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You can put this sad situation down to the 'claim' factor.

The dump lets someone have an old TV. They take it home and either electrocute themselves, burn the house down, slash themselves to bits with an imploding tube, the list goes on.

Who gets the blame? Yes the contractor who passed the said equipment to them.

They could be sued for millions and all because an employee let someone have a bit of old junk. Think about the consequences.

Most dumps will immediately sack any member of staff who knowingly allows what is actually the property of the contractor to pass onto members of the public. The whole of the recycling centres are covered by CCTV relayed to the contractors head office. If you can grab it before the 'dumper' lets it touch the ground, you are OK.

I helped out at a tip about 20 years ago when everything was different. I'm sorry to say that HMV will get crushed for scrap.

'No win no fee.' Blame it on the claim culture and human greediness. John.