Comments on: The Junk Man Cometh http://anthonymalloy.com/2009/08/24/the-junk-man-cometh/ Life between coffees. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:17:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Xcess http://anthonymalloy.com/2009/08/24/the-junk-man-cometh/#comment-87338 Xcess Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:12:57 +0000 http://anthonymalloy.com/2009/08/24/the-junk-man-cometh/#comment-87338 Yeah I agree with you Rae. I do know that in some areas various programs have been established so people with disabilitys do get involved in recycling the communitys TREASURE. (Garbage as some ill minded people see it). However there is an ever growing population which equals more TREASURE than there is programs. I am all for the bloke or lady who recycles from the nature strip or wherever (at a decent hour). I often drive around different areas of our local public bushland and have found some interesting items, some worth money, some just interesting and some very old. In short, if people are to lazy or don't have the time to dispose of items themselves and place them in the public eye on a nature strip or if they are just plain mongrels who take a shorter, cheaper drive to the bush to dump their TREASURE, then I say GO FOR IT!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah I agree with you Rae. I do know that in some areas various programs have been established so people with disabilitys do get involved in recycling the communitys TREASURE. (Garbage as some ill minded people see it). However there is an ever growing population which equals more TREASURE than there is programs. I am all for the bloke or lady who recycles from the nature strip or wherever (at a decent hour). I often drive around different areas of our local public bushland and have found some interesting items, some worth money, some just interesting and some very old. In short, if people are to lazy or don’t have the time to dispose of items themselves and place them in the public eye on a nature strip or if they are just plain mongrels who take a shorter, cheaper drive to the bush to dump their TREASURE, then I say GO FOR IT!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: Rae http://anthonymalloy.com/2009/08/24/the-junk-man-cometh/#comment-86907 Rae Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:54:46 +0000 http://anthonymalloy.com/2009/08/24/the-junk-man-cometh/#comment-86907 Well, if he's not going to lift the lid on this, I will. I sided with the bloke taking it to fix it up and resell. Good on him I say. I'm a freecycler and believe the less we pitch into landfill the better. If he can spend a few bucks fixing it up, whether it be a fridge, or exercise equipment or whatever, to make a few bucks selling it, then good for him. The only thing I don't agree on is it going in the dead of night. There are certain things that belong in landfill/garbage, eg baby car seats that have been in accidents or whatever. The stuff on the nature strip ready for the tip generally has a reason for being there. Be sensible and ask the chucker outerers why (for certain items) because some things cannot be used. But if it can be salvaged and reused, I vote got for it!! The less disposable we are, the better the world is. Well, if he’s not going to lift the lid on this, I will. I sided with the bloke taking it to fix it up and resell. Good on him I say. I’m a freecycler and believe the less we pitch into landfill the better. If he can spend a few bucks fixing it up, whether it be a fridge, or exercise equipment or whatever, to make a few bucks selling it, then good for him.
The only thing I don’t agree on is it going in the dead of night. There are certain things that belong in landfill/garbage, eg baby car seats that have been in accidents or whatever. The stuff on the nature strip ready for the tip generally has a reason for being there. Be sensible and ask the chucker outerers why (for certain items) because some things cannot be used. But if it can be salvaged and reused, I vote got for it!! The less disposable we are, the better the world is.

]]> By: Ren http://anthonymalloy.com/2009/08/24/the-junk-man-cometh/#comment-86283 Ren Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:54:25 +0000 http://anthonymalloy.com/2009/08/24/the-junk-man-cometh/#comment-86283 What really irks me is that council says it's thieving, yet I KNOW that they take perfectly useable goods from the tip and resell them. So who is right? The neighbourhood collector who has a use for the stuff or the council who are more subversive about it? According to police, rubbish is considered public property once you disgard your junk. More power to the collector, I think. Just err, do it during daylight hours rather than thumping through stuff at 10pm. What really irks me is that council says it’s thieving, yet I KNOW that they take perfectly useable goods from the tip and resell them. So who is right? The neighbourhood collector who has a use for the stuff or the council who are more subversive about it? According to police, rubbish is considered public property once you disgard your junk. More power to the collector, I think. Just err, do it during daylight hours rather than thumping through stuff at 10pm.

]]> By: Sarcasmom http://anthonymalloy.com/2009/08/24/the-junk-man-cometh/#comment-86094 Sarcasmom Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:58:53 +0000 http://anthonymalloy.com/2009/08/24/the-junk-man-cometh/#comment-86094 I have to say it annoys me greatly when the trash pickers go through my trash. We dutifully seperate the recyclables so the city can make some money on them, and be green, and someone else comes alongs and benefits personally from my dilligence. Here there is no planned pick-ups for old appliances and the like. But if you put one out someone will come and throw it in the back of a pick up before your front door is closed. I am always amazed that our city does not try to put a stop to it, as they are losing revenue. And, I think Rae would agree with me. I have to say it annoys me greatly when the trash pickers go through my trash. We dutifully seperate the recyclables so the city can make some money on them, and be green, and someone else comes alongs and benefits personally from my dilligence. Here there is no planned pick-ups for old appliances and the like. But if you put one out someone will come and throw it in the back of a pick up before your front door is closed. I am always amazed that our city does not try to put a stop to it, as they are losing revenue. And, I think Rae would agree with me.

