City says man's recycling efforts are illegal

A Mission Bay man says he will not stop pulling recyclables out of trash cans on city property even though the city says what he is doing is illegal.

[@alan30189]

The wussification of America continues. Leave the man alone. He’s doing a good thing for the environment.

[@bryan1282]

CAnt tax him on it that’s why

[@melijaje06]

Oh California... soon they will make it illegal to fart! Thank God I left that horrible state.

[@chasecollins6056]

Read my lip bacon pizza fries!!!!!

[@ericduggan7756]

I recycle cans for cash all the time

[@waqasahmad8015]

same with me I've recently started and love collecting its hard work but easy money

[@patrickrichmond9896]

I feel Gary. This law is stupid. Only thing that I would find it to be illegal is the bees that dive in these cans as they look for sugar. I agree that all of us wanting to recycle is a good move since it's good for our planet. I did have to block someone for being a little childish. What i would do to help save the planet is to find cans that are laying along side of the road, pick those up, rinse them and put them into a recycling bin or take them to a recycling center.

[@allantrujillo93]

The city needs to leave this man alone,look I'm from LA,and I recycle and support the environment ♻️🌏

[@thelastcelebritymfr4621]

Come to Nigeria, you are free to this and you can always sell to your buyers abroad. You will make more profit that way.

[@rayfire50]

Could not pay me to come there lol

[@tenishastephenson9242]

He has to go to New York to do this

[@ninogamboa5354]

Bring it to NYC

[@ColinPlayzPianoC418Music]

What if he went to jail and the people in jail said what you do to get in the jail. He says “I recycled”. LOL

[@AZTrashTrucks]

Oh my god, what a bunch of bogus, he is doing his part and I appreciate that, he dont care about the money.

[@Eccentric-YURR]

He's making that bread, it's trash, and it goes to landfill, he's just recycling - something we all should do.

[@markanthony4655]

Same here in the UK, once it is in a public trash can, it is the property of the local council. There is also another law they can get you with called "Theft by finding". My stepson came across this law as he was pulling a supermarket trolley out of the local canal, as it was a Hazard to Navigation for boats, he was told by the Police to put it back in the Canal otherwise they would arrest him, as he had taken "ownership" of the trolley by moving the shopping trolley, and it clearly wasn't his as it had the supermarket logo on it. Eventhough, he was preventing a Hazard to Navigation by taking it out of the canal.

[@komerwest9520]

Nice to see he American liberals dont hold all the cards on retardation.

[@robingannaway8262]

Were these the same police covered up the activities of the rape gangs in the UK?

[@aoconnor2933]

Give him a medal not a citation. Good for him!!

[@ryanmurphy8063]

Here in Australia Adelaide there worth 0.10 cents I go out on recycling nights and I go down to the local beach and collect from the public bins I do alright form it as well as being on the pension

[@noob_gaming1491]

I've been collecting cans in the public for about 6 years now and made a lot if money since I'm not old enough to work yet. I've had the police stop me 2 times. One time they were just curious on what I was doing, I told them, then they left and the other time it wasn't even for me. The police in my location will not do anything if they see you taking pop cans from the recycling, which I like it that way

[@XxlilqhostxX]

What country & state you in? If America? Because I got stopped a lot

[@noob_gaming1491]

@@XxlilqhostxX I'm in BC in Canada. I live in an area where there are so many bins filled with money. This is because the people living there are rich, and homeless people dont go there since it's not near downtown

[@wnytrashtrucks]

I get it if it was a recycle bin and he was taking them. But the trash should be fine

[@sarahmoviereviewer4109]

This is so sad

[@greybruce8309]

lol to protect the residents eh. That government... always looking out for its people...

[@2yung4u]

cops will alway's find a way to line their greedy little pockets!

[@jongipson1454]

Cities always start bull shit.

[@MrFwu2]

Completely waste of police resources and the tax payers

[@kevinhiggenbottom8339]

here in Indiana there is no law right now of digging in trash can for recycling can if there is I would already know about it but right now there is not because I'm trying to save the planet one day at a time

[@adamguymon7096]

What is the Name & Badge number of the cops that issued the Citations & Handcuffed this person????? I want this information. These Corporate Robo-Pigs Killer Cops need to GO!

[@waqasahmad8015]

so anything on the floor he can keep and make money that stuff that council collects may end up at landfilled sites so support this guy he's doing a fantastic job

[@kevinhiggenbottom8339]

and that guy that was collecting cans out of the trash cans what a stupid law all he's trying to do is black the can save the world so we can have a better environment to live in instead of the cans going to the Lane field that you go back to the recyclables company where they can issue knew one once I get done recycling these can set that being free and let him do what he loves best

[@richardst-laurent6660]

That city needs to change its policies & it's council, message to the pickers , get back at the city for that garbage, throw out the council & get frsh members that will understand & accept & support pickers.

[@jaymorpheus11]

Notice people how there are no recycling bins in this video, nothing but garbage cans. This is how it’s like across the state... so just set that plastic bottle next to (not in) the waste bin for can collectors to help collectors help the planet.

[@zawodowy]

Great trailer he got :-)

[@BurrtecWasteMaster]

I do this all the time that law is juss stupid

[@BurrtecWasteMaster]

I think it sucks that he loses all of the money that he made on a stupid law

[@SlashZero]

In California that guy can make 5 cents per 12 oz can alone by taking them to the bottle deposit. It can make good money out of dumpster diving.

[@sebastianlarios4317]

Slash Zero he's in San Diego California

[@luney3232]

Sebastian Larios BAhaha

[@Cassofalltrades]

So stupid, I got threatened with the police by a Darren. I'm just trying to save some pocket money while I look for a job ffs.

[@tubetvs4life912]

I find them on the ground all the time

[@rickstaco]

Omg save the earth were gonna die. Man: tries to help and recycle and take the wrong trash out of the wrong bin and gets in trouble and even in cuffs Me: huh

[@legin6487]

It is illegal to pick up city trash

[@komerwest9520]

Lol. The wacky loony left at its best.

[@goedeck1]

Overpaid city bureaucrat looking out for you

[@ericaoneal6903]

Wow Because they want money Policing for profit

[@G3ZAAHS]

That's a lie.

[@WIZARDWERX]

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