Trash Picking for Bottles and Scrap Metal!

By popular demand, we slow things down a bit and trudge through some fresh snow for a little classic trash picking! Do we find bottles? Do we find scrap metal? Well we aren't going home empty handed!
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[@ellascyprus6184]

I ENJOY YOUR WALKS IN BACK ALLIES SCAVENGING

[@richardb4787]

A beautiful day in the neighborhood.

[@helfarkmar5043]

Ahhhhh back to the classics, nothing like a stroll with thub.

[@ScrapPalletMan]

Crunchy snow 🤟😃

[@thubprint]

It’s the best ☺️

[@danielparsons5466]

Really enjoyed seeing you back bottle picking. I also enjoy the scrapping too but there's just something very fulfilling about your thought process when you're out and about hunting for bottles. Either way, your content is some of the best on here! Keep doing the thing!

[@thubprint]

Thank you! It’s a fun way to spend an afternoon 😋

[@debraschulte3465]

Had fun watching and listening. Let's do it again 👍 Thank you 😉

[@mollynakamori]

Oooh - Old school. I love me some nostalgia! Cool, Thub. As far as regular videos like this, yes. I think I may speak for others in that it's nice to sort of hear the Thub stream of consciousness, it's soothing and relaxing to hear the crunching snow, and I like seeing the area. There's also more of an element of "what comes next," than one finds in more industrial settings. I appreciate that you take the time to get out there, even though this isn't the big money. I also saw what you did there, and am pretty convinced you are one of the kindest people I know. Oh . . and . . I would so have taken the flamingos home, and I'd have been all over that rhubarb. Rhubarb pie in February? Who cares if it was home frozen!

[@LL-sq8se]

I agree to all of the above! Well said 👍🙋

[@thubprint]

You saw that didja? 😋👍 Yeah… it was like a dollar today, isn’t gonna make a big dent to me haha. I was thinking if I do these picking vids it might be a nice way to end them. I’m just in it for the fresh air anyway 😄

[@mollynakamori]

@@thubprint - See what I mean?

[@lorrainemcdonald7332]

Love back at the bottle picking. Here in St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, we are not permitted to take the recyclables out of the trash. Looks like a beautiful day in Calgary.

[@vincedibona4687]

I’d bet a bunch of us just like watching you walk around, talking to the dogs, the bunnies, even the trash. (“Hello.”) You are becoming the Canadian Bob Ross of picking.

[@omar_padilla]

Yeah man it was fun, it's good to not forget how you started and also i think it helps us appreciate where we are.

[@johndeeresheets853]

Miss this content thanks for bringing it back

[@dianarea1808]

What a fun adventure. Enjoyed!!

[@corylegge8809]

Love watching these videos 📹

[@brianproctor7619]

I drove my kids up to see snow. My 4 year old got mad at me and asked where the hot snow was😂😂. Stay warm my friend! And keep the videos coming.

[@farrig1981]

Always enjoy your energy and commitment towards the environment

[@richardb4787]

Dumpster diving, my favorite pastime.

[@jordangurney3448]

Definitely enjoy the bottle vids

[@SEllis-vj7kg]

Lovin' some old school pickin' ❤👍

[@thubprint]

Thanks!

[@lfurches]

Boy, you brought back some memories for me. Freshman year of college playing on the orange screen or green screen shooting down villains and going on Magic Quests.

[@adamdaley8090]

I would have left the rim. You guys are lucky with your winter. Steady 20 to 40 below here. If you call me a panda you better put trash in front of it. 🍻 here's to a relaxing weekend.

[@BOOT]

Those old floppy disk would look cool framed, might be able to sell em as wall-art then.

[@StellanLarsson]

Every bottle or can is 0,1 kg co2 saved. Great work!!!

[@shellyouellette1724]

awesome...!!!

[@tomfedarick7042]

New Jersey - USA

[@richardb4787]

If it's next to a trash can, I think the hint is clear.

[@thatcanada]

Ha! You took the little bits this time...

