Free, authentic and useless

[Tony Griffiths]

spannermanYes but not yours!

Robert and Chris,

You need to move to Scotland - recycling is very well organised and free.

In Derbyshire we have a recyling centre that takes tyres free of charge - and everything else, too. The electrical dump is expecially interesting; so far I've recovered a mint-condition, fully working Henry vacuum cleaner, an old but powerful and functioning double-ended grinder (passed on to a friend) and two small but blow-your-ears-off speakers. If you hang around for a while and watch, it's almost unbelieveable what's thrown away: lots of bicycles that appear to be in working order, great baulks of planed wood and scrap metal by the ton. I was fortunate to once intercept a chap with a box of turning tools and he then passed over a Myford taper-turning attachment, two steadies and a collection of Whitworth nuts and bolts. He'd dumped the lathe the week before..... The waste is taken away by two companies who presumably pay for it, while some Local Authorities have taken to sorting the stuff out and offering it for sale - thus relieving even more of the burden on the taxpayer.