Dh and Dd getting things out of the bin

I would be absolutely delighted.

this is something you could really encourage though. DH and DD could be saving all this stuff left by the bins and passing to local charities and others who are in need.

by the bin, means please take. If it’s all holiday let’s in a wealthy area there’s a real chance you could help people and reduce rubbish.

Our local waste transfer station has a building where anything useful and non electrical is separated out and left for people. Things we have got: ceramic plant pots, odd boxes of tiles, nice table that stripped down a treat, bike wheel we were going to buy, timber for a raised bed, pony head collar, goat collars (they were for dogs), and loads more. Saved a fortune and they save disposal. It can get a bit obsessive though, as you seem to be finding out.😂

This is common in parts of Spain especially in holiday areas. People leave stuff beside the communal bins in the hope that someone will get use of them. I've seen things like shoes, ice boxes, picnic baskets, garden chairs, and so on. Most in good condition. The councils don't like it and there are signs asking people not to leave stuff beside the bins. But it happens.

I think it's a good thing and the lucky ones get some good stuff too! If I saw something clean and newish looking that I needed, I'd definitely take it. And I could well afford to buy new BTW. Believe me, anything decent looking doesn't last five minutes!

Yes that happens in some places. Makes sense, if someone else can use your stuff it’s better than it going to waste.

And you can be sure the bin men will take things that still have life left in them. At our local recycling centre the staff set things aside- some are collected by charities but others they fix up and take home. My previous neighbour who worked there had basically everything in his house and garden from there.

DP and I do this all the time at the recycling centre. I got a great Black and Decker heavy duty drill. We got an e-scooter once too.
Sometimes people leave things outside for the scrap dealers to pick up, they don’t pay you for it. Sometimes DP will ring the doorbell and ask if it’s ok to take something.
There is one recycling centre nearby that actually has a corner with books, home decor, old clothes etc and you can just help yourself. We get board games for the kids this way and then when they are fed up with them we take them back for someone else to take.

I used to dumpster dive in London in the 80’s. Furnished my flat

Forget about all that saving the planet chat. You saved yourself the money for a new beach umbrella which you were just about to buy. Well done DH & DD!
I think I'd be slightly embarrassed in a Hyacinth Bucket sort of way, but I'd definitely be pleased with the find.

I'd be thrilled.

One man's fish is another man's poisson, as they say.

Underground overground Wombling free... we have very good Wombling opportunities round here and those we don't agree upon go back out to the next person... one man's trash etc

I found a Kofod Larsen Penguin chair by the dumpster. Score.

It's pretty much expected that people will trash dive here.

And that was just the main course. The starter was an unidentifiable mashed mush wrapped in tin foil, but apparently it tasted Fine 😂

What's not to like. You get freebies, saves on transportation and disposal or recycle, save on another having to be made. It's win win. If it's a status issue about taking things others have thrown away then in my experience this is exactly how properly rich people behaviour. They hate waste and recycle things all the time and have no embarrassment at all. Showy and pretend rich people are the only ones who would judge this. In Germany you leave all reusable things on the street before waste collection, so others can take them if they need them. We should do that.

I’d be chuffed! Saves it going to landfill and your getting it for free.
teaches your dd that not everything has to be new

At least it’s not a pee stained mattress or half eaten pizza

I once lived overseas where there was a tradition at a certain time of year for people to replace a lot of home goods and furniture. You could get some amazing stuff. I once found a massive and perfectly functioning TV - we used it for years and I was the toast of the ex-pat community as the best thing anyone had ever got from the trash.

They ate the pizza sat on the garden chairs under the umbrella before they went back to OP 🤣😂😁

Maybe this stuff is being put near the bins because they're hoping people will take it?

Are they coming home soaked and covered in rotting food juice and peelings?

I might draw the line at that.

Brand new and in its original packaging, I wouldn't have a problem. It would only go in landfill.

As long as they’re not bringing half eaten pizza home, it’s conscientious recycling! ♻️

They’re doing the landfill a favour! Good for them.

I also HATE waste, I’d be delighted. I buy as much as I can second hand.

reduce, reuse, recycle. Or we have climate death 🤷‍♀️ that’s the bottom line