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EEVblog:

--- Quote from: TerraHertz on April 05, 2013, 07:43:47 am ---'Theft by finding'... got to love the Law. That's law in Australia too.
Oh for... wait, did I register here under the name 'google' by mistake?

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The "Theft by Finding" law AFAIK has to do with items that have been lost by someone, not items have have been (legally? and clearly) discarded by someone.
Once again, show me someone who has been convicted of legitimate dumpster diving without trespassing.
nanofrog:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on April 05, 2013, 10:11:13 am ---
--- Quote from: TerraHertz on April 05, 2013, 07:43:47 am ---'Theft by finding'... got to love the Law. That's law in Australia too.
Oh for... wait, did I register here under the name 'google' by mistake?

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The "Theft by Finding" law AFAIK has to do with items that have been lost by someone, not items have have been (legally? and clearly) discarded by someone.
Once again, show me someone who has been convicted of legitimate dumpster diving without trespassing.

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From what I gathered from the linked articles, it seems there's a monetary incentive for the local council's (selling working items) as well as the collection companies. Makes more sense to me at any rate, rather than trespassing on government property, making a mess (public nuisance?), or other such nonsense IMHO.

I could *perhaps* see injuries as a liability issue, assuming Oz is as burdened as the US regarding frivolous law suites over the perpetrators own stupidity. But there wasn't any mention of this in either the articles or the comments below.
EEVblog:

--- Quote from: nanofrog on April 05, 2013, 10:30:00 am ---From what I gathered from the linked articles, it seems there's a monetary incentive for the local council's (selling working items) as well as the collection companies. Makes more sense to me at any rate, rather than trespassing on government property, making a mess (public nuisance?), or other such nonsense IMHO.

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If the local councils are making money or getting a kickback from curbside collection items then that would be quite the scandal...


--- Quote ---I could *perhaps* see injuries as a liability issue, assuming Oz is as burdened as the US regarding frivolous law suites over the perpetrators own stupidity. But there wasn't any mention of this in either the articles or the comments below.

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Thankfully it is not.
There was hint of it about a decade back, it threatened to shut down almost the entire adventure industry (due to not being able to get insurance) among others like local councils being sued for tripping on a footpath or whatever, but the government swiftly passed laws that stopped it in it's tracks.
Basically now says that you are responsible for your own stupidity. The party you are trying to sue must have knowingly and wilfully done something they know would cause you harm.
nanofrog:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on April 05, 2013, 10:37:32 am ---If the local councils are making money or getting a kickback from curbside collection items then that would be quite the scandal...
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"He said councils often recycled kerbside materials or sold it onto other dealers,...", which was a comment from Sen-Constable Beveridge (3rd paragraph from the bottom).
Source: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/man-arrested-for-allegedly-stealing-vaccum-from-mooroolbark-rubbish/story-e6frf7l6-1226025965308)

This is where I interpreted they're making money on it.

As per the frivolous law suites, I'm glad to hear it.  :) I just wish the mess here would be sorted with such swift and definitive action. Unfortunately, there's no indication this will ever happen (too many lawyers here lobbying to keep this, as there's too much money at stake for them).
aargee:
We've just moved office, which entails a whole lot of close your eyes and chuck it out. I did a bit of dumpster diving/diverting but the garage is only so big  :-//
The other thing is that we had some severe flooding her a couple of years ago, most houses hauled out their contents to the footpath to be destined for landfill. There was a lot of recoverable stuff, electrical and otherwise, but if you touched anything it was classed as looting! That was quite likely a court appearance if caught.
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