Ewaste in some form will never go away...same crap was said about steel and other things years ago when they paid next to nothing. There will ALWAYS be a market for some sort of recyclable....and disposable computers and other electronics will never go away. People are just spoiled because they were getting HUGE prices for gold and other PM's....you know that is NOT normal and if you thought it would stay that way, then you took a blow to the head somewhere. ALL markets are cyclical....they go up and down....we have had a 10 YEAR run on gold almost and a 3-4 yr silver run....just like the real estate boom...SHOCKER it can't last...EVER....simple economics...markets change and when something goes up, something else goes down.
Anyway....resell HAS ALWAYS been the market and scrap was the cherry on top. I resell cell phones and other high ens electronics and get 30%-150 ROI and can flip it in DAYS on Ebay. I just bought a macbook air for $400 and will flip it for $600 in probably 3-5 days. THAT is where good money is...the scrap is the END of the line for things and hence the lowest value....but I have NO shortage of it as people throw out the old from last year to get the new for this year. Some of that gets resold and the rest gets scrapped. I don't hold onto 95% of my stuff....you can't time the market and really I can take the cash I get and make FAR more money than holding and selling when it goes up...I have turned that money many times over by then.
The point to this is it will never go away...it will go up and down, but buy base don market pricing (if my prices are down for scrap then I pay less for stuff)....scrap yard does this...so should you. And if you aren't then you are going to get EATEN. Resell like a MF'ER....learn your craft or hire someone that knows...or you will miss all that money...1000's of % on your money. The next market is paper and plastics...this is NOT a secret and hasn't been. That is FAR more plentiful that steel and other metals and pays generally close or even higher in some cases than steel does....plus you just need a baler and a some storage space.
Trash companies will never go out of business...neither will recycling...just stop putting your stuff into one basket, adapt to the market and learn your craft...you will ALWAYS be fine if you do this....grow your business to adapt to the changing market (paper and plastic)...ie you can't work out of your garage and make a living. Ewaste STILL $$ for $$ and $$ per pound KILLS everything else unless you have heavy equip and can do HUGE weights...I just got more in 3 boxes of ewaste (141 lbs) than I did for a TRAILER FULL of steel and non ferrous (like 2K lbs of steel)....and my back was FAR FAR better for the ewaste stuff.
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