It has been contentious in the media of late as to whether recycled can and bottle bin contents are actually recycled – or just dumped in landfill.
With a recycling depot/shed nearby at the local Coles, schoolchildren have been raiding bins in my street to claim their 10c on each item.
I don’t see any problem with this, as long as they put anything they don’t want back in the recycled bin. I don’t see this as any different from the bi-annual general clean up where people throw out unwanted bicycles, couches etc. and anyone passing is free to help themselves.