5d ago

Where can I get thrown away stuff?

Not really sure what the word is of what I'm looking for but...

I'm after chest freezer. It doesn't need to be working as I only need the shell.

I was thinking that I may be able to go to a recycling site and ask the staff there or something like that? I'm not sure if this is really a thing but I've definitely heard of people finding things that people have thrown away etc.

Do I just need to drive around my city looking for fly tipping/skips?

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Have you tried dumpster diving?

Gumtree used to be the king. Then it got took over and killed by ebay, in the mean time Facebook marketplace took over. Now is only full of scams and promoting adverts so impossible to easily sell used items any longer.
Gumtree is back in business but not many people still using it, which is a shame tbh as the new app is spot on

Have you tried sites like Freecycle or Gumtree?
I have a feeling that the recycling centre won't let people just walk in and take things away, although it's always worth asking if it's possible!

Our local recycling centre goes by tonnage so technically anything that is taken from the sites is technically theft as the value of waste material offsets the running costs of the sites. Also fridges and freezers have to be degassed and are sent to a specialist facility to be decommissioned. The gasses are not CFCs any more but old freezers may be. The chemicals contained inside will be harmful to certain degrees. Staff at a recycling centre will probably be reluctant to give u one even though fridges will be one of the items that will probably cost the authority to get rid off. If there is CCTV on the site which there probably will be it could cost the site attendants their job. However if u wait outside the tip and intercept a freezer on the way there before it enters the site that is then a transaction between 2 private citizens.
You better read up on refrigeration chemicals before going ahead with your project.

Facebook has a lot of "buy nothing" style groups, there may be one near you.
On eBay you can set parameters like distance from you and then sort with lowest prices first.
Does Nextdoor or whatever it became still exist?