28 Oct
1998
28 Oct
'98
2:38 a.m.
I don't know what the law is in the UK regarding
dustbins (trashcans) but
regarding skips (dumpsters) it is something like:
Person X makes a contract with a waste disposal
contractor Y. Y delivers a
skip to X's premises, and probably leaves it in the road (at precisely the
worst place for motorists trying to get around it :-) ). X throws stuff
into the skip, but it remains X's property, and to pull it out is theft.
Eventually X has thrown in all he wants and phones up Y to collect the
skip. When Y does, the stuff in the skip becomes Y's property.
Almost same for Germany, although the point of changing
ownership is depending on the contract. In most cases
the ownership changes when the item ist dumped, althrough
no court will rule agains a dumping person when the item
is taken back. The same is true for any public trashcan/
dustbin. As soon as it is droped it belongs to the owner
of the dustbin.
At work, I used to skip-dive a lot. I was once told
that I was breaking
the law because I had removed a Superbrain from the skip.
Lucky one!
However, skip-diving is now officially banned. I
have been quite strongly warned off several times, once for just looking at
the skip! The warnings came from quite high up, passed down through my
boss.
Seams to be an attitude of all management - bann whatever
you don't understand.
Gruss
H.
--
Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK