If the company you work for is scrapping material, is it illegal to take it out of the dumpster and sell that material?

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If the company you work for is scrapping material, is it illegal to take it out of the dumpster and sell that material?

Asked on June 22, 2012 under Employment Labor Law, Maryland

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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 11 years ago | Contributor

Whether or not is is illegal for a third party to retrieve a company's discards into a dumpster for personal use depends upon what the policy is with the company disposing the item.

In order to ascertain such, the human resources person should be consulted for written permission by the interested employee to gather the material that is being thrown away by his or her employer.


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