You need to be looking smarter. Driving around burning gas and putting wear and tear on your vehicle, plus the time involved is rarely anything more than a break-even proposition.
Use your phone. Call around to businesses that generate scrap and offer to come get it. Show up on time, be professional, dress nice (at least clean with no holes and tears - I'm not talking a suit here, but you can get a nice tan/blue button-down workshirt from Wal-Mart for like $20). No cursing.
Put ads on Craigslist/Backpage/etc. Look at putting an ad in your local paper or Greensheet. For minimal cost, you can have people calling you, rather than you calling them.
Offer to pay. I wouldn't pay any more than half of scrap value though. That should still leave you enough to make some money.
Above all, read as much from here as you can stand. When you can't stand any more - sit down and keep reading.
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