Hi, has anyone else experienced this? Our neighbours moved out and left a load of bin bags in our front garden. On Sunday morning my partner went out to find that the bags had been ripped open and the contents scattered over the garden, other bags were only partly ripped to see what was inside. At first he thought it might be foxes (though they didn’t contain food). He looked further along the road and saw a woman walking along and lifting up every bin she came across to look inside. It’s all a bit perplexing and unpleasant. He couldn’t swear it was her but it was all very odd. On another note I do wish we got rubbish collect every week during the summer months!
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I believe she's looking for scrap metal to sell. There's a few threads about it on this forum. search for 'urban miners'
Ah thanks both, yes it wasn’t our rubbish but there were plenty of clothes and cds which had been dumped (obviously the skimmers thought it wasn’t worth taking to sell). Our landlord kindly took most of it away for us after we had rebagged. It was the mess that was so upsetting, some of my garden flowers were taken, but I thought that might just be kids messing about though as were just the ones easy to reach
Yes, some 'miners' are very specific about what they want - one chap (very tidy, I might add) looks for copper in old appliances - even carries tools to dismantle them, unlike a elderly couple I went mental at for smashing a TV in the street (which did explain why the smashed TV fly tips appear). Some are looking for clothes and rags because they can sell those too. I also once had it explained that for people who survive without access to public funds, it can be their only source of income.
Of course, there are the criminals looking for IDs but if you've not as Delacey says shredded your documents, you really are asking for trouble.
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