Intro

Hey guys my name is PJ. I live in northern illinois (ogle county). And I am new to all this, looking forward to reading through the forum and seeing what i can learn from everyone else. I work 2nd shift at a hotel and am just looking to make a little extra to help supplement my income. Actually I got started because we got new tvs at the hotel so I brought home about 50 25" tvs which i started tearing down. I am interested in e scrap mostly because of the seemingly availability and that its light. But am a bit intimidated since I dont know any of the parts or whats valuable etc. I'd like to eventually get something going where I pick things up for people but we'll see how things go. Hopefully this covers all the bases.

cool PJ :) there's lots of threads here about tearing down tvs, safely retrieving the copper and al, and how to deal with the leftover plastic and monitors

Use the almighty search button and it'll get you up to speed reviewing old post, and of course welcome to the forum

Thanks guys, I saw the video on some thread of tearing down tvs. I wanted them for the band around the tube and it turns out to be aluminum all the tvs are the same model sooo... that sucks.

Welcome to the forum. Here's a link to get you started with ewaste. Please continue with the study. Mike.

http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/showt...identification