Probably Stolen: How to Dispose of Hazardous Radioactive Waste Barrels
Customers looking to dump hazardous radioactive waste barrels offer some of the easiest instant cash in Probably Stolen, paying 100 credits per barrel up front. Knowing how to clear those barrels using your trash bin, janitorial service, and smuggler's bays keeps your inventory open without triggering security penalties.
Accepting Hazardous Waste Disposal Offers
During daily shop hours, a customer carrying green barrels labeled as radioactive waste material will approach the counter and complain that proper disposal is expensive. She offers to pay you 100 credits per barrel—or up to 500 credits for a full five-barrel batch—simply to take the hazardous waste off her hands, providing fast cash to meet weekly rent deadlines. Because each barrel occupies significant grid space and reduces the usable size of your inventory, evaluate how much room you have before accepting the entire batch.
If your main storage bays are nearly full, you can accept a partial load such as three barrels and temporarily store water jugs or other bulky stock elsewhere to free up tiles—using the grid controls in our item rotation and inventory guide. You can also place a barrel inside a smaller bin or smuggler's box while reorganizing your shop layout.
Trash Bin Disposal vs. Nighttime Dumping Grounds
Once the customer walks out of sight, you have two ways to clear the barrels from your shelves. The fastest method inside the store is dropping the barrels straight into the regular trash hole—which you can also do quickly by hovering over an owned item and pressing the Delete key to send it to the trash bin. When you pay for the janitorial service, dropping items into the trash can clears them overnight and can even leave something behind for you in the morning.
Keep your janitorial service active whenever you use the trash bin (or pick the Sawyer's Crew trait from our starting perks guide to make janitor service free). Paying for janitorial service grants +2 customers per day, whereas letting garbage bags pile up in front of the store costs you those +2 customers for the day. Alternatively, you can equip a bigger backpack and haul the barrels out to the dumping grounds at night, though be warned that a local scavenger may spot you forgetting items at the dumping grounds and bring those items—including radioactive waste—right back to your counter the next day.
Handling Security Inspectors, Trash Hiding, and Smuggler's Bays
Keeping hazardous or stolen goods in your store carries inspection risks when security officers demand that you open your cargo hold and step aside. Before you can afford a dedicated smuggler's bay, the shop trash can doubles as an emergency hiding spot. Lazy inspectors will not check inside the trash can during a sweep.
If a shady inspector searches your shop, you can pay him off with a bribe of around 122 credits so he looks the other way and does not report you. Once you save enough cash, buying a smuggler's bay becomes a top priority so you can store contraband and hazardous boxes safely out of sight without relying on trash bin tricks or repeated bribes.