What did you scrap?

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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Wed Aug 05, 2020 8:06 pm

560# light iron 95/GT
80# #1 steel 150/GT
8# mixed Al 0.22
14# dirty Al radiator 0.15
16# irony Al 0.07
3# #2 copper 2.05
8# brass 1.25
7# mixed wire 0.55
1# pewter 2.00

Total: $56.09 rounded up to $56.10
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Fri Aug 07, 2020 3:23 pm

740# light iron 95/GT
24# $1 steel 150/GT
18# mixed Al 0.22
6# extruded 0.32
9# irony Al 0.07
1# #1 copper 2.25
1# #2 copper 2.05
6# mixed wire 0.55
7# brass 1.25
88# batteries 0.20

Total: $73.45
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Fri Aug 07, 2020 3:24 pm

313 returnable cans and bottles $0.05/ea

Total: $15.65
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby knibloe » Sat Aug 08, 2020 9:02 pm

There is an elderly lady in our church who needed help yesterday cleaning out her basement. My son isn't currently employed so my wife took him over to help. He began taking old wire out of the basement and putting it on the neighbors truck for him to haul to the dump.

Fortunately, my wife had the good sense to call me. It was two 30 gallon trash cans overflowing with romex copper wire!!
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Recyclersteve » Sun Aug 09, 2020 2:00 am

knibloe wrote:There is an elderly lady in our church who needed help yesterday cleaning out her basement. My son isn't currently employed so my wife took him over to help. He began taking old wire out of the basement and putting it on the neighbors truck for him to haul to the dump.

Fortunately, my wife had the good sense to call me. It was two 30 gallon trash cans overflowing with romex copper wire!!


You could fly to Rome with that much Romex. Ok, not exactly, but it sounded good.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Fri Aug 14, 2020 5:22 pm

459# light iron 95/GT
45# #1 steel 150/GT
11# mixed Al 0.22
14# extruded 0.32
49# irony Al 0.07
7# stainless 0.25
107# dirty stainless 0.13
25# #2 copper 1.95
27# brass 1.25
5# clean ACR 0.85
3# THHN 1.45
18# mixed wire 0.55
18# electric motor 0.13
16# compressor 0.09
50# batteries 0.20
5# pewter 2.00

Total: $173.25
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Thu Aug 20, 2020 4:56 pm

120# light iron 95/GT
1# mixed Al 0.22
1# extruded 0.32
15# irony Al 0.07
1# bare bright 2.45
4# mixed wire 0.55
27# batteries 0.20
4# pewter 2.00

Total: $24.73 rounded up to $24.75
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby messymessy » Mon Aug 24, 2020 9:34 am

109# copper coated @ .35
29# aluminum sheet @ .20
102# aluminum cast @ .18
142# #1 copper @ 1.60
2# batteries @ .10
3# electric motors @ .10
301# clean aluminum wire @ .30
4# aluminum radiator @ .22

Total $381.65
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby messymessy » Mon Aug 24, 2020 9:41 am

49# yellow brass @ 1.10
559# electric motors @ .10
30# aluminum cans @ .30
23# aluminum sheet @ .20
196# electric motors @ .10
590# batteries @ .10
2# electric motors @ .10

Total $202.20
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:06 am

Every week I say the prices have to get better.... haven't scrapped much in a while now have some piles of stuff to turn in but have been holding off waiting for better prices..
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Tue Aug 25, 2020 2:47 pm

I too have given up actively looking for stuff.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Sat Aug 29, 2020 11:53 am

That said..pulled 4 ceiling fans and a microwave out of a recycling bin.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Sat Sep 05, 2020 9:02 pm

220# light iron 110/GT
15# #1 steel 160/GT
2# mixed Al 0.22
12# irony Al 0.08
1# #2 copper 2.15
11# brass 1.30
1# mixed wire 0.55
4# electric motor 0.13

Total: $30.79 rounded up to $30.80
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Mon Sep 07, 2020 10:32 am

15 lb. Ewaste $49.90 after shipping costs
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby messymessy » Wed Sep 09, 2020 8:55 am

1660 pounds #2 sheet metal @ $55 per GT

$40.76
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Fri Sep 11, 2020 10:33 pm

#420 clean sheet. Sign said $100...
I got$125.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Mon Sep 14, 2020 10:19 pm

Steel continues to creep up.

960# light iron 115/GT
8# #1 steel 160/GT
7# mixed Al 0.22
7# extruded Al 0.32
9# irony Al 0.08
6# #2 copper 2.15
1# brass 1.30
8# mixed wire 0.55
1# #2 producing wire 1.20
3# stainless 0.25
1# dirty stainless 0.13
15# batteries 0.20

Total: $78.04 rounded up to $78.05
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Tue Sep 22, 2020 2:52 pm

380# light iron 110/GT
52# #1 steel 160/GT
16# mixed Al 0.22
20# extruded 0.32
22# irony Al 0.08
2# #1 copper 2.35
13# #2 copper 2.15
7# mixed wire 0.55
1# romex 1.15
5# brass 1.30
37# clean ACR 0.90
12# stainless 0.25
311# batteries 0.20

Total: $176.70 rounded up to $177.00
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Mon Sep 28, 2020 2:07 pm

140# light iron 110/GT
27# #1 steel 160/GT
1# mixed Al 0.22
7# irony Al 0.08
43# Al rims 0.35
18# #1 copper 2.35
17# #2 copper 2.15
12# brass 1.30
2# mixed wire 0.55
27# compressor 0.10
10# clean ACR 0.90

Total: $131.89 rounded up to $132.00
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Tue Sep 29, 2020 3:56 pm

178 # plastic at $0.30

Later this week my alum cans at ,.75 or 80
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Tue Sep 29, 2020 3:56 pm

178 # plastic at $0.30

Later this week my alum cans at ,.75 or 80
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Tue Sep 29, 2020 7:59 pm

Great prices
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Tue Sep 29, 2020 9:11 pm

Guys I have been dealing with. That moved from Ventura st. Now on stone just south of ft Lowell, east side.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Sat Oct 03, 2020 3:14 pm

Yeah $0.80 for 130 lbs of
alum cans
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Recyclersteve » Sun Oct 04, 2020 5:38 am

cwgii wrote:Yeah $0.80 for 130 lbs of
alum cans


I sure hope you meant 80 cents PER POUND...
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