Most amazing dumpster dive ever!!!!

[jkeny]

Originally Posted by poynton

I don't know about other countries but, technically, in the UK, removing items from a skip / dumpster, without the owners permission, is theft.

I have asked at my local dump if I could have some things only to be told, "No, we are not allowed to give or sell anything!"

Andy

Yes I had the same experience in Ireland's so called "recycling" centers (I found out that they sell the computer equipment to a company who strips them down & sells memory & HDD back to the public ). It's disgraceful what ends up in landfill - look at the battery desulfanation thread here to revive most of your batteries!

So, I just bring something to be recyled & load up when the staff are doing something else.

[brianco]

Originally Posted by EC8010

That'll be the effect of that criminal pay rise they slipped through a year or so ago.

This stuff about removing stuff from a skip (dumpster in US) is mad. If I "recycle" something from a skip I will gain far more value and sort the remainder better than if it is shipped half way round the world for slave labour to recycle. If I take it, I do so at my own risk, yet the excuse usually given by the jobsworths who want to stop you is "Health & Safety". Health & Safety is the number one reason for nothing getting done or creating pointless jobs. Eee, when I were a lad, I used to rummage through the local TV repair shop's rubbish pile with my penknife. Now, of course, that sentence would contain lots of lawbreaking - not least blatantly using a penknife.

Happy Christmas! And be comforted to know that the inmates ARE running the asylum!

[chris661]

Reviving an old thread with the following (headed for the bin) find.

An induction hob, broken, but full of parts.

As it was, I had no use for it, so I opened it up, and got a 10A@230V rectifier, some kind of transistor (pretty big, 0.75"x0.5"), a toroid thing, and a 4.7uF cap at 400V, and a heatsink (smallish, but looks cool). The best bit was the centrifugal fan, which is very quiet, but shifts some serious air for a 2" thing.

[powerflux]

a dual 505-2 turntable. cardridge was fried, but everything else in perfect state!
now next to my trusty sony ps-11

[xplod1236]

I picked up a Dell 2.4 GHz P4, 256 ram, 40 gig HD, and another Dell with a 2.4 GHz celeron, 256 ram, 40 gig HD. Both computers work fine. The CD drive on one of them was stuck, but that shouldn't be a reason to get rid of the computer. I don't know.

[poynton]

Originally Posted by xplod1236

I picked up a Dell 2.4 GHz P4, 256 ram, 40 gig HD, and another Dell with a 2.4 GHz celeron, 256 ram, 40 gig HD. Both computers work fine. The CD drive on one of them was stuck, but that shouldn't be a reason to get rid of the computer. I don't know.

Of course it's a reason .. several in fact


ONLY a P4

ONLY 2.4GHz

ONLY 256 Ram

ONLY 40 Gig

as well as the stuck drive tray !!!!!!


Useless for anything (well, playing games anyway !!!)

People who throw stuff like this away are eco - criminals who only like the newest and biggest - easy prey for the salesmen at "World of Computer-Madness" or whatever.


Andy

PS ... I had a computer shop for 8 years. Every week I had little old ladies coming in for a computer at a reasonable price to send email and type letters. They came to me after visiting the superstore in town to be told they needed to spend thousands on something they did not require.




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[jackinnj]

I'm not gonna reveal the location of this dumpster -- but I identify this as 50 ohm ultra-low noise #8 AWG Navigation System "wire".



I'm gonna have to search for a while to find BNC connectors (not triax) of the same dimensions.

[tomchr]

That looks like a TNC actually. Threaded BNC. Great connectors. Used a lot on NAV gear.

~Tom

[jackinnj]

You're right -- upon inspection -- it is threaded. I won't spoil it with an SO-239/PL259.

[firechief]

Wire envy