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I found a place by me that is buying #2 plastic bottles looks like they are paying .05 a pound for them. This is a different yard than the one that is buying #1 plastic bottles and glass. Looks like more places may be willing to expand into plastic... I'll start saving mine and will see how it works!

yes, there is now a second place in tucson taking #1. had not heard of taking 2 though. gf has a teen son. ....... lots of milk jugs

Figured it was only a matter of time. At some point cardboard and paper

TXBullion wrote:Figured it was only a matter of time. At some point cardboard and paper

Found a place that will buy cardboard and paper but prices are not good...
.0125 lb cardboard
.0075 lb newspaper
.01 lb office paper

So a whole truck load would only get me $5.00 to $7.00 not worth it yet, also need space to store it up! Wife not too fond of the metal I have stored she would just love piles of paper! LOL

cwgii wrote:yes, there is now a second place in tucson taking #1. had not heard of taking 2 though. gf has a teen son. ....... lots of milk jugs

its at can it. website here... http://www.canitrecycle.com/

Forgive my ignorance. What is #1 and #2 plastic?

#1 plastic is water bottles, soda, gatorade...

#2 is milk jugs, detergant bottles, shampoo...

hobo finds wrote:

TXBullion wrote:Figured it was only a matter of time. At some point cardboard and paper

Found a place that will buy cardboard and paper but prices are not good...
.0125 lb cardboard
.0075 lb newspaper
.01 lb office paper

So a whole truck load would only get me $5.00 to $7.00 not worth it yet, also need space to store it up! Wife not too fond of the metal I have stored she would just love piles of paper! LOL

cant even seeing anyone selling them anything other then walmart type stores

hobo finds wrote:

cwgii wrote:yes, there is now a second place in tucson taking #1. had not heard of taking 2 though. gf has a teen son. ....... lots of milk jugs

its at can it. website here... http://www.canitrecycle.com/

thanks. like you say...... one more thing to stockpile. lol

Looks like I can sell #2 plastic (milk jugs, gallon water) for .08 a pound now at the same place that is paying .30 a pound for #1 plastic and it is on may to the scrap yard

avidbrandy wrote:Forgive my ignorance. What is #1 and #2 plastic?

Look at the bottom of any plastic bottle. There is a small triangle with a number in it. That number is the type of plastic.

hobo finds wrote:Looks like I can sell #2 plastic (milk jugs, gallon water) for .08 a pound now at the same place that is paying .30 a pound for #1 plastic and it is on may to the scrap yard

I'll have to check and see if I can find anyone buying plastic close to me. I didn't think it would EVER happen, especially at such good prices. Thanks for the heads-up.

the yard i goto ispaying$.30 a pound for #2 and $.23 a pound for #1and its a pretty big place around here.they also pay for paper grades.

$.065/lb for cardboad
$.045/lb for newspaper
$.0275/lb for mixed office and magazines

Why do they pay so much more for cardboard? I thought that was a low grade of paper, with bright white copy paper being toward the high end. Shiny magazine paper I know is difficult to use because of so much treatment and ink.

The price for Waste cardboard is higher as less processing & it helps on restarts the Warehouser (?sp) mill in Springfield get lots of loads of bailed cardboard. A little white paper is not a big deal if you are making liner board a one ply brown paper that is made into the three ply board.

#2 Plastic this is good news,
Recycling is becoming more than an
Earth Friendly Idea in this ecconomy
it is becoming Profitable.

No one buys plastic in Cincinnati, apparently. I called a yard and they acted like I was stupid for even asking, haha.

AGgressive Metal wrote:No one buys plastic in Cincinnati, apparently. I called a yard and they acted like I was stupid for even asking, haha.

No one buys plastic in central Ohio either.

Where I work we take it all. I shipped out 20 tons of #2 today.

Plastic prices are better...

Several more places buying. 4 different places now!

#1 plastic range from .15 - .40 a pound (water btl, Gatorade, etc.)
#2 plastic range from .02 - .10 a pound (milk jugs, detergent bottles, etc.)

Other items
Glass Bottles and jars .04 lb
Cardboard .01 lb
Office paper .02 lb

Also these new places offer the best prices for alum cans .80 - .95 lb

hobo finds wrote:Plastic prices are better...

Several more places buying. 4 different places now!

#1 plastic range from .15 - .40 a pound (water btl, Gatorade, etc.)
#2 plastic range from .02 - .10 a pound (milk jugs, detergent bottles, etc.)

Other items
Glass Bottles and jars .04 lb
Cardboard .01 lb
Office paper .02 lb

Also these new places offer the best prices for alum cans .80 - .95 lb

the newly renamed sa recycling on miracle mile , takes cardboard 'cb', for 3 cents. and is on the way to one of the bars i pick up bottles at. a weeks worth of beer boxes nets 9.00 this week. but hey. it pays the gas to get there.