Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
Hello, I've been garbage picking since I was about 4 and now being middle aged I guess you can say been doing it almost half a century. I never let pride prevent me from pulling a "dollar" or two out of a garbage can.
I'm in northern NJ and mostly do the usual non ferous metals when I find them and electronic as well. Great site, found it while Google searches on e-waste topics.
JPete
Last edited by JPete; 04-09-2012 at 03:16 PM.
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Welcome Pete, there's quite a few from up in your neck of the woods, you might even get to meet a few of them.
P & M Recycling - Specializing in E-Waste Recycling.
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Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
where in nj
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Morris county over here
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Welcome to the forum ! As I was once told the search button is your friend
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Welcome from Middlesex County.
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Welcome to the forum.
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Welcome to the forum. With your experience you will be a valuable addition. Mike.
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Now go beat the copper out of something, Miked
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what's your main electronics? Do you do old tube type stereos etc? Welcome to the forum btw
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ocean county right here
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somerset county over here .
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Welcome from Bergen County.
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Welcome Pete, Camden Co. here
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Thanks for the welcome everyone! I am in Hackettstown NJ. For those not familiar, it is closer to PA and the Delaware River than it is to NYC. My electronics has been mostly printed circuit board design. One thing I notice is the price for mother boards vs old fiber boards. Truth be told, an old tube type radio or TV probably has more copper on its double sided board than a multilayer digital board. I can bore you with those details later on! Thanks again for the welcome.
Welcome. I'm from sussex county
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ok, hackettstown. i got people in budd lake and long valley. a couple in hackettstown. PM me
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Yes but the motherboards have gold pins/connectors and other PM's (precious metals) that make them worth more.Originally Posted by JPete
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
Agreed 100%. Mobo's and MIL and telecom have more PM on them than ordinary. I do not know what the process is for recovering those metals though. I would think with straight copper it is a matter of delamination and burn off the FR4 and prepreg material. With mixed metals, I do not know how it works.
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Not to answer my own question, but to just put something out there, I just was reading this:
http://www.prospectorsparadise.com/html/smelting.html
and made me wonder if those getting the mother boards; first delaminate the outer layers with the nickel and gold on copper and smelt them down.
Then with the inner core layers burn it all off and what remains is copper.
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JPete welcome to the forum. You are about 15 minutes up route 80 from us. If you have any escrap questions don't hesitate to call or stop by.
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