If I worked at a scrapyard.. I'd go INSANE!

Originally Posted by BurlyGuys

I once went to the landfill and an 800 Got Junk truck pulled up next to me. They dumped an entire full load of metal, including copper fittings, romex wire, and other goodies. Dumped several hundred dollars worth of metal and paid the dump fees to do it.

Don't they advertise that they recycle as much of their material as possible too?

Originally Posted by scrapping4ever

Don't they advertise that they recycle as much of their material as possible too?

"It’s not just junk to us! We do our best to donate and recycle as much as we can. Since 1989, we’ve saved over 1.5 billion pounds of junk from the landfill, and counting."

Full-Service Junk Removal Company 1-800-GOT-JUNK?

you guys would have a heart attack looking at the shred pile in this area ,.....scrap and what it's worth, peaple are totaly oblivios in this area ,.....knowlegde is power and in alot of cases ,the power goes to the knowlegdable scrap yard owner

i often see untouched fridges ,air conditioners ,computers ,and totally fixable cars .....i once got chewed out for telling a guy he had a cat he was ready to throw in shred ........my scrapyard is honest ,but not stupid ,......if you ask them they'll tell you what your stuff is worth and are honest ,....but if you don't ask ,they don't tell .........guess buyer beware extends to seller beware in the scrap industry

on a positive note ,i've dealt with yards that will deliberatly lie to you if you don't know ,my yard will at least be honest if you ask ......and they do pull out alot of stuff for further seperation or reselling as repurposed ,

......you guys would cry if you seen some of the cars they get in ,here in pa. we have strict inspection laws and eyesore laws ,....peaple can't afford to keep cars or get them legal so they wind up scrapping them alot just to get rid of them ......i saved a 2003 police edition crown vic the other day,....ran good but needed emissions and inspection ,a few phone calls and my friend bought it to fix it and drive it