Dustbin scavengers - Harringay online2024-03-29T00:17:25Zhttps://harringayonline.com/forum/topics/dustbin-scavengers?feed=yes&xn_auth=noJust a lot more of them since…tag:harringayonline.com,2019-10-08:844301:Comment:11967892019-10-08T09:21:51.944Zmaggiehttps://harringayonline.com/profile/maggie20
<p>Just a lot more of them since the Tories have been running things!</p>
<p>Just a lot more of them since the Tories have been running things!</p> The poor are always with us.tag:harringayonline.com,2019-10-08:844301:Comment:11968632019-10-08T06:33:28.716ZJohn Dhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/JohnD
<p>The poor are always with us.</p>
<p>The poor are always with us.</p> I think it is worrying that s…tag:harringayonline.com,2019-10-07:844301:Comment:11967362019-10-07T23:52:09.773Zmaggiehttps://harringayonline.com/profile/maggie20
<p>I think it is worrying that some poor sod is so desperate that an old Christmas decoration would be seen as worth diving in a bin for. An old woman was looking in my bin recently and when I asked what she was looking for she said she was hoping to find an old pair of shoes that she could make use of. A reflection on the society we live in.</p>
<p>I think it is worrying that some poor sod is so desperate that an old Christmas decoration would be seen as worth diving in a bin for. An old woman was looking in my bin recently and when I asked what she was looking for she said she was hoping to find an old pair of shoes that she could make use of. A reflection on the society we live in.</p> I have seen people with troll…tag:harringayonline.com,2019-10-07:844301:Comment:11967782019-10-07T19:01:53.601ZBob Ruggleshttps://harringayonline.com/profile/umarex77
<p>I have seen people with trolley loads of plastic Bottles queuing up to feed the machines</p>
<p>They have two. ( Wood Green ) Yes they get rewards points which are transferred onto Morrison Cards which gives Vouchers for goods</p>
<p>Also notice waste bins full of bottles machine rejects </p>
<p>Aware Tesco's used to have similar machines </p>
<p>Reminds me the time I cut my Hedge and put it in bin to dry and left the lid open . Only for a Fox to jump in and the lid…</p>
<p>I have seen people with trolley loads of plastic Bottles queuing up to feed the machines</p>
<p>They have two. ( Wood Green ) Yes they get rewards points which are transferred onto Morrison Cards which gives Vouchers for goods</p>
<p>Also notice waste bins full of bottles machine rejects </p>
<p>Aware Tesco's used to have similar machines </p>
<p>Reminds me the time I cut my Hedge and put it in bin to dry and left the lid open . Only for a Fox to jump in and the lid closing . What a racket as it tried to open lid and get out</p>
<p>As a Diabetic I do blood tests which is a blue needle , which is not capped and does not need to go in a needle box. As Rubbish is in a Secure Plastic Container / Bin , safe to just throw in rubbish. They will cut skin if scrapped while going through rubbish </p> Yes, you have to feel sorry f…tag:harringayonline.com,2019-10-07:844301:Comment:11966162019-10-07T08:39:41.337ZJohn Dhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/JohnD
<p>Yes, you have to feel sorry for bin divers, or perhaps not.</p>
<p>Guess who had to pay for someone to come and clear it up ?</p>
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<p>Yes, you have to feel sorry for bin divers, or perhaps not.</p>
<p>Guess who had to pay for someone to come and clear it up ?</p>
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<p>These aren't Wombles, unfortunately. I spent half an hour cleaning up after my bin ratcher, and it would be fair to say that he has left everyone in the house feeling decidedly unsettled. I don't think there's ever a justification for going thru people's bagged rubbish - it is intimate stuff, which is not for public consumption. <br></br><br></br>Also, leaving stuff out to be 'collected' by our enterprising friends is fine to an extent, but creates some unwelcome mood music in the street. You see…</p>
<p>These aren't Wombles, unfortunately. I spent half an hour cleaning up after my bin ratcher, and it would be fair to say that he has left everyone in the house feeling decidedly unsettled. I don't think there's ever a justification for going thru people's bagged rubbish - it is intimate stuff, which is not for public consumption. <br/><br/>Also, leaving stuff out to be 'collected' by our enterprising friends is fine to an extent, but creates some unwelcome mood music in the street. You see loads of rubbish dumped in front gardens because people assume that 'someone' will take it (hence Harringay's mattress epidemic). My partner also noticed a team of 'recyclers' stripping the metal out of an abandoned fridge on one of our streets and then abandoning the rest. These people may be doing positive work for the environment, but their motivations are not exactly selfless, and neighbours may not welcome their repeated visits being rewarded.</p> They are too busy, I guess. D…tag:harringayonline.com,2019-10-07:844301:Comment:11965172019-10-07T07:35:19.721ZCmlhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/Jim
<p>They are too busy, I guess. Don't want to get all uppity about it, but if this sort of thing was happening the other side of the railway bridge, they'd have the SPG out to stop it.</p>
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<p>They are too busy, I guess. Don't want to get all uppity about it, but if this sort of thing was happening the other side of the railway bridge, they'd have the SPG out to stop it.</p>
<p></p> I agree with Cml. It is scar…tag:harringayonline.com,2019-10-07:844301:Comment:11967462019-10-07T05:01:55.137ZGeraldinehttps://harringayonline.com/profile/GeraldineTaylorThomas
<p>I agree with Cml. It is scarcely credible that no law is being broken. Surely a front garden is your property and the waste goods are yours until disposed of. Of course it's not the property that matters but that as s a single woman, I would be extremely distressed and intimidated to find someone lurking just a foot or two away from my rooms. What are the police thinking of to turn a blind eye.</p>
<p>I agree with Cml. It is scarcely credible that no law is being broken. Surely a front garden is your property and the waste goods are yours until disposed of. Of course it's not the property that matters but that as s a single woman, I would be extremely distressed and intimidated to find someone lurking just a foot or two away from my rooms. What are the police thinking of to turn a blind eye.</p> Not sure if that's true; by p…tag:harringayonline.com,2019-10-06:844301:Comment:11966072019-10-06T23:17:38.130ZCmlhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/Jim
<p>Not sure if that's true; by putting stuff in your bins you are intending it to go to the waste people, not to be picked through by scavengers. BBC story <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13037808" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">here</a> cites a case of someone being 'done' for taking items left outside a charity shop - the owner gave the property away for a specific purpose and to a specific recipient, so breaking that circle is theft. Having people going through your…</p>
<p>Not sure if that's true; by putting stuff in your bins you are intending it to go to the waste people, not to be picked through by scavengers. BBC story <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13037808" target="_blank">here</a> cites a case of someone being 'done' for taking items left outside a charity shop - the owner gave the property away for a specific purpose and to a specific recipient, so breaking that circle is theft. Having people going through your intimate waste on your property is also a pretty gross invasion of privacy, as well as being intimidating and unpleasant.</p> That seems quite straightforw…tag:harringayonline.com,2019-10-06:844301:Comment:11964312019-10-06T14:47:30.625ZGraham Charnockhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/GrahamCharnock
<p>That seems quite straightforward. I wonder what the law is on skip-diving?</p>
<p>That seems quite straightforward. I wonder what the law is on skip-diving?</p>