In article
<Pine.LNX.4.10.10005292236130.22871-100000(a)smarty.smart.net>et>,
R. D. Davis <rdd(a)smart.net> writes
Is there any way you can retrieve it from the skip
if it ends
up in there?
Once it is in the skip, anyone taking it away, other than the waste
disposal people, is stealing it. This has already been made clear to
me.
Not sure what country you live in, but if you're in the US, then
regardless of whatever munincipal laws have been enacted, the U.S.
Supreme Court has ruled (on multiple occaisions) that refuse is
exactly that- stuff that people no longer want.
The most recent case that verified this was when suit was brought
against a police department who extracted evidence from someone's
trash. The police won that suit, and thus your trash does not receive
the constitutional protection that other property gets.
respectfully submitted,
-doug q