Summary
In Garfield, residents can call the city to haul away a refrigerator left for scrap at the curb. But that doesn't mean the fridge will still be there when the DPW truck comes around.
And West Milford's recycling director now personally goes out early on recycling day to ensure his trucks aren't beaten to bulk items left for municipal collection.See the full content of this document
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Towns Losing Money to Trash Scroungers
What both communities have in common is competition for those throwaways: private scavengers ghosting streets to collect -- and cash in on -- recyclables in a hot market for scrap metal. But in so doing, municipal officials charge, the scavengers are breaking local laws and costing financially pinched local governments thousands of dollars in lost revenues each month....
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