The legality of dumpster diving

Labarbapostiza · 14-12-2015 07:41PM #1

Dumpster diving, is taking things from rubbish bins.

Is there any clear law on this?

Has there been any cases of successful prosecution of a dumpster diver?

Has any case ever even come to court in Ireland?

slimjimmc · 15-12-2015 02:10AM

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1996/act/10/section/33/enacted/en/html#sec33

(8) (a) A person shall not, without lawful authority, disturb, interfere with or remove—

(i) anything deposited at a facility provided by or on behalf of a local authority or an authorised waste collector for the deposit or storage of waste, or any plant, including any receptacles therein,

(ii) anything deposited in a receptacle for waste, whether such receptacle is for the use by members of the public or otherwise.

Labarbapostiza · 15-12-2015 02:33AM

What constitutes lawful authority?

And has anyone ever been prosecuted under this law?

endacl · 15-12-2015 02:47AM

Labarbapostiza wrote: »

What constitutes lawful authority?

And has anyone ever been prosecuted under this law?

'Local'. Not 'lawful'.

Labarbapostiza · 15-12-2015 02:56AM

endacl wrote: »

'Local'. Not 'lawful'.

Read it again

Mark Tapley · 15-12-2015 03:07AM

There was a thread about people taking discarded food from an Iceland(shop) skip. It was the UK though.
http://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057136298/1/#post88720442

Victor · 15-12-2015 05:07AM

Labarbapostiza wrote: »

What constitutes lawful authority?

In such a case, the lawful owner of the property, the council, waste contractor or another party who would have lawful possession, e.g. a garda retrieving evidence.

The legality of dumpster diving

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