]]> By: Jayne http://anthonymalloy.com/2009/08/24/the-junk-man-cometh/#comment-86087 Jayne Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:44:23 +0000 http://anthonymalloy.com/2009/08/24/the-junk-man-cometh/#comment-86087 Technically it's against the law to scavenge but I have no probs with someone hauling away something they can use/recycle/resell to make a buck, etc, if I'd classed it as rubbish in the first place (have helped scavengers load stuff on their trucks in the past). I think Rae agreed with the scavenger and you didn't. Technically it’s against the law to scavenge but I have no probs with someone hauling away something they can use/recycle/resell to make a buck, etc, if I’d classed it as rubbish in the first place (have helped scavengers load stuff on their trucks in the past).
I think Rae agreed with the scavenger and you didn’t.

]]> By: Michelle http://anthonymalloy.com/2009/08/24/the-junk-man-cometh/#comment-86084 Michelle Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:58:10 +0000 http://anthonymalloy.com/2009/08/24/the-junk-man-cometh/#comment-86084 Why would you care who picks it up if you're throwing it out anyway? I usually put things on freecycle first anyway (though our group is not terribly active), then when I put them out on the footpath I try to keep them in usuable condition (if they were in that condition in the first place) in the hope someone might pick them up before they get junked. Much better to be re-used, than thrown away and if someone with more energy than me makes money from it, then good on them! Why would you care who picks it up if you’re throwing it out anyway? I usually put things on freecycle first anyway (though our group is not terribly active), then when I put them out on the footpath I try to keep them in usuable condition (if they were in that condition in the first place) in the hope someone might pick them up before they get junked.

Much better to be re-used, than thrown away and if someone with more energy than me makes money from it, then good on them!

]]> By: Mum and Peter http://anthonymalloy.com/2009/08/24/the-junk-man-cometh/#comment-86060 Mum and Peter Mon, 24 Aug 2009 07:26:09 +0000 http://anthonymalloy.com/2009/08/24/the-junk-man-cometh/#comment-86060 Peter says, good on him - there's a man with initiative, but I wonder if the Council picked up what was left? Peter says, good on him – there’s a man with initiative, but I wonder if the Council picked up what was left?

]]> By: Daniel http://anthonymalloy.com/2009/08/24/the-junk-man-cometh/#comment-86053 Daniel Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:43:57 +0000 http://anthonymalloy.com/2009/08/24/the-junk-man-cometh/#comment-86053 Yeah, assuming it was going to landfill if the council got it, that bloke's just shaved some money off your rates by cutting the amount of junk to be carted away. As long as the scavengers don't leave a mess, of course. Yeah, assuming it was going to landfill if the council got it, that bloke’s just shaved some money off your rates by cutting the amount of junk to be carted away. As long as the scavengers don’t leave a mess, of course.

]]> By: Caro http://anthonymalloy.com/2009/08/24/the-junk-man-cometh/#comment-86050 Caro Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:43:28 +0000 http://anthonymalloy.com/2009/08/24/the-junk-man-cometh/#comment-86050 It makes me quite happy to see someone lugging away another person's rubbish. If it's only going to end up in landfill somewhere I'd rather some motivated person come and take the rubbish and repair it to make a bit of money. And if I don't have the motivation or the skills to fix a broken lawn mower or washing machine then I say help yourself and do with it what you will. It makes me quite happy to see someone lugging away another person’s rubbish. If it’s only going to end up in landfill somewhere I’d rather some motivated person come and take the rubbish and repair it to make a bit of money.

And if I don’t have the motivation or the skills to fix a broken lawn mower or washing machine then I say help yourself and do with it what you will.

]]> By: Andrew http://anthonymalloy.com/2009/08/24/the-junk-man-cometh/#comment-86049 Andrew Mon, 24 Aug 2009 01:18:45 +0000 http://anthonymalloy.com/2009/08/24/the-junk-man-cometh/#comment-86049 I don't have a problem with it. Blokes being naturally lazy are quite happy to see someone else doing some work and if they can make a buck, good luck to them. Sorry to disagree with Rae? I don’t have a problem with it. Blokes being naturally lazy are quite happy to see someone else doing some work and if they can make a buck, good luck to them. Sorry to disagree with Rae?

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