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Old 3rd Dec 2019, 8:45 pm   #79
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Default Re: Nostalgia? Probably.

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Originally Posted by ms660 View Post
It's called fly tipping down here, dumping stuff in a woodland, particularly anything metal can be very dangerous to someone else.

Last time I checked, fly tipping was a punishable offence.
I have to agree with Lawrence on this, I don't think officialdom is quite ready for the "Technical Foraging" defence.

However, consider this version of it.
Round here, a suburban area, it has become the custom in the last 10 years or so to place unwanted items, typically children's toys, in the street against the garden wall for anyone in need of the item to just take it.

Sad to say so far I haven't scored any round Ekco's etc. but I have had a couple of bikes, a music keyboard, and even a running machine, each of which only required an hour or two TLC.

I imagine some Councils would take a dim view, but here they seem to see it as the altruism that it is, and turn a blind eye. Not sure if they see the ecological benefits of re-use vs the LA definition of "recycling".
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