"One man's trash is another man's treasure." You might rethink that saying after seeing these 11 stories!
“I Decided Not To Look At It, I Think I Made The Right Choice…”
In my 4 years in that department we had to dump fully loaded trucks on the ground 2 times and spread out the load looking for a body, found one once. I decided not to look at it, I think I made the right choice. Source
“I Heard A Soft Crying…”
I grabbed a bag as I normally would and tossed it in the back of the truck. A few moments later I heard a soft crying that freaked me. I ripped through a bunch of bags until I found 5 beagle puppies covered in something awful and crying. Source
“My Guys Called Me Frantic One Day After An Explosion In The Truck”
My guys called me frantic one day after an explosion in the truck: The house we were in front of was cooking meth. He threw away some ingredients and when it compacted, they exploded. The guy sat out front watching in a bathrobe. He later dressed and was arrested with drugs in his pants. Source
“Once We Found A Rejected…”
Routinely found dead animals, remnants of large marijuana harvests, and weapons. Once we found a rejected prosthetic limb. Also, pretty regularly, the FBI will have a trash company pick up the trash of someone under investigation so they can go through it. Source
“His Information Was Still On The Side…”
One time we found a guy's ashes in one of the standard plastic tubs funeral homes give out. His information was still on the side. When management contacted the family to try and have the tub picked up, it turned out that they threw the poor dude out on purpose. Source
“I took it straight to the cops…”
Thought I had a good score one day when I picked up a computer with some pretty good specs. Took it home and was having a ball investigating it..until I found some porn. Pedophile porn. I took it straight to the cops. They used the computers browser history to make more than one arrest. Source
“Should Be Considered Assault…”
We found a garbage bag filled with loose needles with no caps. We stop the conveyor, safely collect the hazardous material and take pictures. Based on some mail that was in the bag, management found where it was picked up. Whoever did it knew damn well another person would be handling it. Source
“Who Knows How Many Weren’t Caught…”
The amount of sketchy things thrown away is innumerable. I can't tell you how many times hospitals threw their bio waste out to save on disposal fees. It got so bad the landfill ended up reporting them. That's just the ones we saw who knows how many weren't caught. Source
“Rows Upon Rows…”
I did waste removal at a quad Plex house. We had a tenant that did not keep up with the utilities during the eviction process. They lived in this apartment for 2 months without running water. We opened the doors and inside was rows upon rows of bottles filled with piss and s*it. Source
“Hopefully They Went Back To Where They Belong…”
The only thing I brought to the police's attention were a bunch of brass WWI and WWII grave marker medallions I found in the recycle bins. People sell them for scrap, but that usually gets local attention pretty quick, and the police will crack down, so they'll end up dumping them. Source
“It Was Dark And About 3X3 Feet Big”
Me and my partner were called to a location that was far away from our regular route one day. We met our supervisor there. He points to a tree. I look up and see a huge mass hanging 20 feet off the ground. It was dark and about 3X3 feet big. The police and fire department show up and used a ladder to cut it down. When it hit the ground, the smell was so bad that us, the PD and FD all backed up very quickly. Me and my partner had the pleasure to grab this thing and toss it into the truck. There had to be between 50-75 dead rats on this thing, all tied together. We asked the police what it was all about and they said most likely a form of religious sacrifice. Source