A sign of the bad economy  

Posted by Mr. Ellsworth Toohey

I put my garbage out yesterday afternoon. An hour after putting it out, I caught someone going through my trash can. I went out to take another bag to the curb around 11 pm and a guy is pulling cans out of my recycling can. I leave for work this morning and a woman is pulling a broken coffee maker out of the trash bag I brought to the curb last night. Bad economy or a growing conservation movement?

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6 comments

Anonymous  

I've frequently seen a man and a woman collecting cans from recycling bins in the Borough before trash pickup. I believe they turn them in for cash at the Phoenixville scrap yard.
I've run into them in my area at least for the last two years. Hey, why not? The can money may be feeding their family.

March 20, 2009 at 12:52 PM
Karen  

I read this post earlier, and it has haunted me.

Some people choose to do the dumpster diving routine as a sport, but others do it out of a real need.

It disturbs me that some of our residents may be enduring hardships in silence.

I hope to God no one is doing this looking for food.

March 20, 2009 at 5:42 PM
Anonymous  

WELL SOME ARE.And all the help some thing is out there AINT!

March 20, 2009 at 10:05 PM
Anonymous  

And if the person/persons doing this deed are reading this blob -

Just remember that there is a Borough Ordinance against trash picking. Don't get caught!

March 22, 2009 at 5:50 AM
Anonymous  

If "The Borough" catches someone trash picking in these difficult times would it really prosecute them? That is cold!

March 22, 2009 at 9:10 PM
Anonymous  

Just remember that the Borough gets a little income from the recycling. Loss of this income could cause your taxes to increase more that what they do without it.

March 23, 2009 at 6:32 AM

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