Comments on: One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s Ticket? http://ecoscraps.com/2009/01/19/one-mans-trash-is-another-mans-ticket/ A Scrapbook of the Green World Wed, 30 Mar 2011 10:57:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Allison http://ecoscraps.com/2009/01/19/one-mans-trash-is-another-mans-ticket/comment-page-1/#comment-17055 Allison Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:00:03 +0000 http://ecoscraps.com/?p=1119#comment-17055 It saddens me when we prevent individuals from scavenging - an activity that turns out to be good, environmental work. We are so afraid of the "have-nots" who might enter our neighborhoods to go through our trash that we want to outlaw their helpful behavior. Perhaps if we developed a philosophy of a community eco-system where EVERY citizen has a role to play, we'd start to touch upon the elitism that often lies beneath our fear and disgust of people who do what Robert does. As far as the fear of identity thieves, what makes people think that those who make a living collecting waste aren't collecting our identity already? After all, people who work at stores steal our credit card information more often than we care to admit, yet we hang on to the false belief that people with jobs must be legitimate people while those who scavenge must be shady. It saddens me when we prevent individuals from scavenging – an activity that turns out to be good, environmental work. We are so afraid of the “have-nots” who might enter our neighborhoods to go through our trash that we want to outlaw their helpful behavior.

Perhaps if we developed a philosophy of a community eco-system where EVERY citizen has a role to play, we’d start to touch upon the elitism that often lies beneath our fear and disgust of people who do what Robert does.

As far as the fear of identity thieves, what makes people think that those who make a living collecting waste aren’t collecting our identity already? After all, people who work at stores steal our credit card information more often than we care to admit, yet we hang on to the false belief that people with jobs must be legitimate people while those who scavenge must be shady.

]]> By: Allison http://ecoscraps.com/2009/01/19/one-mans-trash-is-another-mans-ticket/comment-page-1/#comment-70701 Allison Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://ecoscraps.com/?p=1119#comment-70701 It saddens me when we prevent individuals from scavenging - an activity that turns out to be good, environmental work. We are so afraid of the "have-nots" who might enter our neighborhoods to go through our trash that we want to outlaw their helpful behavior. Perhaps if we developed a philosophy of a community eco-system where EVERY citizen has a role to play, we'd start to touch upon the elitism that often lies beneath our fear and disgust of people who do what Robert does. As far as the fear of identity thieves, what makes people think that those who make a living collecting waste aren't collecting our identity already? After all, people who work at stores steal our credit card information more often than we care to admit, yet we hang on to the false belief that people with jobs must be legitimate people while those who scavenge must be shady. It saddens me when we prevent individuals from scavenging – an activity that turns out to be good, environmental work. We are so afraid of the “have-nots” who might enter our neighborhoods to go through our trash that we want to outlaw their helpful behavior.

Perhaps if we developed a philosophy of a community eco-system where EVERY citizen has a role to play, we’d start to touch upon the elitism that often lies beneath our fear and disgust of people who do what Robert does.

As far as the fear of identity thieves, what makes people think that those who make a living collecting waste aren’t collecting our identity already? After all, people who work at stores steal our credit card information more often than we care to admit, yet we hang on to the false belief that people with jobs must be legitimate people while those who scavenge must be shady.

]]> By: Monica http://ecoscraps.com/2009/01/19/one-mans-trash-is-another-mans-ticket/comment-page-1/#comment-17046 Monica Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:04:40 +0000 http://ecoscraps.com/?p=1119#comment-17046 Robert Jessberger sounds like a great guy! What he is doing is helping to "close the loop", reducing waste and creating a more sustainable culture. Good on him for doing this. The issue of permission does need to be managed; surely something suitable can be arranged! Robert Jessberger sounds like a great guy! What he is doing is helping to “close the loop”, reducing waste and creating a more sustainable culture. Good on him for doing this. The issue of permission does need to be managed; surely something suitable can be arranged!

]]> By: Monica http://ecoscraps.com/2009/01/19/one-mans-trash-is-another-mans-ticket/comment-page-1/#comment-70700 Monica Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:04:00 +0000 http://ecoscraps.com/?p=1119#comment-70700 Robert Jessberger sounds like a great guy! What he is doing is helping to "close the loop", reducing waste and creating a more sustainable culture. Good on him for doing this. The issue of permission does need to be managed; surely something suitable can be arranged! Robert Jessberger sounds like a great guy! What he is doing is helping to “close the loop”, reducing waste and creating a more sustainable culture. Good on him for doing this. The issue of permission does need to be managed; surely something suitable can be arranged!

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