Dumpster Diving was Re: Washington DC area vintage sour

On Wed, 28 Oct 1998, Hans Franke wrote: I think the attitude of many companies in the UK is "if we wanted to give it away we would do so, once we have decided to throw it away it stays thrown away". As far as the legal position is concerned I am aware of sucessful prosecutions for theft from piles of rubbish left by the kerb for collection by the dustmen and also for skip diving in the skips outside a local authority tip. In both cases the theft was said to have been from the local authority as they own the rubbish once its owner has thrown it out. I think with the modern ideas about environmentally friendly disposal of waste it would be appropriate for the local authorities to turn a blind eye to 'scavengers' like ourselves and thus reduce the amount of useful stuff which ends up in landfill ;-) Regards Pete