[@afineliner740]

I think you should only do it if you get a sudden urge to go bottle picking or for a change in pace. Glad you got some other scrap. 👍

[@jonathanlincoln7381]

Great to see you back been watching old stuff which is great but new is great too lol 😆 been watching ya for a very long time and always in joy your work

[@asafericroth6321]

about time you went back to the basic😀

[@fishtropiccanada4747]

So like if you keep all your aluminum pop cans and fill a garbage bag full it’s worth it

[@neilo3476]

When I saw the 5 1/4 disks I was actually shouting Take them all!!!!!!

[@thubprint]

Oof, didn’t mean to let you down there 😅 just not sure what I’d do with them once I got them home

[@ikessul1429]

Thud no dog poop for you sir lol 😆 love it buddy

[@its_marc]

Whatever works for you my man, I seem to pick up useful tips from all you do so you do you, and I’ll be watching 😜👍

[@henrikh.4843]

Hey friend, so happy to see you again, yesssss trash picking is so fun with you, please do more videos, I really do enjoy them and oh yesss, thank you for calling us Pandas, you know I like that :) Cant wait for another video.

[@vincedibona4687]

Settle down. 🤣

[@mikeweddleton2489]

Thanks Thub! Play safe

[@richardb4787]

If I find for livestock or pets, that's good too.

[@trasieinkersole491]

Nice day out and I didn’t have to move! 😂❤️

[@thubprint]

😊👍

[@ruthbutler725]

Sorry can't watch it all, had errands to do. Enjoy your videos.

[@vincedibona4687]

Sorry, can’t read your whole comment, have to walk the dog.

[@JeffBrown518]

I'm happy to see you bottle and can picking again... it's been a while! Like you said, if you want to even come close to making it worth your time, you've got to know when the pickups are and establish a regular route... otherwise, you end up with a tiny payload like this time 🙂

[@ratdetecting4780]

I identify myself as a wolf, rather than a panda!🤣 Think is the looking is half the fun, & is a lucky dip!

[@thubprint]

Can’t find it if you aren’t out looking!

[@Thelime]

Yes, I'd love if you posted videos like this every now and then, even though you don't get the most goodies it's still very nice to watch.

[@bgreenslade]

Hey Thub. Good choice to leave to rim as it is still inside the property line.

[@cocopufer5667]

Does it every thaw out there!! wowza

[@thubprint]

Welllll it’s been really nice lately! A little season we know as ‘false spring’

[@jeffswartek7356]

Bud, that lamp you wanted to check I just recently got one from a dumpy and it was brass. I was shocked. About $19 in brass.

[@thubprint]

Nice! Always have to check, they’re basically never brass now but they used to be

[@gussuperman7565]

M8 I just want to say 2 things . First pandas 🐼 are great, so thank you for that . Second your videos are amazing and crunching the snow , brings back memories when I was young back in NY, I moved West ; where it doesn't snow, but it rains . Keep up the good work. God bless y'all.

[@thubprint]

Thanks! The crunchy snow was my favourite part of the day lol

[@Wreck-Gar]

6:14 Yorkshire Gold tea bags! Beautiful. I didn't know they sold them in Canada 👍

[@jaffe28]

They probably put that bit in after the truck came.

[@incomeinvestor5504]

Nice.. hope you don't get arrested again. Haha.. stay warm you crazy bastard.. haha

[@camscuts6213]

Can we get more bottle picking vids

[@thubprint]

I can try fit them in here and there 👍

[@camscuts6213]

Thanks man I’ve been watching since 2018

[@daleleeman9916]

there is no place like the great white north.

[@johnmorgan6997]

Literally just sitting at tim hortons near my house and on the way here I found 3 giant bags of beer cans/bottles and liquor bottles at 2 different house, luckily I keep garbage bags on my ebike(trunk) because the construction size bag ripped apart.... took 3 trips home but worth it to be a little late for ☕

[@noob_gaming1491]

Good video thub! I'm glad here in bc they added a 10c deposit on milk jugs and containers, but they take up so much room they're barely worth collecting

[@thubprint]

Ohh right, there wasn’t anything on diary not that long ago! Well it helps make the trip a bit more worthwhile, even though they’re a bit large

[@benhumphregys3087]

Thub the prices are amazing right now

[@thubprint]

They sure ain’t bad! Makes me feel good about all the stuff I’ve been too lazy to bring in yet lol

[@ambrosiaevans3023]

That lamp you found was brass! I found one exact same and I checked it was all brass except the steel plate underneath and the rod inside but outside all brass!!! Sorry I know you posted this video months ago, trying to catch up

[@ohdannyboy4727]

I used to have a computer and a copy of the black cauldron along with some kings quest games. Those were fun. I would grab em just for fun. Of course, you could probably just get roms of em. Some decent vintage come ups if they even still worked.

