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Didn't want to toss it in the landfill so went back to the scrapyard, 63 lbs. aluminum with maybe 1/4 lb. plastic attached to it, 4 lbs. of cast, and 3 lbs. of stainless screws/nuts/bolts for a grand total of 6.55.

Looks like you took in around 300 pounds of stuff! I would say just keep separating stuff into piles/ bins/ boxes/ totes and then when you have enough of something good take in the cheep stuff. Or wait till you have a truck load of steel and bring the stuff then (as most everything is worth more than sheet iron... As said in the past don't waste too much time breaking down cheep stuff to increase the value as you may make more as dirty. Time is money and it is nice to make a few dollars keeping things out of the dump as well!

266 lbs of 1# plastic yesterday

Picked up an old fryer from a restaurant for free, they are usually not worth cleaning to resell and its interior was in rough shape.

900 lbs light iron @ $125/GT
45 lbs #1 steel @ $175/GT
4 lbs stainless @ $0.27/lb
50 lbs compressor @ $0.09/lb
10 lbs extruded aluminum @ $0.47/lb
12 lbs old sheet aluminum @ $0.41/lb
15 lbs #2 wire @ $1.15/lb
110 lbs lead batteries @ $0.32/lb
15 lbs clean ACR @ $0.95/lb
5 lbs #2 copper @ $2.05/lb
10 lbs computer fans @ $0.07/lb
47 lbs electric motor @ $0.17/lb

378 lbs of al cans

Hey guys- the official price of copper (not what you receive at a scrap yard) went above $2.80/lb. today for the first time since roughly April, 2015. Any idea when we will see higher prices being paid at the scrap yards? In other words, how long do the prices need to be up before the scrap yards raise their buy prices. I'm guessing 2-3 weeks, but am curious what others have noticed.

240 lbs sheet iron $.0375 lb.

160 lbs. sheet iron today. Next trip is bonus pricing!

31 lbs. coax cable (paid as sheet iron) so $.0425 lb.
35 lbs. Alum cans @ $.85 lb.
44 lbs. #1 plastic @ $.40 lb.
14 lbs. #2 insulated @ $.60 lb.
17 lbs. brown boards @ $.15 lb.
8 lbs. aluminum rims @ $.53 lb.
200 lbs. dirty aluminum @ $.26 lb.

all with the +$.10 lb. / $10 ton on steel bonus pricing this load. So an extra $34.90 with the bonus!

Yesterday I got the following...

2 lbs. of clean aluminum @ 30 cents = .60
6 lbs. of aluminum cans @ 60 cents = $3.60
Total = $4.20

The sign in front of the scrapyard said they were paying $2 a pound for copper and only $70 a ton for steel. Is that in line with what you guys are seeing? The copper price sounds good to me, but I thought steel would be more like double the price.

480 lbs. prepared steel $.0575 lb.

220 lbs mixed wire @ $0.60/lb
50 lbs transformers @ $0.35/lb
26 lbs AC adapters @ $0.30/lb
92 lbs low grade boards @ $0.21/lb
120 lbs power supply boards @ $0.28/lb
70 lbs power supplies @ $0.27/lb

Aside from wire I don't normally deal with low value e-scrap, as after factoring transportation costs and labor there's very little profit to be made. This was the result of a combination of cleaning out an electronics repair shop and having space on the back end of a truck load of other material.

Dr. Cadmium wrote:220 lbs mixed wire @ $0.60/lb
50 lbs transformers @ $0.35/lb
26 lbs AC adapters @ $0.30/lb
92 lbs low grade boards @ $0.21/lb
120 lbs power supply boards @ $0.28/lb
70 lbs power supplies @ $0.27/lb

Aside from wire I don't normally deal with low value e-scrap, as after factoring transportation costs and labor there's very little profit to be made. This was the result of a combination of cleaning out an electronics repair shop and having space on the back end of a truck load of other material.

