I know people who will take anything – anything at all – if it is free, even if they have no possible use for it. I once had a tenant who lived near a glass store. When the store threw out broken window glass, he would bring the stuff home. Eventually my yard was full of broken glass. Some of the glass panes were huge and obviously came from store windows. This guy also brought home a lot of other useless stuff. One time he brought home 50 old railroad ties and stacked them up in the front yard. The pile was 7 feet high. Railroad ties should never be reused. They are preserved with creosote, a carcinogenic chemical. I asked my tenant: “Why did you bring these railroad ties here?” He said: “They were free!”