I really don't see how scrapping computers could be one's sole income nor do I think anyone is attempting to make it as such.
As a secondary form of income, I think it can contribute quite significantly, especially if you work in the IT industry where many many companies want their old equipment out of there hair but are worried about environmental impact of disposing it.
I work in managed services and my boss and I just really got motivated and somewhat educated about
escrap within the last four or five months or so. As soon as we did, we went to one of our larger clients, told them that we would take all their old gear off their hands free of charge. In return they got a landfill free guarantee.
Fortunately, they long did away with any CRT's and they really didn't have too many LCD's. We did walk away with about 30 old Dell workstations, 20 Toshiba tablets, 15 or 20 Lenovo's (T60's, T61s, and a few T43s). The biggest problem with breaking down the old Dells was all the plastic. We couldn't just toss it out in the trash since invariably it'd end up in a landfill. So I had the brilliant idea of tossing it in the back of my truck and taking it down to the township building where they had a huge recycling dumpster where you throw your plastic and bottles.
/tangent
I think my original point is that nobody is going to get rich off computer scrap but it can be a rather lucrative secondary source of income.
mrsamsonite 
Originally Posted by JustInTime
I really don't see how scrapping computers could be one's sole income nor do I think anyone is attempting to make it as such.
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