Well today, I decided to help out a friend at a recycling plant at a landfill about 20 minutes from my house.
Now, we were sorting everything from wood, plastic, concrete blocks, rubber, and drywall (didn't know there was a buyer for that stuff lol)
So anyways, when we took a break, I was walking around, and I saw a dumpster full of metal...the container had to been holding close to $6 to $7,000 worth of metal.
Then, I saw their copper area...I of course was like a kid at Christmas.
Sad thing was, I couldn't take anything...he knows what I do with my recycling company, so him and I got to talking, and he told me that the landfill makes between $5 to $6 Million per year just on scrap metal and copper, and then different amounts for the other stuff we were selling.
He said, that the metal recycling is what pays for a bulk of the operations at their landfill/recycling plant.
Even though I didn't get to cash in big, it was still nice to see how a big company recycles a variety of things.
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