After my visit to City Hall today I learned something interesting…did you know that it was illegal for anyone to go through the recycling that’s on the curb? This is consider as stealing according to the City of Milpitas code V-200-7.60. Their reasoning behind this was because recycling reduces the cost of our waste services. All this time I thought when the bins are rolled to the curb it was considered as public property so therefore it would be ok for anyone to go into it. Just a word of caution to those of us who recycles; do not go into those bin because you will be cited. The money and time you put out to make a few bucks are not worth more than the cost of a citation; recyclers beware!! I am not saying all cities observe the same regulation but if you insist on going through those bins you might want to double check with your city’s jurisdiction.
