The shred pile isn't really about the steel at all

I was at the yard today, tossing some microwaves with the cords cut off in the shred pile (at $155/ton today). The attendant made a remark about the copper in them and the conversation went on to " yeah we shred it, and the shredder sorts the steel from the non ferrous from the fluff, and the mixed non ferrous from the shred pile gets big money"

so when you get $0.08/lb for white goods, they yard is getting the full value off of all the metals even the copper and stainless.

I never knew this and thought it was really cool, but it really makes me want to have a full size non ferrous separating shredder.




Think it works something like this -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqY3cShqHW4