cashing in with recyclables inside plastic bags!!??

I took about 30 lbs of bare bright copper wiring in 3 grocery bags today.

when I went to get one of the bags out of the bag, it ripped, so I quickly put another bag around it.

they did not take any weight off

alot of time if i am stripping boards or anything that has light weight small pieces , i will throw them into a krogers bag...i have never had a problem throwing a grocery bag full of metal into the shred pile....now they will not accept any plastic at all in your pop cans in my area, they have several signs saying so......ive never tried putting copper in bags,i do use feed sacks alot for copper or brass...they just dump em out then hand em back to me......i mean a plastic bag wouldnt register on most junk yards scales

Not me. I use totes, an such.

Ask me why ask me why!?!

Thank you for asking, I'll tell you...

We can't have plastic bags on the sandbar. Well you can have them, but none of the stores use them. Some silly rule they passed a couple years back. It's a sore subject for a lot of people. Even Walmart has to use paper bags. Only one place I know of down here that still uses plastic bags, an that's a gas station that tells the county to eff'off whenever they give them crap about it. lol.

So..yea..no plastic bags for me on a trip to the yard.

My sandbar is full of tree huggers, an no trees!

Sirscrapalot - Yes my County council is a bunch of morons.

The plastic shopping bags weigh just 5grams...

I used to use them, one inside the other and take the free bus to the scrappers...

They easyly contain $50 of Copper. Other wise I use 'feedbags'. 'Called '50kg Coalsacks' here in NZ.

Originally Posted by Sirscrapalot

Not me. I use totes, an such.

Ask me why ask me why!?!

Thank you for asking, I'll tell you...

We can't have plastic bags on the sandbar. Well you can have them, but none of the stores use them. Some silly rule they passed a couple years back. It's a sore subject for a lot of people. Even Walmart has to use paper bags. Only one place I know of down here that still uses plastic bags, an that's a gas station that tells the county to eff'off whenever they give them crap about it. lol.

So..yea..no plastic bags for me on a trip to the yard.

My sandbar is full of tree huggers, an no trees!

Sirscrapalot - Yes my County council is a bunch of morons.

i wish i could get paper bags from a store.....i dig alot of roots ..paper is the only way to go for storing them.....now i just use onion and potatoe sacks...

I'll be glad to send you some.

I'm telling you I should just start drop shipping Paper Bags, sand, and "OMG IT"S GOLD!™" Buckets...


Sirscrapalot - Watching a bunch of mindless shows while breaking down some stuff.