"An Oregon man's trash was actually a treasure.
The Ashland man made a desperate call to his recycling company Thursday to report that someone in his house had inadvertently recycled a shoebox stuffed with $23,000, said Linda Wise, the general manager of the Recology recycling plant in Humboldt County, California.
To her surprise, an employee found the money, and it was returned to the man less than 48 hours later.
The man had recently sold an RV and a truck, and had stashed the money in a Vans shoebox with intentions of using it to buy another RV, Wise said. But one of his family members "who are good recyclers" put the shoebox in a curbside recycling bin."
Accidentally recycled shoebox stuffed with $23K returned to owner
The Ashland man made a desperate call to his recycling company Thursday to report that someone in his house had inadvertently recycled a shoebox stuffed with $23,000, said Linda Wise, the general manager of the Recology recycling plant in Humboldt County, California.
To her surprise, an employee found the money, and it was returned to the man less than 48 hours later.
The man had recently sold an RV and a truck, and had stashed the money in a Vans shoebox with intentions of using it to buy another RV, Wise said. But one of his family members "who are good recyclers" put the shoebox in a curbside recycling bin."
Accidentally recycled shoebox stuffed with $23K returned to owner