[@thubprint]

That’s true, the roms would be easy to find for most of the good ones

[@OriginalNethead]

I am definitely NOT a panda. I have been owned by cats since my parents brought me home from the hospital. I'm pretty sure there was a cat in my bassinet; there were three who napped in my playpen for sure! I may be a cat in a girlsuit, but I ain't no panda. BTW = those diskettes are 5.25 floppies, not 8.5 inch floppies. I've used tons of the former ('cause I'm old like that) but never even seen the big boys. I stil find the 3.5 inchers in estate sales once in a blue moon and even have a few of my own. Nothing to read them on, but I have them. So yes, I can roll old school when needed.

[@thubprint]

😆 alright then kitten 👍

[@servedarkness]

I think it's interesting to watch from the street perspective every once in a while and that you combine finding interesting stuff by cleaning up places (leaving it better than you found it). It's simple and down to earth and when I'm out finding stuff it sometimes feels therapeutic if you have too much else to think about for the moment. Maybe it could be seen as a therapy? If you do not find anything interesting in terms of stuff found you have already gained exercise and done some exploration, like you said in the video. I don't really care what you do though, I will watch it anyway as long as the videos are consistently uploaded, are of good quality and are generally well thought out of in advance. I always like the idea of recycling materials, and more people should do it instead of wasting and throwing away stuff. It must be encouraged and easier for consumers to recycle and reuse, or this planet will drown in waste in the not so distant future.

[@richardb4787]

As a child, I used to turn in bottles for cash. Now, it's not bottles, just aluminum cans.

[@louissorino8229]

finally been way to long

[@dukctape]

not to be one of "those" comments but you shoulda grabbed all those old games, even the copies! there are certain versions of many games totally lost to time, and if some of those copies happened to be of a lost ROM then you woulda hit archive gold (: chances were slim but it was my first thought. great vid as always!

[@thubprint]

Ahhh, you make a good point. We often assume everything can be found on the internet but it’s not actually true. Same as vhs horror movies

[@jonglewongle3438]

If one is going to do a run such as that then one might as well get in BEFORE the garbage truck. If someone else wants that beat AND they are doing it fully and properly and not incidentally cherry picking it then they can have it. Also, if the MRF or transfer station would specifically prefer it being left and IF they do, for an established fact, specifically retrieve all the ' goodies ', then leave it for the other collector[s] and the municipal people to sort that out.

[@thubprint]

That’s a good plan actually.. I could still be going out and finding all sorts of cool stuff, but leave it to people who need it at the same time

[@stache297]

I’m not opposed to being called a panda but being from Australia I prefer “Ibis”

[@incomeinvestor5504]

Those look like commadore 64 games $$$$$ take those..

[@TheUltimateRecycler]

This is what you were doing when I first found your channel Thub! I don't mind a stroll among the bins every so often! Hey - I've always wondered with you guys who live in areas where it snows a lot... Is it a real pain when the back of the truck fills up with snow all the time??

[@thubprint]

Doesn’t really bother me, most of it’ll blow out when you drive down the road anyway. I do have that nice rubber mat now so if I feel like sweeping it out it slides right off

[@billfitzpatrick6202]

try taping a magnet to your snips

[@Colorado_APN]

Any day I can watch such a handsome guy, .... Its an awesome day! 😘

[@thubprint]

Awwe ☺️ ty!

[@scottodonahoe9505]

It's illegal here in Wisconsin to pick from bins !

[@boysonlyparty]

You cut the cord on that heater 20 minutes into the video - I have one of those exact models and it works wonders. Would have been good in your garage. Wouldn't there also be good stuff inside?

