Good Will/Salvation Army?

Hey guys, I am watching Family Feud and thinking about all the scrap metal im turning in tomorrow. A question I thought of that has been in the back of my head: what do places like Salvation Army/any good-will store do with any donated items that are broken? I have been debating asking my local ones in hopes of boosting my flow of scrap metal.



Anyone have experience with this that could help me out? I would obviously do the removal for free!


Edit: Alright, so I realized after posting this there are various answers to this question already. For those of you who set up this relationship, how did you approach the establishment?

Goodwill has a contract with a company to take their old/outdated electronics.
Salvation Army I'm not so sure, you might check with any private non-profits, you might have better luck.
Some times you might have to offer them a few bucks each for junk/old computers to get the other stuff that does not have as much value.

I have just such an arrangement with a local establishment. The big name guys like Salvation Army & Goodwill would be great whale to land with such a deal, but lots harder to reel in since you'd be hard pressed to actually meet the person who has the authority to make such a deal.

The local place, I had an in... my mother-in-law used to deliver meals-on-wheels, which is run out of the county food pantry, which is supported in part by this resale shop.

Without an in, your best approach would probably be to offer to help them reduce their garbage stream, and dumpster bill, by taking those bulky broken electronics off their hands. Of course, that means YOU have to find a place to dump all that stuff, but such is the life, right?

When I lived in Jersey, I went to the Goodwill near me almost on a daily basis, became real close to the manager and assistant manager. They would give me first dibs on gold and silver, but would not even sell me at a price that I could make any money at anything that was in the dumpster. I asked them to start saving anything that was metal or had an electrical cord on it and I would buy it as scrap. The answer was we cant do that, what happens if you go and sell it for more money. The way I looked at it was that they had to pay to get the dumpster emptied and the less recyclable items in there the more actual junk they could dump in. In my talking to them, it isn't worth their time, you are talking pennies to a multi million dollar a year company. Much better off dealing with a small non profit thrift store.
That is my experience, others may have more positive experiences.