RE: Saturday Scrap Runs for Extra Cash!
I know scrapping on Craigslist is very competitive. A friend tried to do it - monitor the free stuff section and any time an appliance or reno materials are put out, to go get them. They were hoping to at least cover the gas for their truck from scrapping. Nope. So many people need the cash, even if they left as soon as they saw the listing, it was inevitably gone by the time they got there. It's crazy!
I donated to her scrap pile when I had a broken shopping cart and a broken metal lamp, but I absconded with my awesome metal Radio Flyer wagon from her pile. I was like, "YOU'RE NOT RECYCLING THAT, ARE YOU??" She was like, "Why, do you want it?" Hell yes I want a vintage Radio Flyer, before they turned to plastic. LOL
Someone on my Next Door posted about a homeless man who goes around looking for aluminum cans, so a bunch of neighbors were listing that they would leave theirs separate for him to come get at various addresses, which was good!
That is a sweet thing to do for the homeless man! I would do the same, totally. I don't check the paper but that is a good idea!! We just drive around our "routes" and hopefully beat the other guys to the good stuff haha. There is a lot to go around, I suppose...it is crazy what people toss! Crazy score on the Radio Flyer! Right on!!!
When I still lived in my college town, it was a free for all dumpster diving season in May, when all the rich college kids threw out THE MOST AMAZING SHIT moving out of the dorms. Stereos, TVs, even a computer was found by a coworker!! And this was in the 90s, when computers were more rare. Definitely, definitely worth it to go around near college campuses in May. Holy cow.
They have a free weekend in the fancy part of town here in June and it is epic too. You can potentially get actual furniture and stuff! I love free stuff haha!