Posted by
Average Voter on Monday, July 23, 2007 11:17:57 AM
Stealing recyclable's has been a problem for quite a while for some communities. Several products like
copper,
aluminum, even plastic
milk crates (just about
anything in a recycle bin) can score someone a few extra bucks. It's simple economics, once you put a value on something, even garbage, it becomes a target for the criminal.
Denver has been hit hard by this problem with criminals going as far as yanking complete sprinkler systems from the ground to sell the copper. Where I work, we have had aluminum wheels and radiators stolen right off the trucks in our lot.
One good way to look at it though is that it is being recycled, not sent to some criminal regime to help kill innocent people or something.