[Gizemo33]

Late bloomer, I can only guess that these young people are in dire need of cash so they’re picking through garbage looking for things to resell. This is just my guess. It’s based in part on the facts but our governor has refused to issue supplemental unemployment payments and is allowing evictions.

[Jacob85]

In my past experience in corrections my first thought was I hope people have schreaded their important documents. Just think if all the identifying information in the trash! Anyone wanting to do identify theft could have almost anything. But that is just the way my mind works

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by EdFNJ

That must help your neighborhood's "ambiance." A neighbor had 2 (obviously) replaced toilets in the driveway for 2 days. Fortunately the Charmin Bears (of toilet "tissue" fame) weren't roaming the neighborhood.

Planters?

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by DiandJay

This is so helpful!!!! I hate putting aluminium in the garbage! Thanks for sharing

Aluminum is highly recyclable. Might be great if we could get together have people save soda cans. Take them to a scrap place and use the money for some charitable purpose.

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by Gizemo33

Late bloomer, I can only guess that these young people are in dire need of cash so they’re picking through garbage looking for things to resell. This is just my guess. It’s based in part on the facts but our governor has refused to issue supplemental unemployment payments and is allowing evictions.

You are not supposed to get political. In any case as far as evictions I do not own any rental property. Frankly I would never want to evict anyone. However it is a chain reaction. If, the rent is not paid, AND YOU CANNOT EVICT DELINQUENT TENANTS, the property owner cannot pay his/her bills either. Even if the tenants intended to pay the rent, as they fall farther and farther behind, the loss for the owner grows and what is owed becomes impossible to pay. Right now due to handouts there is actually plenty of unemployed and yet plenty of unfilled jobs. Young people. In high school, since I couldn't find a job, I started and ran a lawn mowing business. It was hard WORK, As far as trash picking. I taught myself to repair lawnmowers. Several of my mowers came from the trash.

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by JwizChick

Several years ago when I lived in Duval, I put my garbage out one evening and went for a walk. When I returned, my entire bag of garbage was gone. I later discovered a Golf Cart driving around, picking up people’s trash. The back of the Golf Cart was loaded with full bags of trash. I even got a picture! I guess he/she was looking for aluminum cans. After that, I never put my garbage out at night. Though legal to take people’s garbage, I did not like the idea of someone going through my trash. Lamps and large items, fine… but not bags of trash!

Ex-northerner I used to pick up bags of leaves that people would rake together and put in bags. Great for composting. There was so much of it being tossed that I insisted on only taking leaves that people put into quality bags that they bought to throw away leaves.

[BettyInFL]

We do that as well. We put it out, and 9 times out of 10, it is picked up before the trash guys come.

Definitely more prevalent where we lived in the country outside of Houston.

[KsJayhawkers]

Originally Posted by EdFNJ

Or 2 ladies in a golf cart with a clip board taking notes.

Just make sure you are cross-cutting all of your mail. Criminals will often times go through trash bags looking for personal information, credit card offers, SSN, etc.

[gbs317]

Originally Posted by LateBoomer

yes, good point. if I have anything that actually works, I may just stick it out in front of the trash pile. if someone else can use it or sell it, good for them.

It was just so bizarre watching this happen this morning in front of my eyes. not something I had seen before. I just happened to be at my desk, looking out the window

I had an old chest freezer that worked but needed work to get it to 100%. Put it by the curb and a guy in a pickup asked me if he could have it. He wanted to fix it and clean it up for his daughter. No problem, I even helped him lift it into his truck.
It made him happy, me happy, and hopefully his daughter was happy.

[EdFNJ]

Originally Posted by KsJayhawkers

Just make sure you are cross-cutting all of your mail. Criminals will often times go through trash bags looking for personal information, credit card offers, SSN, etc.

What you say is true (in theory) but I would be (and am) 100000x more concerned of my personal data on the internet then how some some papers in the garbage are shredded. If they wish to spend 2 hours reconstructing my junk mail, so be it. Virtually nothing is on paper anymore that I wouldn't be saving forever..

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Even some banks use it because I got a secure message from CITI saying they found my emails/passwords on that site.

And for those concerned about that site just Google: is "have I been pwnd" legit. It is.

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And there are hundreds of other comments backing that up.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

Working items and things of some possible value can be given to Goodwill or other thrift stores. We like to support them because I buy things from them myself that I make use of. It is a "what goes around, comes around" situation. And the thrift stores have trucks that will pick up large items.

IMO There no good in goodwill. It business to make millions, good for the CEO. They arrest people in need.

[FUSSY LADY]

Was it a red pickup? If so they have been doing this for years!

[LateBoomer]

Originally Posted by Gizemo33

Late bloomer, I can only guess that these young people are in dire need of cash so they’re picking through garbage looking for things to resell. This is just my guess. It’s based in part on the facts but our governor has refused to issue supplemental unemployment payments and is allowing evictions.

really? Well the couple looked neither dirty nor hungry and drove up in a decent, white pickup truck, not a beater. they were maybe mid-30s and healthy looking.

I'm not sure "need" as much as "greed" is the driving factor here. and no, I'm not going to blame the State govt for not continuing additional unemployment for people when jobs are plentiful as a reason for driveway piracy, sorry. its people making money. while on the one hand I'm glad people can get use of some stuff instead of dropping it into a landfill, but on the other, it's kinda creepy to have these driveway pirates picking through my stuff on my property - which is according to the law, illegal. I just never witnessed it directly until Monday. I was quite stunning to observe

[LateBoomer]

Originally Posted by FUSSY LADY

Was it a red pickup? If so they have been doing this for years!

white pickup. man and a woman. 30s I'd say. He drove, she jumped out and started going through my trash

[Bay Kid]

Originally Posted by Gizemo33

Late bloomer, I can only guess that these young people are in dire need of cash so they’re picking through garbage looking for things to resell. This is just my guess. It’s based in part on the facts but our governor has refused to issue supplemental unemployment payments and is allowing evictions.

Don't think it is the governor's fault, even though you would like to blame him. This has been going on for years.