On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:19:09 -0700, Mark Thorson >
wrote:

>sf wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 4 Aug 2009 12:52:46 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >Here, if there is waste in a can, at the curb, ready for pickup,
>> >anyone can have what they want -- it's not stealing, once it's
>> >discarded.
>>
>> As far as the recyclables (paper, cans, bottles) in my City, it *is*
>> stealing because recycling helps keep the garbage bill down.
>> Sometimes our rate is lowered for a month because they got enough
>> recycling the month before to give us that break.
>
>That's what was claimed by the recyclers in Berkeley
>when Eldridge Cleaver was arrested for "stealing" cans
>left out for recycling, but a judge found him innocent.

If they want to pay me $20 a month, they can rummage. Otherwise leave
my garbage alone.

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