Waste

I was reminded today of the waste of materials in the course of building works, with the medley illustrated being taken from the skip being filled as the contractors tidy up a near finished building along East Street.

The shaped wooden plank, one of a dozen or more, clearly from some endangered species in a tropical rain forest. No idea what it would have been intended for.

A small selection of plastic pipe fittings, one of which is illustrated here.

Large numbers of electrical fittings, mostly stamped for Virgin Media. I could have had dozens of the square plates, presumably inspection covers for some Virgin junction or other, complete with the requisite screws taped to the underside. Quite good quality, better than Wickes own brand.

All now stashed away in the garage, just in case. Would have cost me £20 in Travis Perkins up the road?

I associate to stories from the early seventies of contractors digging big holes in quiet spots, on the edge of building sites, towards the end of big projects and backfilling them with all kinds of brand new ironmongery, fixtures and fittings. Didn't judge it worth their while to sort it all out and send it along to the next project. This skip was quite modest by comparison.