This is one of the reasons I usually set my bulk trash out a few days
early. The "Pickers" have some time to come around and grab something
they might find useful in some way. The last time they took about a
third of the stuff I put out... and to be honest, I've nabbed a few neat
computers by doing a little artful dumpster-diving myself! (Except in
one case where I spent 10 minutes digging one out only to discover it
was a Macintosh, so I tossed it back.)
On Thu, 2009-04-30 at 14:56 -0700, Lisa Kachold wrote:
> While I personally LOVE seeing large overstuffed pieces of furniture
> all over the city, and appreciate as only an Arizona native come home
> can, that this can only happen here in Arizona the land of the free, I
> often also do meditate about recycling and wonder how many of these
> erstwhile landfill intended pieces actually end up being carried off
> to some other needy person's home.
>
> There is always Craigslist.org for free stuff?
>
> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Mike Schwartz <schwartz@acm.org>
> wrote:
> When our microwave oven started making a funny noise,
> my wife's decision was to just to out and buy a new one
> (the price was reasonable; and the new one works OK).
>
>
> Discussing the pro's and con's of that decision, would be
> *even more* off topic. ((like "off" off-Broadway??))
>
>
> Now, however, I have phoned the city I live in, and they have
> told me that the right thing to do (if I want to just dispose
> of
> the old one), is to put it out for the "once a month" pick-up
> of "un-contained trash" that the city [Glendale] provides.
>
>
> Too Bad:
> As a side note: The person did divulge that no attempt at all
> would be made (e.g. by the city) to recover the value of any
> "metal" that might be able to be recycled, or any other part
> of the erstwhile microwave oven. So the entire thing will go
> in to the landfill (unless I hear differently, within about
> 72
> hours or so -- either on this thread or via an "off-list"
> e-mail
> message straight to me) (or via a phone call)
> (to find my home number:)
> (see http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=first:"michael"+last:"schwartz"+city:"glendale"+state:"AZ"+&state=AZ&fr=php-phon )
> (and, my middle initial = "L", and I live on Kristal Way).
> (when I tried that, apparently the "AZ" has to be
> UPPER CASE! How "case sensitive" is that??)
>
>
> Alternatives? anyone?
> Does anyone want this ["pre-owned"] microwave oven ?
> I hesitate to guess whether or not it could be repaired.
> Some of the stuff it is "made of", might be recyclable
> or usable for something.
>
>
> I would be a little hesitant to see it going in to a
> landfill,
> (well, not literally "see", but "cause" it, and know about
> it)
> but, I only have a limited amount of effort earmarked to
> explore alternatives.
>
>
> So, if you have any ideas, please respond within
> the next 3 days.
>
> THANK YOU,
> --
> Mike Schwartz
> Glendale AZ
> schwartz@acm.org
>
>
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