a mess of bags and boxes (you can tell) and it makes me sad to see.