15 Oct
2012
15 Oct
'12
8:08 a.m.
On Oct 15, 2012, at 10:25 AM, Vincent Slyngstad wrote:
From: Pete Turnbull: Monday, October 15, 2012 6:32 AM
My favorite part about that particular line of thinking was when some
local politicians decided to make that explicit in legislation (shortly
after our local terrorist event ten years ago). Some concerned citizens
looked up their home addresses and dug through their trash cans and
posted some items online that said politicians felt were not, in fact,
public property (despite their fervent legislative positions to the
contrary).
- Dave
On 15/10/2012 03:06, Mouse wrote:
My understanding is that, in most jurisdictions in the USA, trash is "abandoned
property" when you bring it to the curb, even in a designated trash container owned
by your trash hauler. This is the result of court decisions allowing police authorities
to search the trash without bothering to obtain a warrant. When you throw something out, when does ownership
of it pass from you?
When you drop it in the trashcan? When you empty the trash into a
dustbin? When the collectors pick up the dustbin's contents? When
it's dumped into landfill (or whatever)? Never?
It probably varies according
to location. In the UK, ownership of trash
passes to the local council when you put the trash in a designated bin,
box or bag on the street for collection.