ULPT: Dispose of small heavy items for free at the airport.

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Professional-Mud3000@reddit

it’s how i get rid of my hazardous household waste until TSA starts letting liquids through again

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IamB_Meister@reddit

At that point just put them in a public trash can

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Lil_Shanties@reddit

Keyword here was Hong Kong, dumping in China comes with a drone following you home and some re-education.

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Locksmithbloke@reddit

Wish the UK would do that! It's a 20 minute solution to the massive commercial fly tipping!

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TimHung931017@reddit

Yes it is geographically part of China, but in the case of what you said they operate under their own jurisdiction and laws, so it isn't dumping in China, its dumping in Hong Kong.

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Lil_Shanties@reddit

China has zero respect for their agreement of a self governing Hong Kong they own it and act like it, Hong Kong does what it is told to do.

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Ok-Sun-8416@reddit

I think you're stuck in 1997 mate, better read up on that

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pichael288@reddit

It has been since 1997, it's a little more complicated than that though.

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Craigglesofdoom@reddit

You're right I was thinking Taiwan. Haven't had my coffee yet.

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Lil_Shanties@reddit

🤣 all good! I see where you’re coming from though, go get that coffee my friend! ☕️

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HouseMusicAndWeed@reddit

Airport workers are better equipped to deal with that than your local municipal employee expecting paper, dogsht, and empties.

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IamB_Meister@reddit

The airport workers are going to put it in the trash.

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Bob_A_Feets@reddit

At least it’s a dumpster and not a bin that some poor shmuck has to pick up and empty into the truck by hand at that point though.

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TheLandOfConfusion@reddit

Then you can also just toss them in a dumpster

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Historical_Hunt2492@reddit

you think they have access to a portal to a different dimension? just put it in the trash bro

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rworne@reddit

The Japanese have that handled already:

https://www.enotes.com/topics/hey-come-on-out

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coolsellitcheap@reddit

Loval scrapyard would pay cash for dumbells. Then it woulf actually be recycled. Could have been your 1 thing you do. Instead you made some cleaners job harder.

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aspie_electrician@reddit (OP)

It’s Hong Kong… what scrap recyclers?

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gamamoder@reddit

https://www.shiuwingsteel.com/scrap-yard

this is one that does steel

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aspie_electrician@reddit (OP)

My bad if I don’t know the area, just visiting with my friend. He doesn’t know of any scrap recyclers there either. The airport was the easiest method we had.

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jzee87@reddit

You could have probably brought them to a scrap yard and got paid for them probably only like $5 American but surely it would have been easier then going to an airport

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As ridiculous as this may sound…. I have several businesses in my area with large dumpsters I use when needed. I have scouted them out to make sure there’s no cameras and also cover the tag on my truck when I use them just in case.

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Anura83@reddit

If you want to get rid of trash then put online "for free". Some people take any trash even if your honest about the condition.

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aspie_electrician@reddit (OP)

Looks like I got a update a few marketplace posts then.

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The_Failord@reddit

r/unintelligentlifeprotips

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Wizzle_Pizzle_420@reddit

That’s not that much weight, seems kind of like too many steps to do a simple thing, even if disposing is expensive. Unless the 30kg is wrong? Also selling exercise equipment, especially weights is really easy, just sell it cheap and boom, more money. And no need to go to the airport.

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waitingOnMyletter@reddit

This sounds like the guy who is ordering anvils from Amazon and then just free pick-up returning them the next day without ever opening the box.

I think he’s been doing this for like a year trying to “bankrupt Amazon”. But all he is doing is physically abusing that amazon employee 😂

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Malve1@reddit

I think I see the confusion. The U doesn’t stand for “useless”.

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OneManGang2001@reddit

I always spend thousands on a flight to get rid of unwanted garbage. Winning.

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Few_Ad_7613@reddit

It's a better deal than taking them to the dump and paying those fees.

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Historical_Stay_808@reddit

I know some one who did this with his used motor oil

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sludge_dragon@reddit

The real ULPT right here. Works well for medical waste as well.

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Few_Ad_7613@reddit

What about used kitty litter?

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essieecks@reddit

What about biological waste? Asking for a ~~corpse~~ ~~friend~~ person I never met, officer.

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macjgreg@reddit

You know they buy those at the scrap yard right?

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SjonDon@reddit

I lived in Hong Kong, all three the apartments blocks I lived in, in Midlevels, Ma Wan and DB had huge dumpsters below where it would have been a lot easier to dispose of them than hauling them to the airport haha

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aspie_electrician@reddit (OP)

The original plan was to bring them back home to Canada, while trying to avoid paying exorbitant shipping rates.

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__thrillho@reddit

So you wanted to bring them with you but ended up getting them thrown out? What is this tip lmao

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gamamoder@reddit

im sorry ur just tryna make light of an annoying situation and were being reddit

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Praetor72@reddit

This isn’t really unethical it’s just dumb and inconvenient.

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ZealousidealCrazy335@reddit

Bringing an extra 30kg of luggage through an airport just to have it disposed of by security sounds absolutely worth it. You should do it every time you fly and fly every day.

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Xtay1@reddit

Used motor oil, let them dispose of it in a environmental correct way.

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mechmind@reddit

You have to keep buying suitcases but totally worth it to f that janitor's back. Def uneth

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MyDogisDaft@reddit

I take about 8 big black bags of household rubbish and pretend to be concerned when they take it off me. Suckers!

