Scrap day woes

JDgreen

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Today my county Waste Management Authority is hosting a Clean Community Event, which allows residents to get rid of trash, scrap metal, household chemicals and fluids, junk, E-waste, etc. for free or a token charge.

I took in about 200 alkaline and 20 ni cad batteries and 500 pounds of scrap steel and aluminum, as shown in the attachment. Although I was one of the earliest attendees there, the scrap metal area already had a half-dozen decent looking push mowers collected. I asked if I could have some of them, but was turned down. Makes no sense to me, people who wanted to get rid of them could have simply put them out front with a FREE sign on them.....:confused2::eek:
 

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Its called jealousy. Some people throw out something they just don't want anyone else to have it. Worse yet if you sold one and made money on it.
 

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Just took my yearly scrap metal pile in yesterday to the recycle yard and they gave me 250$. Not too many years ago it was just a place to get rit of it for free. Times are sure changing.
 

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Today my county Waste Management Authority is hosting a Clean Community Event, which allows residents to get rid of trash, scrap metal, household chemicals and fluids, junk, E-waste, etc. for free or a token charge.

I took in about 200 alkaline and 20 ni cad batteries and 500 pounds of scrap steel and aluminum, as shown in the attachment. Although I was one of the earliest attendees there, the scrap metal area already had a half-dozen decent looking push mowers collected. I asked if I could have some of them, but was turned down. Makes no sense to me, people who wanted to get rid of them could have simply put them out front with a FREE sign on them.....:confused2::eek:

I like the way the cat seems to be on high alert. :laughing:

It is a shame to just throw away a mower that somebody might be able to fix and use.
 

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I like the way the cat seems to be on high alert. :laughing:

It is a shame to just throw away a mower that somebody might be able to fix and use.

That furball is Tiggs, he is really on high alert here. Silly feline jumped about 7 feet from a tree to the garage roof then was too chicken to jump back down so I got out the ladder.
 

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Just took my yearly scrap metal pile in yesterday to the recycle yard and they gave me 250$. Not too many years ago it was just a place to get rit of it for free. Times are sure changing.

$250.....!!!!!!! You must have had several tons, current price for steel scrap here is about 2-3 cents a pound. That would have barely paid for my gas to drive the additional 20 miles to the scrapyard and back. At 3 cents a pound I would have made maybe $15 at most. $60 a ton here....
 

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This is a recycle yard, I had a mix. Old batteries, copper, aluminum, tin, steel, old motors, electric wire. This is my collection of old parts etc I take it in once a year. I don't save this junk and no matter what it goes once a year free or money. I have given it free to a scrap man who would just pick it up in pass years. I am not in the scrap metal business but in repairs. This is the second year I have done this and last year is was 80$ so I looked a little harder this year.
 

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Took in tow loads of scrap medal to the medal recycler at $240/ton this week. Got about 3 more loads to go. cast aluminum is .65 a pounds right now. got about 1000 pounds.
 

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This is a recycle yard, I had a mix. Old batteries, copper, aluminum, tin, steel, old motors, electric wire. This is my collection of old parts etc I take it in once a year. I don't save this junk and no matter what it goes once a year free or money. I have given it free to a scrap man who would just pick it up in pass years. I am not in the scrap metal business but in repairs. This is the second year I have done this and last year is was 80$ so I looked a little harder this year.

Copper is worth BIG BUCKS as scrap, sheet aluminum very little as it has no weight. I took in about 20 pounds of old aluminum siding today, scrap value was maybe a dollar at most. No copper, batteries, wire, etc.
 

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Took in tow loads of scrap medal to the medal recycler at $240/ton this week. Got about 3 more loads to go. cast aluminum is .65 a pounds right now. got about 1000 pounds.

You are getting $240 a ton for WHAT material?
 
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