Going by what I have seen at the scrap yards and what I have done, I can't see how it would be cheating the yard if the plastic that came with the fridge went with it to the yard. If they want it removed they should state it. Look at it this way, when you scrap towers some of those have plastic covering the metal cases and most have plastic on the faces as well. Are we supposed to pull that off as well? Not me and i also put whatever plastic came from the inside, back in the case when I re-attach the cover. I have never had anyone say to do it differently. And after reading the above posts it is obvious that somewhere down the line someone is getting paid for the plastic that is left attached or inside of something. I think our job is tough enough when trying to get every piece of copper,alum,ss or whatever off of whatever we scrap, I know I don't get paid for a pm that is left on but somebody is down the line so I don't see the problem. Now as far as bottom loading a barrel of tin with plastic that i don't agree with, that hurts us all in the pocket if the yards have to take in more than what they expect. I also agree that loading a piece of copper and crimping the ends is also a bad idea. I know a place that if you get caught doing it they will pass your name around to other local yards and blacklist you, and possibly stick that pipe where the sun don't shine. I think the bottom line is this, know your yard and what they take. We are all involved in business in some form or another and should use some ethics. You don't like to get screwed over so don't do it to someone else.
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