This has been occurring in our area for the past 4 years. Pickers range
from those in vehicles to bicyclers to walkers. If there was money paid
for newspapers they would be gone too. Even a dollar can buy a bit of
food for someone on the street and a pick-up truck box full can buy
almost a week of meals - if that is their bent.
D.
On 19/07/2012 6:51 AM, Arthur Cordell wrote:
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
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*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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