The yard I use is pretty good on prices on alot of things, are 7 minutes from me, and are friendly, but they don't accept
e-waste at all. I don't have alot of volume yet, I just pick things up here and there. They give me 7c/lb for transformers as Copper Bearing (i took in a 5 lb transformer from a cheap component stereo, but would have needed a cut-off tool to break down), and 4.25c/lb on shred steel. Which makes me curious about if I should break down some of my transformers (I like to pull small ones off boards too, simple grip, twist, pull) into #2 copper and ferrite (I'm building up buckets of both). I haven't taken any wire in yet, but I have taken in copper sheet (
$1.61/lb) and copper pipe w/solder ($1.78/lb). I'm thinking the transformers that un-spool easily would be worth it, but the ones that have all that tape wrapped around it.. leave as copper bearing. Given these circumstances, what do you all think I should do with flybacks, and transformers in general?
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