JohnP wrote:

John Smith wrote in news:2021040318145743662-
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On 2021-04-03 13:37:23 +0000, T i m said:

Put them on your property boundary with a 'Take me' note and they will
probably be gone by the morning (saving you a trip)?

I left a car battery in our front garden the other day - about an hour
later my wife saw someone making off with it. Round our way leaving
anything out front is a sure fire way to recycle.

Sorry - I think it is very irresponsible:

Others take your lead and all sorts of stuff appear on the front making the
area look a mess.

Those who take it will fly tip the unwanted parts.

They will contaminate land with fluids.

It encourages undesirables to keep driving past looking for stuff..

Scrap dealers with small trucks drive round here regularly.
Nowadays, If I have metal odds and ends to get rid of, I just
leave them on the lawn, and within 24 hours they are gone.

Yes, from time to time others do the same, sometimes with scrap,
others with stuff that some might find useful. No way could it be
considered detrimental to the appearance of the area.

A few years ago when I actually paid the council to have a
fridge-freezer removed, it was one of those very trucks (complete
with documentation - I checked) who collected it.

Chris
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On 06/04/2021 16:43, Chris J Dixon wrote:
JohnP wrote:

John Smith wrote in news:2021040318145743662-
nospam@nospamcom:

On 2021-04-03 13:37:23 +0000, T i m said:

Put them on your property boundary with a 'Take me' note and they will
probably be gone by the morning (saving you a trip)?

I left a car battery in our front garden the other day - about an hour
later my wife saw someone making off with it. Round our way leaving
anything out front is a sure fire way to recycle.

Sorry - I think it is very irresponsible:

Others take your lead and all sorts of stuff appear on the front making the
area look a mess.

Those who take it will fly tip the unwanted parts.

They will contaminate land with fluids.

It encourages undesirables to keep driving past looking for stuff..

Scrap dealers with small trucks drive round here regularly.
Nowadays, If I have metal odds and ends to get rid of, I just
leave them on the lawn, and within 24 hours they are gone.

Yes, from time to time others do the same, sometimes with scrap,
others with stuff that some might find useful. No way could it be
considered detrimental to the appearance of the area.

A few years ago when I actually paid the council to have a
fridge-freezer removed, it was one of those very trucks (complete
with documentation - I checked) who collected it.

Back in the '80s, my uncle and his family lived in Germany for about 5
years. Once a month, everyone put out their old bikes, washing machines,
cookers, furniture, etc. and people could take anything that they
wanted. Afterwards, the council would collect whatever was next for
recycling/disposal.

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On 06/04/2021 16:43, Chris J Dixon wrote:
JohnP wrote:

John Smith wrote in news:2021040318145743662-
nospam@nospamcom:

On 2021-04-03 13:37:23 +0000, T i m said:

Put them on your property boundary with a 'Take me' note and they will
probably be gone by the morning (saving you a trip)?

I left a car battery in our front garden the other day - about an hour
later my wife saw someone making off with it. Round our way leaving
anything out front is a sure fire way to recycle.

Sorry - I think it is very irresponsible:

Others take your lead and all sorts of stuff appear on the front making
the
area look a mess.

Those who take it will fly tip the unwanted parts.

They will contaminate land with fluids.

It encourages undesirables to keep driving past looking for stuff..

Scrap dealers with small trucks drive round here regularly.
Nowadays, If I have metal odds and ends to get rid of, I just
leave them on the lawn, and within 24 hours they are gone.

Yes, from time to time others do the same, sometimes with scrap,
others with stuff that some might find useful. No way could it be
considered detrimental to the appearance of the area.

A few years ago when I actually paid the council to have a
fridge-freezer removed, it was one of those very trucks (complete
with documentation - I checked) who collected it.

Back in the '80s, my uncle and his family lived in Germany for about 5
years. Once a month, everyone put out their old bikes, washing machines,
cookers, furniture, etc.

We used to have that a couple of times a year. Not anymore tho.

and people could take anything that they wanted.

That wasnt officially allowed here because the operation that
contracted with the council to pick it all up got the stuff, in
theory.

Afterwards, the council would collect whatever was next for
recycling/disposal.

On Wed, 7 Apr 2021 05:06:21 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:


We used to have

WHO's that "we" you are constantly hallucinating about, senile sociopath?
There's NO "we" for you, EVER! Nobody, really nobody, identifies with you!

--
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"You are a complete idiot. But you make me larf. LOL"
MID:

On Tue, 06 Apr 2021 16:43:43 +0100, Chris J Dixon
wrote:
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Yes, from time to time others do the same, sometimes with scrap,
others with stuff that some might find useful.

snip

I think that's where you can get an issue ... and doing it seems more
prevalent in people from different cultures.

They put something out they have finished with but is still useable
(let's say a baby buggy) because where they (originally) came from,
that's what everone did and it would always get taken by someone in
need (to use or clean-up and sell etc).

The number of times I've seen what look like perfectly good / clean
fabric sofas or wooden bedside cabinets left outside peoples houses
and then it rains on them for several days ... ;-(

Someone does similar on an estate here where they will put out a pile
of bones (for dogs or foxes presumably) and I've even seen a large
whole fish!

The other things is fridges / freezers that I don't believe the scrap
places will take (without being degassed?) so they just take the
compressors out (I saw one whilst walking the dog late one night just
collect the compressor that looked to have been previously disconnect
but left in place).

Cheers, T i m