Ok I made a trip to my local yard over the weekend it was an interesting experience. I must have looked totally out of place and I stood there for a few minutes just trying to figure out what I needed to do
. It was quite interesting to say the least. i had scrapped 1 tv just to see how much was in it and this is what I got. I also had 1 tin gazeebo and a floursent lighting fixture
from the TV
1 lb #2 copper = 2.20
1 lb extruded aluminum = 0.6
1 lb #2 insulated copper = 0.65
Gazeebo
129 lbs tin = 0.075
All in all came to 13.02. Since the tin as almost 10 bucks the tv only netted me $3. The inside of the yoke on the tv was aluminum. But overall their prices were quite low.
I also got their sheet for
ewaste and here is whats listed
all mother and finger boards $2 a lb - intact
hard drives 0.6 a lb
ram gold and tin $5 a lb
ceramic cpus %15-60 a lb
green cpus - $7 a lb
power supplies 0.3 a lb
computer cords 0.3 a lb
now I know these prices seem quite low and it's a small yard as well. I was thinking that it would make more sense for me to strip the wires and the price difference is quite large.
What do you all think? Oh and one more thing batteries are $5 each or .3 a lb with 30 or more.
I'm just trying to find my niche at the moment and trying to see where by best bang for the buck is. I think there is 1 more yard near me and another one if i want to cross a bridge, but wouldn't be worth it unless i had a large haul as I would have to pay a toll both ways to get there.
Oh and one more thing. The people there were real friendly, they helped me out quite a bit and offered advice as well.
residnt
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