how do you find a cities ordinances for picking up scrap metal out of peoples trash ?

Answer 1

Call your mayor's office .

Answer 2

Call the trash company. They are going to be a problem if there is one.

This is the way it works here. The trash company puts up bids on how cheaply they will do the work, and the city picks one. The trash company might have figured on a certain amount of recyclables.

People tend to figure that if a person throws it away, then everyone can have it. But the trash company figures that the people own it until they throw it away, and then it belongs to the trash company. Especially if the trash company provides free containers for curbside.

Also, the police are beginning to hit hard on "dumpster diving" since its a common method for stealing peoples information for ID theft. So if you step on private property to do it then the cops might stomp you pretty hard.

Answer 3

In my state you contact the county judge executives office. The garbage pickup crew could tell you also who to see.