My guess is we are dealing with a person who first language (and only apparently) is not American/English, sounds Asian.
Can't see where transportation from a local yard can cost .25 a lb.
If your getting .56 which sounds about right your total cost should be no more then .25/.30 unless your dealing in huge volume. Also most scrap yards think in terms of tons soooo $500 a ton may sound better to him. also I hope the white stuff your talking about is steel computer cases and not monitor plastic.
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