Originally Posted by
budwom
The secondary market for trash has fascinated me for years. I used to love to go the dump when every small town had one, and as soon as someone offloaded a piece of furniture or a broken fridge, someone was there to snap it up.
A few years ago on Topsail Island, a friend put out next to the roadway a pitiful, rusted , unusable charcoal grill that had seen too much salt air. Holes all over the place, more rust than metal, and I asked if him someone was likely to snatch it up. Seemed unlikely...and then 20 minutes later a guy drives by, stops, throws it in his truck, for what purpose I do not know...I know people buy scrap metal, not sure about the market for scrap rust.