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reread the post. it is the unintended conciquences, not the escrap that will be the problem.Originally Posted by jimmybay
I used dumpsters, maybe a trailer will work better to keep the a holes away.
"anyone who thinks scrappin is easy money ain't doin it right!"
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I still think it's a good idea (for me, anyway. It would depend on your circumstances). I already do something like this, only I don't have the trailer at the end of the driveway. I do my teardown in a five room cabin. My biggest issue is the plastic which entails a dump run every few days. As for the computer towers, all the ones I've gotten are metal covered with plastic so the scrap yard takes them. I take the plastic from the iMacs, eMacs, copiers etc a hundred pounds or so at a time. That way, I'm not overwhelming the landfill or myself. Same way with the CRTs. I take them in 10-15 at a time so Goodwill folks don't get overwhelmed. Once in awhile they'll infer that if this was a "business" there would be a difference.
People may laugh at me, but that's ok. I laugh all the way to the bank.
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Thank you Mick thats exactly my idea, heck I could take 5 to goodwill at a time so they dont get overwhelmed as its on my way to almost everything in town. If I was overwhelmed I could just shut the trailer down for some time.
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read the post: it is not the ewaste it's the other 80/90% of trash and garbage your "neighbors" will dump in the trailer/dumpster. I had dumpsters maybe a trailer will work better ? any way good luck let us know how it works out.
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Alright, thats understandable, and I could reference you to read my original post where I said if that became rampant I would shut it down, also in my original post I stated that our community is mostly good people with a few bad apples so it could go either way.
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I know of a guy that did basicly the same thing that your talking about. He dose not do this in a residential area. He has a small building with a small parking lot, he parked a trailer with a sign that says "appliance drop off" he has so many appliances that he can't keep up with them. I am sure he has all his permits in order or he would have been shut down a long time ago. Now back to the thread at hand, one problem that I see is, you are leaving yourself open for big law suits. Even if you have insurance, if someone gets hurt putting something in your trailer or even if they were stealing something out of your trailer you can get sewed big time. Just something to think about. This thread has just given me an idea. I think I'll go talk to this guy that I talked about and see if I can buy any electronics from him or tell him if he will take electronics that I will buy them from him. I'll give him a list of things that I take and how much I'll pay for them. Thanks for posting this thread, I'll let you all know how this works out.
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Good deal, I was hoping it would spark some ideas for other people to implement, or in your case just jog your memory of your acquaintances idea.
I wonder if I got permission to put it in a parking lot near a clothes donation bin like Burly Guys was thinking, if I would still be liable for injuries seeing as how its not on my property? Probably would have to ask a lawyer I guess, the world we live in... *sigh*
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