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Do nothing, time is too precious to waste. -Buddha
Josephine, Forest Witch
Josephine Howland wrote:we've picked up a lot of stuff from our transfer station AKA the dump. The food dehydrator we found, still works great. All kinds of good to use stuff. I once found a box with almost a complete set for 8 of my best childhood friends dinnerware, that made her husband so happy, because he knew he wouldn't have to dish out money for replacement dishes when any broke. We've gathered lots of building supplies also. I've found furniture that just need a fresh upholstery to be given a fresh start. When we had pigs, my daughter would bring us home banana boxes full of day old produce. As for roadkill, we've had deer, Bear, and wild Turkey. The best "dump" ever though was when I'd visit friends on Cape Cod. The Bourne Dump Store, has the most awesome stuff there, along with pile of wood chips, compost, sand, and oh my the brick & flagstone pile.
My online educational sites:
https://www.pinterest.ca/joelbc/homestead-methods-tools-equipment/
https://www.pinterest.ca/joelbc/mixed-shops/
Josephine, Forest Witch
Josephine Howland wrote:Specking of lawsuits, I did trip and break my hand at our transfer station, but it was their fault. They left a 8" piece of rebar folded over stuck in the ground. Now when your carrying bags of trash, you shouldn't have to watch out for hazards. The parking area is all nice and shiny new now.
My online educational sites:
https://www.pinterest.ca/joelbc/homestead-methods-tools-equipment/
https://www.pinterest.ca/joelbc/mixed-shops/
Joel Bercardin wrote:
Josephine Howland wrote:Specking of lawsuits, I did trip and break my hand at our transfer station, but it was their fault. They left a 8" piece of rebar folded over stuck in the ground. Now when your carrying bags of trash, you shouldn't have to watch out for hazards. The parking area is all nice and shiny new now.
Sorry to learn of your accident, and glad to learn that they smartened-up the parking area and made it safe.
The unfortunate thing about the metal-dump areas is that, while yes the things & materials can be used to generate cash, benefit doesn't go to individuals (or families, or co-ops) who can use these materials and components to upcycle and increase, rather than convert, their value.
Josephine, Forest Witch
No man is an island.
Tim Siemens wrote:If your looking for scrape metal, especially small pieces. Check the dumpster at welding shops. Lots of shops will throw out smaller pieces that aren't worth the bother to keep on the stock shelf but are plenty big enough for home projects.
My online educational sites:
https://www.pinterest.ca/joelbc/homestead-methods-tools-equipment/
https://www.pinterest.ca/joelbc/mixed-shops/
Gardens in my mind never need water
Castles in the air never have a wet basement
Well made buildings are fractal -- equally intelligent design at every level of detail.
Bright sparks remind others that they too can dance
What I am looking for is looking for me too!
John Elliott wrote:
So what's your story? Are you willing to admit to practicing freeganism? Is it being frugal, or is it descending to the lowest caste of the rag pickers? I get the idea that if modern industrial civilization stumbles, that we all need to live with minimal external inputs, people will wish that they picked rags when the pickings were good.
Destruction precedes creation
Joel Bercardin wrote:
I’m frustrated with our transfer station. Hurray for the free shed, though it's small. But a lot of the things I want to get at, sort through, and would occasionally bring home are in the scrap-metal heaps. Things like equipment-chassis frames, steel tubing, bar & angle iron, junked motorized or geared components. Browsing is prohibited… signs are posted, video cameras are mounted on poles. The reason is the potential hazard to people browsing and getting an injury, needing first-aid — and lawsuits I suppose.
Is it like this at your transfer station? (question for everybody)
Despite this major frustration, at the free shed I’ve found interesting books, useful lamps, a 25-gallon steel barrel, an 11-outlet shop power bar (with circuit breaker), and other things. I'm glad about that.
Destruction precedes creation
a person who rejects consumerism and seeks to help the environment by reducing waste, especially by retrieving and using discarded food and other goods.
"there is a need for more freegans in our wasteful society"
Origin
1990s: blend of free and vegan.
Invasive plants are Earth's way of insisting we notice her medicines. Stephen Herrod Buhner
Everyone learns what works by learning what doesn't work. Stephen Herrod Buhner
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Dave Brower wrote:Craigslist free catagory
I browse it regularly, lots more useful stuff than i can store, allows for selection of plenty of the best, closest to retrieve stuff.
I proudly claim the "dumpster diver" title.
Life on a farm is a school of patience; you can't hurry the crops or make an ox in two days.
Henri Alain
John Elliott wrote:I know that the ideal in Permaculture is to run a sustainable operation with no external inputs, but the modern consumer culture is awash in external inputs that it is foolish to turn them down. I started on the road to freeganism by looking for the lowest price feed for my chickens. It started with a peek in the dumpster behind a sub shop, where I scored a trash bag full of sub rolls. Maybe they weren't fresh that day so they had to be thrown out, but my chickens aren't that picky. Bread of any type is worth pecking at.
And that led to salvaging the sliced tomatoes that were also thrown out. Tomatoes are a favorite of chickens. So little by little, the range of discards that I would bring home to the chickens expanded. One time I snagged a heavy black bag -- it was full of clay cat litter and kibble cat food. I can only imagine what caused that "cleanup on aisle 7"! But for me it wasn't trash, it was treasure -- not only was it feed, but it had grit mixed in with it.
Then one day there was a watermelon with a small crack in it. Chickens REALLY like watermelon, so I had to bring it home. And since I only have 3 chickens, I decided that this could be treats for a few days. So as I'm cutting into the watermelon, I observe "there's nothing wrong with this", and I like watermelon too, so I took a bite. There, that did it, now I'm a no-good dumpster diving FREEGAN. Yes, I'll admit to it, I've eaten from someone else's discards.
So what's your story? Are you willing to admit to practicing freeganism? Is it being frugal, or is it descending to the lowest caste of the rag pickers? I get the idea that if modern industrial civilization stumbles, that we all need to live with minimal external inputs, people will wish that they picked rags when the pickings were good.
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