No, I think you are seeing something. Something I notice in my area as well. My guess is those items on which a deposit is paid (beer cans, etc.) are valued. As is metal of all kind. We put out an old barbecue at the curb on garbage day and within minutes a pickup truck pulled up and whoosh, gone was the barbecue.
arthur From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed Weick Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 9:33 AM To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION' Subject: [Futurework] Am I missing something? I live in a nice quiet urban neighborhood. Today is the day that the city picks our garbage up. Recently, a few people have started coming by to sort through our recycling bins. Some are on bikes, some pull wagons and some just walk carrying bags. They don't look as though they're from our neighborhood. Today, the last person to come by was an elderly woman who went through the already picked-over bins very carefully. If these people find anything of value, they don't get very much for it -- a few cents for wine or beer bottles etc. But what they are doing suggests a sense of desperation. It would seem that whatever little they get is very important to them. Ed
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