coozer
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| posted on 17/5/08 at 07:02 PM |
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Scrap Metal
Seeing as the value of old Sierras have gone from 1p to £150, and a length of copper pipe in B&Q cost a fortune these days I'm wondering
about this whole recycling lark.
We have a box donated by Sunderland City council that me and the lad fill with aluminum cans every weekend. Without the amber nector in them they
weigh next to bugger all BUT seeing as the council take them is it worth me crushing them and weighing them in myself?
I know it will take ages to get a worthy weight but the cash may as well be in my pocket
Anyone do anything similar and will the scrappy take them???
Steve
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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paulmw
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| posted on 17/5/08 at 07:13 PM |
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Good idea. Also gives me an excuse to drink more beer
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 17/5/08 at 07:22 PM |
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Anyone have any idea of the price of scrap aluminium at the moment , should give you some idea if you can weigh an empty can.Reminds me I have a load
of scrap to weigh in.
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paulf
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| posted on 17/5/08 at 07:27 PM |
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I was recently thinking exactly the same thing, the council must be doing well out of providing this service to us and fining people that dont put it
in the right bins.
I took a load of scrap metal to the tip recently as i couldnt be bothered weighing it in, but think im going to dump it all at the bottom of the
garden and keep it for when i have enough from now on.
I am also considering removing my gas fire and re commisioning the fire place so i can burn all the combustible waste paper card etc, i remember ages
ago you could get a paper log moulding device that could compress waste paper to make blocks that burnt slowly.I will then be collecting all my
cardboard, newspapers etc and leaving nothing for the council.
Paul.
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indykid
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| posted on 17/5/08 at 07:31 PM |
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is a full can worth more than the beer in it? you know.....if you just happened to leave a 6 pack in the middle of the crate of cans
tom
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Mole
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| posted on 17/5/08 at 08:11 PM |
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Funny I've been thinking the same thing recently. Either that or this
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BenB
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| posted on 17/5/08 at 09:30 PM |
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Indeed! I was walking past a skip full of old plywood the other day. I wondered how much I could save by burning it in the hearth. I could also make
use of all the junk mail I get stuck through my mailbox every day!! At the moment it gets shredded and put onto the compost heap.... (except the
credit card forms which are pre-authorised and have my details already printed on them for some scammer to sign on my behalf- those get sent back
(unsigned and usually with the rest of the days junk mail) in the pre-paid envelope)....
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DRC INDY 7
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| posted on 18/5/08 at 06:43 AM |
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£1000 per tone alloy wheel scrap
https://www.facebook.com/groups/462610273778799/
Puddle Dodgers Club
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JoelP
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| posted on 18/5/08 at 07:50 AM |
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good ally is 4000 per tonne, my mate said just yesterday. He has a yard full of ally heads and manifolds! Alloy wheels arent pure aluminium.
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 18/5/08 at 02:55 PM |
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Yep I've stopped giving my cans to the council too. Robbing swines 
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