Quebec recycler shows what happens to scrap appliances left on the curb [Video]

Sylvie D’Aoust drives a loop every week around western Quebec and loads her white pickup truck with other people’s trash.

To her, it’s all treasure.

She calls herself Recycling Warrior Grl — yes, that’s girl without the ‘i’ — and collects broken appliances from the curb as a way to make quick cash and slow down what gets sent to the landfill.

“[The nickname] is like a play on Wonder Woman: black-brown hair, blue eyes,” said D’Aoust, who has both. “[Recycling] is one of those things that I just felt passionate about and there’s no hesitation whatsoever.”

That’s true even when it means getting dirty. Wearing gloves, coveralls, and a coat she recycled, D’Aoust will climb into dumpsters and rummage through garbage …