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I died a little inside today.
tom66:
It's not just equipment that is needlessly destroyed, but places like supermarkets just dispose of food that has gone past the "sell by" date but is still perfectly healthy to eat. Also, I was going past a Comet superstore (electronics: TVs, computers etc.) after closing and decided to look in the bins. (I'm a dumpster junkie...) I spotted a nice TV glass cantilever stand... it looked intact but the box was pretty badly torn up. Got it home, and couldn't complete assembly due to a single missing bolt, found that, put it together and it works great. All for the price of a single bolt... Ridiculous. No wonder they went bust...
SeanB:
My local supermarket will put stuff near expiry ( but not past it, or that is obviously off) out in a special section of refrigerated shelving with a massively reduced price ( and a red sticker) so that it does not go to waste. You can buy a lot of food that way, and you find a lot of pensioners lined up for the selection when it gets unpacked. On a fixed small income any savings mean you can have the odd luxury every so often.
vk3yedotcom:
Thought I'd make a quick video on electronic offerings in this year's kerbside collection (suburban Melbourne)
Not so many desktop computers or CRT TVs this year - but a few other bits and pieces.
medical-nerd:
Hiya
--- Quote from: EEVblog on April 04, 2013, 11:41:39 pm ---Come on people, it's frigg'n dumpster diving!
Name one person, anywhere, who has a criminal record because of dumpster diving when they are not trespassing.
--- End quote ---
In my hospital we had someone successfully prosecuted by NHS Fraud and sacked for taking something out of a dumpster on the premises last year.
At least some managers bypass that and give me electronics bits to tear down rather than go in the bin.
Cheers
station240:
Worst example of corporate waste I've heard of.
The large US car companies (GM et all) that make electric cars have the batteries made by other companies, yet lack anyone in the car plant that can repair said batteries.
So brand new EV battery packs with faulty electronics, broken wires or other easily fixed fault get send direct to recycling. The recycling company involved aren't that stupid and have taken to reusing the battery modules.
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