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If you make it hard for people to get rid of things, they will find an easy way to do it (e.g. those rando tube TVs in the woods)
Technically they're not supposed to take e-waste or other hazardous materials but they're very good at turning a blind eye unless you make it quite obvious that you filled it all with biohazards.
Every time I get a dumpster in my driveway I have strangers show up wanting to dig through it for metal. I wouldn't be surprised if Junk King is careful to sift out anything they can get paid for.
What's lacking is:
A "guilt free" way to throw something out, believing someone else will find a use for it. (It's an emotional thing basically.)
And a free way to throw stuff out. Like the city that banned throwing away TVs (it costs quite a bit to throw them out). So what do people do? They dump them in front of public parks, then the city gets called to deal with it "it's on public property", and the city pays to dispose of it.
So basically, the city takes care of TV garbage, just like regular garbage, only with extra steps.
then a few days later, they council picks up whats left and disposes of it.
we have a local e-waste facility that also 2 times a year hold a free drop off weekend so households can drop off old batteries/car batteries/lights and such that either are not part of the council pickup or could result in broken glass etc in public spaces.
we initially trialed a giveaway/barter event which had limited success (terrible timing) and the council took what was left for disposal and were happier about it being in a carpark than the usual cleanup of a swapmeet on a grassed field.
The process is pretty clunky because a lot of people will claim an item, agree to pick it up, and just never show, so it wastes everyone's time re-offering it to other people who wanted it until someone shows up. It looks like they're launching an official app[1], so I'm interested to see how that affects things. I'd love to see something like a reputation history so you can avoid dealing with people who habitually waste everyone's time.
[0] https://buynothingproject.org/
[1] https://buynothingproject.org/2021/05/04/buynothing-app-pres...