After years of living on busy Harrison Street, I finally realized I could take advantage of the traffic flow to recycle metal that might otherwise end up in the landfill.
Most of these items had previously been put out on the curb on less-traveled side streets. If no one takes it before garbage day, I gather it and set it aside until the garbage trucks have come and gone, then put it out for someone to take to the scrap yards.
Scrap steel isn't worth much these days, compared to copper or aluminum, but most of this stuff disappeared within an hour or two, and the rest was gone within two days.
Some items left on the curb are useful, like this filing cabinet that puts me one step closer to finally getting organized. And I find it hard to drive idly by while older, solid wood furniture is consigned to the landfill, like the mid-century chest of drawers that appears to need only a couple knobs and a cleaning.
This plastic sandbox looks like it would be useful for someone, but has yet to be whisked away.
And these---oops. Didn't mean to include this photo, but I do know a couple male alpacas out towards Hopewell that may need a new home soon. That would be a sight--someone walking their pet alpaca down Harrison Street.
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