In most cases, what he is doing is illegal. The trash becomes the property of the city once it is put out. The other side of the coin is that maybe he needs this income to support himself.

There is a local guy who rides a bike and he picks up aluminum. I think he has some mental issues, but he is the hardest working guy I have ever seen. I see him at 6 am, I see him at midnight, 7-24 pretty much. His territory is huge, I have seen him all over Lee County, peddling his bike, which is usually loaded with bags of stuff and sometimes long pieces of aluminum siding and other scraps.

A girl I worked with had a storage building and this same guy coincidently had one near hers. She said one day he peddled in, opened the door to his storage unit, and it was crammed full of every kind of aluminum there is. It was spilling out the door!! I guess he plays the market and sells it when the price goes up. Probably one of those guys who will have $20 million stuffed under his mattress when he dies.

Don