SO some of the local city councils here in Melbourne do a once a year "Hard Wate" collection.

Basically everyone dumps there unwanted crap on the kerb, the city collect it, process it, recycle it etc...

You guys would LOVE IT!!! but no one here really makes a go of it, scrap wise...

I could have loaded a truck and trailer at least 10 times last night!! But I only have a small sedan at the moment.

I counted 12 fridges, 8 washers, 4 dryers and 11 microwaves in just the first street!

...anyway, here is my point While cruising around looking for towers (I only got 9 last night caus it was pouring rain) and snipping off appliance cords (42 and counting) I see a neat stack of boxes, all the same. I wonder what is in them, so go and investigate.

BINGO! Each box is full of alluminium down light fascias. These type have been obsolete over here for a while, so they are scrap value only.









Net weight per box is 10kg (22lb) and I got 7 boxes



So a nice $70 aud payday right there. It was an ally night, here is the other ally stuff I got.

window frame
lid from patio heater
broken street light (weighs about 45lb)
bike rims





not bad for a hours work while driving home from my 'regular' job

so don't just focus on the metal you 'can' see, look at things that seem a little out of the ordinary.

Cheers