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eternaldarkness69@reddit

I save up my household garbage and dipose it this way

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Ok-Philosophy1958@reddit

This. I like it as a silent form of protest

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soihavetosay@reddit

You could probably make a couple of bucks if you took it to medal recycling

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Artemus_Hackwell@reddit

You were in Hong Kong the harbor is right there

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kretsstdr@reddit

REDDIT LOL

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rojoshow13@reddit

Gas station garbage cans are free. And if you're getting gas, you're a customer so you don't have to feel bad.

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aspie_electrician@reddit (OP)

I don't drive

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YonKro22@reddit

Why didn't you just give them away to somebody that needed or wanted them

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gamamoder@reddit

do you not have free scrap dropoff? thats pretty common in the states some metals theyll pay u although for home scrap its not usually much

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aspie_electrician@reddit (OP)

Uhh… I don’t live in Hong Kong. Was just with a friend visiting his family, then we went back home to Canada

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gamamoder@reddit

ohhhh

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aspie_electrician@reddit (OP)

Yeah, he wanted to bring the weights back to Canada with him as cheaply as possible. Hence the carry-on. Decided it was easier to let customs dispose of them.

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Fit-Dark-4062@reddit

There has got to be an easier way 🤣

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ixamnis@reddit

There is. Most public parks have dumpsters and trash cans. They are available to the public. They aren’t intended for this sort of thing, but you won’t get in trouble disposing of , basically anything using them.

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Jacktheforkie@reddit

Just make sure it hasn’t got your address or details on

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crazyabe111@reddit

Well the body didn’t have either, but the police are telling me it had my finger prints all over it.

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Mother-Pride-Fest@reddit

You forgot to clean it first. Bodies need to be dissolved in hydrofluoric acid to get rid of any identifying marks.

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MyDogisDaft@reddit

He’s such an amateur.

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jp62315@reddit

Just make sure you do it in a plastic tub and not the bathtub.

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Tetracheilostoma@reddit

Fucking Jesse

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OwnTurn1146@reddit

The police are lying to you, fingerprints dont show up on bodies bc of their skin. Hold out, admit nothing.

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Hey-Just-Saying@reddit

They do if the forensics team gets there fast enough.

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NeutralCombatant@reddit

The police won’t get there fast enough. Real world scenario I was involved with recently, forensics took almost three hours to show up to a suicide scene. Medical examiner got there before forensics did.

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Jacktheforkie@reddit

I can’t say I’ve handled many of those

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skiing123@reddit

Or live in a heavily surveilled like Hong Kong

Is that how you spell that word, surveilled?

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Jacktheforkie@reddit

That too

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c4pt1n54n0@reddit

Arlo Guthrie taught me that one

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Jacktheforkie@reddit

Nice

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random-guy-here@reddit

We deposited a decease relatives "toy" in a public park. What else are you going to do with it?

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aspie_electrician@reddit (OP)

Sell it on r/usedsextoys

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sitheandroid@reddit

Disinfectant is a thing

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don3dm@reddit

Maybe just try driving along a dark road and chucking it out the window.

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Greentigerdragon@reddit

No scrap-metal merchants around?

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gamamoder@reddit

op in hong kong and i think they may charge for disposal for home users. i think were getting a bit environmental autist on op but idk theres usually something u can do with stuff if you have the motivation

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Greentigerdragon@reddit

Yeah, I realised as I was hitting 'post' that this is Ulpt, as well.

/shrug/

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Briggs281707@reddit

Sell them for scrap

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TheRabidBadger@reddit

This is the greatest idea ever. I have like 9 half bottles of old Roundup and similar in my garage, and family who travel a lot. I wish I knew about this when I had to get rid of an old CRT monitor.

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aspie_electrician@reddit (OP)

Those CRTs are worth money to collectors nowadays. Should’ve kept and sold it.

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gamamoder@reddit

no there not only specific models with the trinitron higher end grill or rgb or component inputs.

small tvs shit with composite only arent worth shit, maybe like $30 at most. you can find crappy crts everywhere on marketplace around me in the the us

svideo stuff is slightly more cuz it doesnt look as dogshit but its still not much more. later monitors with vga that have decent max vertical resolutions or larger tvs with component or rgb scart might be worth a couple hundred

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Voyager5555@reddit

This isn't unethical, it's just a waste of fucking time and energy. Just put it on the curb with a "Free" sign like a normal person.

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aspie_electrician@reddit (OP)

Dunno if I can do that in Hong Kong. It’s a $5000HKD fine for littering there.

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gamamoder@reddit

you could probably dump it in a public recycling bin. they want steel anyways and its pretty small

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WhyKissAMasochist@reddit

gif

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wireswires@reddit

Sounds like a Viz Top Tip

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Dry_Lingonberry1994@reddit

There is no scrap metal buyers in your country?

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aspie_electrician@reddit (OP)

I am not a Hong Kong native, and my friends dad can’t wanted to originally bring them with him back to Canada (he moved there a few years ago) but didn’t want to pay shipping prices for 30KG of dumbbells.

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MiserableFloor9906@reddit

You had a flight or how?

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aspie_electrician@reddit (OP)

Yeah, had a flight back home after vacation and friend visiting family.

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Mercury1600@reddit

I might use this method to dispose of my old heavy guns

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Background-Solid8481@reddit

In the earlier days of COVID, weights were going around $1 per pound around here. I was at the county landfill/recycling center dumping some stuff & watched a guy unloading hundreds of pounds of iron into the dumpster. I told him he could sell it for $1/lb but he kept dumping. Idiot.

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