In article <8763AE987517D2118C0500A0C9AB234C2BAD62_at_TEGNTSERVER>, Douglas
Quebbeman <dhquebbeman_at_theestopinalgroup.com> writes
>
>Not sure what country you live in, but if you're in the US, then
>regardless of whatever munincipal laws have been enacted, the U.S.
>Supreme Court has ruled (on multiple occaisions) that refuse is
>exactly that- stuff that people no longer want.
I am in the UK. The attitude of the legislature here is that property
belongs to someone unless they explicitly give it to you. This was
highlighted in a case a few years ago when a refuse collector was
convicted of stealing from the council which employed him for salvaging
stuff which had been thrown out by householders.
The ruling was that, once refuse was put out for collection it became
the property of the council.
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Regards
Pete
Received on Tue May 30 2000 - 10:25:28 BST