The back of my yellow lidded recycling bin, with the white ties of plastic bags inside the bin, filled with cans, flapping in the wind

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   aby is tired of your bullshit (aby@aus.social)'s status on Monday, 23-Dec-2024 16:03:00 JST aby is tired of your bullshit

   There's a guy who walks around the local area and fishes cans out of rubbish bins to recycle for cash.

   A couple of months ago he was along our street on bin day, fishing through the recycling bins in front of each house. I went out and chatted with him, he kept reassuring me that he wasn't making a mess and he didn't want to cause trouble.

   I explained that if he wanted to I could just pop the cans into a plastic bag next to the bin so he could grab them easily. He was worried that other people might take them, so we've sorted out a system where I put them in a plastic bag INSIDE the recycling bin and tie the ends to the handle so not only can he just untie it to get the cans, but he can clearly see if there are cans in the bin to grab.

   A lot of the time mutual aid isn't money.

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