‘It was crazy’: Aussie rubbish removalist finds $7k cash in clients junk

An Aussie rubbish removalist has made an incredibly fortunate discovery in someone’s trash – but what he did next truly stunned.

A rubbish removalist’s tendency to upcycle and recycle his clients’ unwanted goods has led him to an incredibly fortunate discovery.

Jesse Stewart, who runs Get It Gone Rubbish Removal in Brisbane, recounted the moment he was discarding an entertainment unit at a tip when he found a mistakenly discarded plastic medicine bottle full of cash.

“I thought I’d look in the drawer, and there was that little black container – I picked it up, and it had weight to it,” he told news.com.au.

“I just saw a big bundle of notes – it was crazy.”

According to Mr Stewart, the wad of notes amounted to $7000.

“I didn’t know what to do with it – I kinda did want to keep it – I’m not gonna lie,” he laughed before conceding: “I couldn’t really do that.”

Jesse Stewart, who runs Get It Gone Rubbish Removal in Brisbane, found $7000 in a plastic medicine bottle full of cash while discarding an entertainment unit at a tip. Picture: Facebook

The cash belonged to an older woman who had a propensity for stashing cash and she gave him a $300 reward. Picture: Facebook

Mr Stewart said his grateful client, an older woman who she said had a propensity for stashing cash, gave him a $300 unsolicited reward.

“I couldn’t believe it, man. That was the best thing I’ve ever found,” he said.

“They regularly stash cash, but that one was forgotten about.

“I was pretty happy – I got paid for the initial job as well.”

While the forgotten thousands were his “best find” to date, it’s not Mr Stewart’s first interesting discovery among people’s junk.

Some of his salvages include an old vintage piano, an e-scooter, a rare GIO guitar, and even a massive collection of pre-decimal Australian stamps (printed before the currency was changed to cents and dollars).

He has even joked about rebranding to “treasure removal”.

Mr Stewert recently found a haul of rare Australian stamps. Picture: Facebook

… and even an e-scooter. Picture: Facebook

Mr Stewart said he makes a point of repurposing and upcycling what he can and attributes this to his recent good fortune.

“I repurpose a lot of stuff; a lot of people (other operators) are pretty wasteful; they’ll just throw it out.

“I try and re-recycle everything I possibly can.”

And Mr Stewart’s good deed was praised on his business’ social media account.

“Great work – good to see there are still good people out there,” one wrote.

You are truly amazing – not a lot left that would do that,” added another.

Another pledged: “Got some rubbish needing removing soon? You’ll have my business.”