[@mayfieldmetalrecycling7012]

Did you take that garbage disposal? I get motor breakage in Vancouver for them.

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

Why not keep the plus and get the brass? They aren’t hard to get the prongs out just. A pair of channel locks and another pair of players and roll it backwards

[@thubprint]

I’ve been saving them up, I’ll do a video and we can all see how much an afternoon spent picking brass from plugs is worth 👍

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

@@thubprint it’s worth more than I had lol I know it’s not going to be much but as you always say it adds up

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

I have fun doing it and trying to pry the inch of copper that’s still attatched then I save those up and trim that extra copper off

[@mayfieldmetalrecycling7012]

Did you take that garbage disposal? I get motor breakage here in Vancouver

[@keith102955]

We have a five cent deposit for cans here in New York well Central New York what do you get for your cans there?

[@vincedibona4687]

10 cents Canadian, so like 3 cents US. 🤣😂🤣🤪😆

[@joshmallon]

garbage disposal is a motor

[@patfleming7837]

What are the green bins for?

[@jaffe28]

Organics? Like yard waste and food scraps?

[@Shyguy624]

Yard waste, branches leaves, compost, anything biodegradable

[@kingofreels3248]

What do you use to record your ventures brotha

[@thubprint]

I’ve got the GoPro8 for when I’m cruising 👍

[@kingofreels3248]

@@thubprint I’m in Calgary aswell and come across lots of scrap if your interested. I currently have a hot water tank and some car parts/springs for ya if you’d like

[@kingofreels3248]

@@thubprint literally been watching your videos for 2 years or more and I had no idea we were in the same city. Built my truck box up just like yours but more like a box truck. Used your video for it tho! Haha

[@L3V1T8-84]

Noice, I'm only 1 hour late this time.

[@kayebray9535]

Celsius

[@wolfmanjackal1427]

Mandolin is the food slicers name.

[@thubprint]

Thaaaaats what the word was! Nice

[@wolfmanjackal1427]

@@thubprint I'm surprised that none of the other viewers knew it's name. I can't be the only nerd here who knew this.... Although this has happened more than once. Eh, whatever. Keep doin the thing bro.

[@johnmorgan6997]

That tire was leaning against the garbage bin...buy I would probably knock and ask..

[@johnmorgan6997]

And I would be grabbing all those floppy dics lol

[@MarioLopez-hb6li]

is bottle picking legal in blue bins?

[@thubprint]

Depends where you are, there are no national laws against it but different municipalities have their own bylaws

[@digitalbowser]

Pandas

[@wnytrashtrucks]

garbage disposals are $$. I get motors for them.

[@thubprint]

I thought about it, but I didn’t think it would be worth picking apart.. you’re saying you don’t have to?

[@wnytrashtrucks]

@@thubprint nope same with sump pumps. I get motor price has is.

[@thubprint]

@@wnytrashtrucks nice!

[@damianstasek8946]

I draw the line at residential trash. Commercial trash is a lot better.

[@thubprint]

Fair enough.

[@donnaohara6128]

You didn't save that dog picture !!!! So Sad

[@maddumass]

Shouldn't you place heavy objects like that drier closer to the front of your truck to place less of a load on your transmission to prevent as much wear and tear as possible?

[@vincedibona4687]

Dryers aren’t that heavy.

[@thubprint]

I knew I was gonna be picking up bags of bottles after and I wanted to be sure they wouldn’t go flying away. It really doesn’t weigh more than 100lbs

[@maddumass]

The owners manual to my first car mentioned placing groceries as far forward as possible and I just thought I'd share.

[@vincedibona4687]

@@maddumass Groceries? Really??? Was your car a Yugo????? 🤣😅🤣

[@maddumass]

@@vincedibona4687 1984 Chevrolet Cavalier. Yes it said to move all loads as far forward a possible for less wear and tear on the automatic transmission. I forget the mileage when I bought it in the mid to late 1990's.

[@richardb4787]

Take the dog for a walk.

[@lukelawson459]

-28c your welcome

[@keithmueller9685]

And no I still am definitely not a hairy foul smelling animal that eats tree limbs