Category: Salvage

When College Graduates Throw Away Expensive Things, Scavengers Dive In

For local scavengers, graduation season is a great time to salvage expensive household items and luxury goods abandoned by departing students.
Orien McNeill, Artist Who Made Mischief on the Water, Dies at 46

He was the pied piper of a loose community of DIY artists homesteading on New York City’s waterways, which he used as his canvas and stage.
Metal Thieves Are Stripping America’s Cities

Across the country, copper and other valuable materials have been stolen from streetlights, statues and even gravesites, costing millions to repair.
Restoring a Chair Is Easier Than You Think. Ask the Brownstone Boys.

Jordan Slocum and Barry Bordelon have a lot of practice restoring brownstones in Brooklyn, so refinishing a chair was no big deal. Here’s how they did it.
The Guns Were Said to Be Destroyed. Instead, They Were Reborn.

Communities across the U.S. are fueling a secondary arms market by giving seized and surrendered guns to disposal services that destroy one part and resell the rest.
Map Shows How Close Titan Submersible Debris Was to Titanic Wreck

The map, released in a legal filing by a company with salvage rights to the famous ship, aided the hunt for the missing craft.

When College Graduates Throw Away Expensive Things, Scavengers Dive In