Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Rubbish bins rummager, gain
I've just stopped a woman rummaging through my neighbours bins. She calmly asked 'problem? when I asked her to stop.
And then shrugged her shoulders and walked off saying 'sorry'.
No doubt ours were next. But she's diligently carried on down the rest of the street. Maybe it's just another form of recycling and I should accept it but our bins are not communal on public space as in other countries. It still seems like an invasion of privacy somehow.
I thought it was a good thing when I lived in Bulgaria to see stuff being taken and recycled from the street communal bins. We didn't have our 'own' bins then. But I cant get used to it here. I know this discussion has cropped up many times before.
Perhaps this woman needs the money for whatever good rubbish she can find. And she did say sorry....
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on
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Maybe it's an idea to keep back a heavy quilted jacket, some gloves and a sweater to give her when she comes round in deep winter.
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Permalink Reply by Ruth on
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I think she can go to the charity shops and buy these quite cheaply! I'd rather the charity shops had clothes I can no longer use.
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Permalink Reply by Christopher Riley on
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We have the same problem and whilst I do not mind things being reused in this way I am annoyed that the bags are ripped open and refuse left spilling out of the bins onto the street.
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Permalink Reply by Mike C on
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It's a living for some, but the bin bags being torn open is a problem when combined fortnightly collections, as critters can get around the rubbish more easily. Our street was literally buzzing with flies all summer.
Most back off when challenged but return, and no authority seems to care about it. While identity theft is a possibility, I think it's fair to say that the majority of the metal collectors are not interested in that, they're just people who need money and to them there is value in what is discarded. I heard this radio clip on the change in the law that might affect their activities, apparently to remove cash business from the licensed scrap trade. If we still see them in a month at least we'll know they're doing well enough to have bank accounts, which is better than some of my friends are doing.
The installation of a gate doesn't seem to work with these people in my experience, but it does still act as a barrier to others, and as something for the postman to bang very loudly when opening and then leave open only a few seconds later.
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I get very cross with them. I do urban recycle my rubbish on my wall regularly. So going through my bin is unnecessary. It's also illegal - I take a photo of anyone doing it.
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Quite often near us. They have old push-chairs or trollies full of metal bits. I live at the bottom of Glen Wood Rd.
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I've seen the old push chair rummager a few times- I think that was her the other day. But I've seen others so there are clearly different teams going round. Probably more teams of them than Veolia... !
I sort my rubbish well before putting in any bin and am a big recycler. . Like Rosie I put things on the wall sometime for people to pick up. I don't want anyone uninvited going through the stuff that finally does get chucked out.
Perhaps these teams of money-oriented recyclers are a reminder to us all that there's money in muck as my mum used to say!
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A few Saturdays ago my husband was viewing the external live camera images from our offices in Bounds Green and watched as a woman came into our yard and helped herself to some stuff we'd left out. She then returned with a male friend (who had only one hand!) and he proceeded to empty everything out of our bin, all over the floor. Monday morning was a clear up job; we were not happy. Last week they returned during office hours and were clearly told they could help themselves but not to leave a mess and that we had cameras watching them! I don't know if it's the same people?
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Residents have also had buggies and in some cases metal garden furniture taken by opportunists.
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