How one woman earns $900 in six hours collecting people’s rubbish

She turned other people’s rubbish into a house deposit, and now it’s helping smash down the mortgage. Sydney woman Sinead King has built a profitable side hustle out of collecting scrap metal from hard rubbish piles, regularly sharing the unusual money-making venture with her Instagram followers as Australians hunt for extra cash during the cost of living crisis. “If you’ve been looking for a way to earn some extra money and you don’t mind a bit of hard work, this is the video for you,” King said in one of her videos. “In my spare time, I collect people’s scrap metal and turn it into money. “What started out as a fun hobby, helped to fund buying our house and now contributes towards extra mortgage repayments.” MORE NEWS Aussie mates team up to buy $1.6 home in Italy Elite school bids to buy entire public street ‘I disagree’: Australian council bans non-English signs King said the side hustle can deliver serious cash for a few hours’ work. In one video, she said a six-hour collecting stint had earned her more than $900, while in another she revealed she made $457 in less than three hours collecting steel, a dishwasher, trampoline poles and even pots and pans. Sydney woman Sinead Kin...