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The idea of using procedes from recycling AL cans to purchase stock in the largest AL recycler in the world appealing.

hobo finds wrote:When I was at the yard I noticed they had a propane tank, I asked and they take them as is, no need to take off valve or have a hole in them like other yards want. I would always pick up the tanks if full and use them up, now I can get rid of the old ones that the propane place will not fill up as they are too old and don't have the new safety overfill device in them.

hmm, they refused to take my spray paint cans, anything with a propellant unless there was a big hole.

said they have a guy who buys them once a month...

360 lbs prepared steel $.0775 lb $27.90

cwgii wrote:week and a day .

beer 3248
cardboard 923
liq 680
paper 401

holding on to my wire... it dropped yet again . down to .79

down to $.72 today with the big copper price drop yesterday...

waaaaaaaa, yikes I am going to have a pile of worthless scrap

$.55 cents out of a dryer I was breaking down!

bought 4 file cabinets Friday, took off the al handles , some of them had 'hanging files' in them so removed for prepared.. and proceeded to get screwed out of my 100 lbs of prepared.

I got 2 - 8' tall fake Christmas trees they are at least 125 lbs with the light strands on them. I removed the lights on one of them took a long long time. I may just keep the other lights on the other one when I take it in. Also several fake smaller topiary trees I removed the lights on them. So 98 % of the next load will be fake trees LOL I can't wait

#2 ins wire back up a little to $.77 lb

Just shipped out 22,100 pounds of PCB boards from the warehouse. Like everything else, prices are dropping. Steel is going down $15.00 per ton tomorrow, putting my shread price at $165.00 per ton. Mid month corrections are never a good thing. No end in sight right now. If you can afford to stockpile your copper, etc, do it, but it will be a long haul so be prepared to wait it out.

We are setting on all PM bearing scrap for now, and anything we send out we get paid back in metals. Nothing like getting XX ounces of gold and XXX ounces in silver in the mail!

Futures predict $20.00 per barrel oil by the end of 2015. Metals seem to always follow oil prices. I'm thinking there are going to be some rough times ahead for our business.

I wish we were running a yard type business as you work on a margin, all the time, no matter what the market is doing. But, who wants the hassle?

hobo finds wrote:I got 2 - 8' tall fake Christmas trees they are at least 125 lbs with the light strands on them. I removed the lights on one of them took a long long time. I may just keep the other lights on the other one when I take it in. Also several fake smaller topiary trees I removed the lights on them. So 98 % of the next load will be fake trees LOL I can't wait

I had the chance to take some of the fake xmas. but thought there was nothing valueable to them. I too tried to strip the lights and gave up.,

weekly report-- change format a bit. I am now allowed to mix my liquor with the beer.

glass==1889
cardboard== 447
lq==218
paper==160

140 lbs sheet iron $.0575

$8.05

BOUGHT a FILE cabinet today. f.....s will not get my prepared ie parts and pieces for sheet this time.

it was soooooooo old... the handles are copper. I think. not metallic , or some copper colored alloy.

short week due to a wedding

glass== 1823
cardboard==284
paper ==68

153 lbs cans
7 lb ugliy cans

7 lb ugliy cans????

we get less money for ones that have the top messed up ie crv not visible.

yesterday I saw soo much metal on the roadside, that time of year for the city to pick up bulky items. but with the drop in value.. I passed it all up.

WEEKLY glass
glass-- 1386 lb
cardboard== 436
paper== 86

month total
glass==8346
cb==2090
liq== 898
paper== 715

cwgii wrote:yesterday I saw soo much metal on the roadside, that time of year for the city to pick up bulky items. but with the drop in value.. I passed it all up.

Yep $.0325 net ton sucks the big one! If I see metal I will most likely still pick it up, but will not be looking for it like I was...

AdamsSamoa wrote:7 lb ugliy cans????

They want to see the CRV on the top of the can.
Also some places want them smashed from the top so the UPC code is not showing.

cwgii wrote:yesterday I saw soo much metal on the roadside, that time of year for the city to pick up bulky items. but with the drop in value.. I passed it all up.

If it drops much more your cardboard, glass and paper will be worth more than the steel

Called 2 different yards they are close by each other Sheet Iron $30.00 a net ton at one and $40.00 at the other. Best to call around with prices this low...