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Copper wire is better........................
Posted By: Bob E. In Response To: Re: Anyone Heard of picking up soda cans by the side of the road? (Bill, the Roadie)
Date: Friday, March 14, 2008, at 10:49 p.m.(pst)
>> I can assure you that the technique of picking up soda cans from the side
>> of the road and cashing them in at the supermarket works indeed, and I
>> learned that for free, too. I see people using this income-producing
>> technique every day, as further proof of its viability.>> Doesn't mean it's an efficient way to make a buck, or that there aren't
>> vastly superior techniques for most folks. But for the people using that
>> specific technique, it must be the best they can do or else they'd be doing
>> something different.Actually, looking for copper wire at new home construction sites, especially where they are building a development of multiple homes, could be far more lucrative than recycling cans (you have to go in after the electricians have done their job, of course). Copper is going for WAY more than aluminum today. Problem is, once 911 hit and the price of metals began to skyrocket, it's hard to find any scrap copper wire since the employees and even the bosses snatch it all up to recycle it themselves. At least that's the way it was/is in my area.
So, now that I think about it, maybe, even though aluminum is going for a fraction of the price of copper, it may be more lucrative to recycle aluminum cans because there is more of a supply and therefore easier to find.
That said, you can put cheap ads around town for hauling scrap metal for free or even a very low fee for other people. You can get money for any kind of metal, but what they call "dirty tin" goes for very little. Dirty tin is defined as pretty much any metal that is not "cleaned" and there are various metals mixed in, or even other materials like plastic. The more you separate the expensive metals (clean it), the more money you make on your load. This is not for everyone, of course. For instance, you can get way more money fo rthe metal on a lawnmower if you remove the aluminum engine block and tkae that in separately form the rest fo the metal on the mower. But that all takes time. The faster you can work, the better off you are.
Just a thought. This post was sort of a joke, but not really.
Bob E.
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