Been browsing SMF for awhile, so much to learn, it's almost overwhelming!! Glad there are people like SMF members willing to help the clueless like myself! Truthfully scrapping on a small scale has proven physically more difficult than I ever imagined and I have very limited space for storage. What I am trying to do is save landfills from electronics and recyclable materials, esp those that earn me money. Currently I am scrapping metals such as aluminum, steel, brass. I have taken apart btwn 15-20 computers(nothing compared to most here) and saved all wires, clipped ends off the wires, screws, computer carcass case, copper, aluminum and maybe some tantalum capacitors. Since (currently) I don't have volume, I am trying to learn how to sort to make the very most $ off what I have. Hope I am not too small time the SMF boards!
Here's an odd question for you: has anyone recycled jewelry/craft supplies, (such as pins, etc) made of aluminum, copper or brass, or ferrous metals? I haven't been able to locate anything thru searching jewelry. Some bracelets are a mix of copper with aluminum, would this go as dirty copper?? The ones that are not mixed metals, just put in a box with like metals?
I do sale all I can as jewelry, recycling the remaining stuff to squeeze every penny of profit I can from jewelry making.
Thanks in advance for any help/advice!
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