A local tailors shop recently closed down and look what I found in a skip round the corner :) here are some facebook posts about my overwhelming joy...
attempt at civilised habits was utterly void today. After a pleasant few hours in starbucks reading the paper and sipping overpriced foam, i proceeded to revert back to my skip-rat habits and dived into a skip right outside to dig out a large amount of rather damp and smelly fabric offcuts. The result of which means that i will spend the rest of the summer in some rather nice and expensive looking tweed skirts :)
the wonder skip has yet again provided! a HUGE hall of scraps, half a dozen sample books and 5 bolts of cloth with 3+ meters on a piece. i'm a happy little skip-rat :)
we estimated that the amount of fabric pulled out is worth around 200+ quid - result!
Very nice!
ReplyDeleteDo you realise skip-diving is illegal? How stupid is that? Rather than giving something perfectly serviceable a new home, you're supposed to do the 'right' thing and let it add to landfill.
ReplyDeleteIt's (theoretically at least) a criminal offence, under the Theft Act 1968, to remove something from a skip without the permission of the owner. However, that brings into question as to who the owner actually is. Does the householder still retain ownership or has he transferred such ownership to the company providing the skip?
ReplyDeleteTo complicate matters further, it's not theft if the (former) owner of property has genuinely discarded it. So, for example, the tramp who rummages through rubbish bins on the street isn't committing theft.
I've never heard of anyone being arrested for skipping, although some supermarkets get a bit annoyed at you taking perfectly edible food out of the bins that they have thrown away! I had a mate who resolved this by wearing a gorilla mask so when he was confronted by the manager he told them to ring the police and tell them a six foot gorilla was going through the bins :)