Space at the end of the truck made you a few more bucks! I appreciate the prices, thanks!

1633 lbs of glass this am

cwgii wrote:1633 lbs of glass this am

Do you get paid for glass?

I volunteer at the community recycling center here and we end up paying a larger center in a neighboring city to take our glass. $20 a load, I think it's a 15 or 20 yard roll-off. The alternative is hauling it to a landfill that also does recycling, but that is a 50+ mile round trip. None of the brokers around here buy glass.

currently at .05 for color sorted broken glass. lower than that and i quit.

natsb88 wrote:

cwgii wrote:1633 lbs of glass this am

Do you get paid for glass?

I volunteer at the community recycling center here and we end up paying a larger center in a neighboring city to take our glass. $20 a load, I think it's a 15 or 20 yard roll-off. The alternative is hauling it to a landfill that also does recycling, but that is a 50+ mile round trip. None of the brokers around here buy glass.

Yep I only get $.03 - $.04 a pound for whole glass bottles and jars but I only go once a year and the place is right next door to the scrap yard I go to.

None of the yards or brokers near me buy glass either. Single stream recycling goes for a paltry amount, I believe it was $20/ton picked up the last time I checked, but most of the value there is in the metal, paper, and certain plastics.

Honestly, it gets crazy enough here saving returnables. The redemption centers want glass bottles boxed or they won't accept them. Even if there was a place that bought glass, I would do as hobofinds and just cash in a few times a year.

Most of our revenue is from cardboard. Shredded office paper has turned out to be pretty good too. Those plus mixed paper (we take pressboard/flatboard and office paper and books that we cut the spines off) mostly wind up going to a drywall paper plant that's only ~15 miles away.

400 lbs shred
400 lbs prepared
600 lbs prepared

up with the price , clean out the yard

cwgii wrote:400 lbs shred
400 lbs prepared
600 lbs prepared

up with the price , clean out the yard

Between this load and the last glass load you should have a little more space in your yard! Were you able to do the steel all in one trip?

two trucks --one trip

glass was on the trucks. most part i dont stockpile it at hoem.

I haven't been scrapping the last few years, but yesterday I took some that I had sitting around the house. Here are some prices from Connecticut.

Christmas lights @ .15/lb
Insulated #2 wire @ .40/lb
light iron @ .045/lb
clean stainless @ .33/lb
yard stainless @ .10/lb
aluminum/copper radiator w/iron @ .65/lb
lead battery @ .25/lb
compressor @ .07/lb
heavy iron @ .07/lb
electric motor @ .10/lb

More garage sale treasures and another shop cleanout - this time an automotive one.

260 lbs #1 steel @ 175/GT
640 lbs light iron @ 125/GT
19 lbs #2 copper @ 2.20/lb
40 lbs brass @ 1.45
20 lbs clean ACR @ 1.00
10 lbs clean stainless @ 0.27
1 lb dirty stainless @ 0.12
70 lbs compressor @ 0.09
14 lbs wheel weights @ 0.15
24 lbs electric motor @ 0.17
2 lbs computer fans @ 0.07
1 lb solder @ 1.10
35 lbs irony aluminum @ 0.11
80 lbs aluminum @ 0.41
1 lb extruded @ 0.47
18 lbs romex @ 1.15
7 lbs THHN @ 1.45
5 lbs #2 wire @ 1.20
135 lbs lead batteries @ 0.30

In a city of around 250 thousand, a big landfill near end of life, they were using glass to try and weigh it down, make it last longer. kind of makes sense.

Dr. Cadmium wrote:None of the yards or brokers near me buy glass either. Single stream recycling goes for a paltry amount, I believe it was $20/ton picked up the last time I checked, but most of the value there is in the metal, paper, and certain plastics.

Honestly, it gets crazy enough here saving returnables. The redemption centers want glass bottles boxed or they won't accept them. Even if there was a place that bought glass, I would do as hobofinds and just cash in a few times a year.