I just noticed our local yard in Warsaw (Lewis Salvage) is now buying cardboard. The website says that loose is $30. net ton and baled is $40. net ton. That baled price is the same as the metal appliance price.
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I just noticed our local yard in Warsaw (Lewis Salvage) is now buying cardboard. The website says that loose is $30. net ton and baled is $40. net ton. That baled price is the same as the metal appliance price.
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If you have the means to bale it, you can usually get around 80.00 per ton, but might have to sit until you have a larger quantity.
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Yea, this is a smaller feeder yard so that is their markup.
I suppose if you had a good way to transport a few tons at a time it would be feasible, but one ton of loose cardboard has to take up a LOT of room.
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Yeah, cardboard pays better than shred/sheet iron around here. At my place, we pay $25/NT for shred and $25/NT for baled cardboard. However, we don't pay for loose because our local mills only pay for baled. But...I have a baler, so I can bale the loose and come out ahead.
Believe it or not, we have actually started paying for shred in this down market. Because of our volumes, we get a decent price for shred. We have a large drop off that will hold 6 to 7 ton of shred at a time. Since I started buying shred from my smaller e-waste providers, my volumes have gone up all around. We are becoming their one stop drop off. Believe it or not, at $25 NT, we are the best paying yard for 30 miles in any direction. We only take small stuff like computer cases, etc. I've take a couple of stoves as well....but it all goes out of their car, onto my scale, and straight in to my roll off. While I may not be making a large income on the steal, I'm providing a service to my customers. Oh, and I'm putting up a sign that says "Cardboard Recycled Here. Free Drop Off." Our cardboard has increased as well.
So, find a buyer for your cardboard, even if it is a small amount, and offer a service. I'm convinced that when the markets start going up again, I'll have a customer base already established.
Ken
We bale out about 2 bales a week of cardboard. I hate the stuff but it is a byproduct of what we do. We also have customers drop it off with their Escrap and steel.
My guys call it crapboard around here.
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might end up being the "pay the bills" thing for at least awhile...until the steel prices rise again. It is READILY available and if you have a higher end baler, you can get 800lb bales out of it. They stack easily, so you can put alot into a small space. Heck, I would almost rather do that along with paper if I had a space large enough.Originally Posted by ResourcefulRecycling
GRANTED, I do EWASTE (FAR FAR MORE PROFITABLE THAN most metals for the space)....I would just do the other to pay the bills if I had the space.
PROFIT is made when you BUY/ACQUIRE NOT when you sell
Its a break even product for us. and we are kicking out 1200lbs bales.
I will stick with my plastic and escrap.
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MAN I wish we could do plastic here too...I would do it as well...BUT higher grade paper is worth quite a bit more than cardboard. You might want to check those prices as well. Team up with the schools to recycle it (or anywhere else that generates a large amount of paper)...magazines, "white" paper especially...
Just another avenue for $$$ to weather the commodity metals market.
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