What items will your scrap yard not take? - Page 2

Originally Posted by noobscrapper

All of the scrap yards around here will not pay for any sort of appliances: washer, drier, boiler, refrigerator, tvs, etc

Sounds odd, but just part 'em out and take in the components. You'll get more money than taking them in as shred anyhow

Originally Posted by BRASSCATCHER

Will they not take them whole or not at all and why? Where are you located?

The Iowa DNR is really on their butts. If they find any part of an appliance they get in trouble. some of them will accept the appliances for free(don't pay you), but they have to ship them out of state in order to get anything out of them. I'm living near Des Moines, IA right now. Moving near Kansas City in about a month, so sounds like their rules are a little more relaxed.

Mine will take gas/propane tanks as long as they are cut.



They do not take chain link fence (how are you supposed to recycle it then?? :confused lol

They do not take refrigerators untagged

They will not take whole AC's or dehumidifiers but will if they are broken down.

A yard by me said they no longer accept any copper that has been in contact with freon. C'mon. They are trying to eliminate the small scrapers as they will accept all the appliances with freon for free. Good thing there is a yard just down the block that accepts it.

Originally Posted by ecogeek

The yard I'm going to won't take circuit boards or burnt #2 copper. Really, though, I've found that soaking my rough looking copper in a citric acid solution (Citric acid is easily available at wallyworld), shines it up and cleans it nice.

Its odd to me that your local yard wont accept burned copper.Missouri has no law that prohibits this.Oklahoma does have a law that prohibits the buying of burned copper...just wondered if you are selling in MO.

What I dont understand is how your cutting propane tanks. You have some big cahonas if ya using torches, etc...

Originally Posted by ozzy214

What I dont understand is how your cutting propane tanks. You have some big cahonas if ya using torches, etc...

let it soak in soapy water for a long while or fill it with car exhaust takes all the oxygen out.That is the only way I would do it.

Originally Posted by ozzy214

What I dont understand is how your cutting propane tanks. You have some big cahonas if ya using torches, etc...

I drill a hole in them first, as long as there is a place for the flame to go it doesnt explode. Ive done thousands of them this way.

Originally Posted by ResourcefulRecycling

I drill a hole in them first, as long as there is a place for the flame to go it doesnt explode. Ive done thousands of them this way.

wouldn't removing the valves do the same thing ?

Originally Posted by ResourcefulRecycling

I drill a hole in them first, as long as there is a place for the flame to go it doesnt explode. Ive done thousands of them this way.

Yes it would, i just always seem to have a problem removing the vavles.

Originally Posted by joebob49

The yards around here do not accept porta johns for some reason lmao. litterally they have a sign at the yard that states that. no tvs monitors of any kind no oil tanks.

maybe they dont want to deal with all that crap lol=)

I know it has been a while since anyone replied to this thread, but in my area they don't accept coaxial cable. Ditto for glass, but someone already mentioned glass.

3 of the 4 yards here don't accept microwaves, plastic tub dishwashers, and ewaste. There is still no outlet for CRTs in the whole area.

Originally Posted by 406Refining

There is still no outlet for CRTs in the whole area.

Thanks to EPA regulations, it costs $20+ to legally recycle each tube.

Originally Posted by ozzy214

What I dont understand is how your cutting propane tanks. You have some big cahonas if ya using torches, etc...

Plasma, no oxygen injected internally.





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Originally Posted by Bear

wouldn't removing the valves do the same thing ?

Only if you enjoy chasing the valve from a partially filled tank once that last bit of thread from the valve is released from the tank head.

Also the yard wants at lease a three inch diameter holes cut into the side of the tank.

Originally Posted by newattitude

Mine will take gas/propane tanks as long as they are cut.



They do not take chain link fence (how are you supposed to recycle it then?? :confused lol

They do not take refrigerators untagged

They will not take whole AC's or dehumidifiers but will if they are broken down.

I'm pretty sure this guys not on here anymore. but since others started this thread back up I thought I would just point out that chain link clogs the shredders used. even if the yard you sell to doesn't shred themselves if they sell to a yard that doesn't take the chain link then they in turn will not take it. What happens is somehow downstream it clings to just about everything. Throw a lot in there and add a leaf spring or two and now you made yourself a net to catch just about every piece of steel trying to get through. since the mills don't shut off immediately even if you do catch it right away it still has a pretty good jam you gotta dig out. If you don't catch it right away you now have a situation where your trying to dig thousands of pounds of metal out of an area you can barely get anything to fit in. and you have to be real careful not to get your self or anyone else buried or stuck in something in the process. Every time we clog ours up I usually have to take a quick half shower in the sink to get all the insulation and fiberglass dust out of my skin otherwise I end up itching the rest of the day. And it takes a certain kind of person to climb into some of the places we have to climb into to unjam the belts. If a yard doesn't have that kind of person on the line that day, getting the thing unjammed is gonna be a way bigger problem.