dude if you don't know where to find scrap in the area you live in, how are people who don't live there supposed to know?
trial and error my friend.
cruise around on garbage night, check in dumpsters, walk through woodsy areas next to the highway or traintracks. get creative by advertising your services as a "junk remover" to local business' as a way for them to use less dumpster space (they pay to have it emptied) and save manpower (moving items to the trash), offer to pay for items via craigslist.
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