Know your fluff

I heard from a sanitation man FLUFF is all the left over unusable mix of glass plastic foam etc from the metal industry from cars and other appliances after shredder .
So i used a spread sheet to keep track of how much non metal actually i might be including with my mix by estimating the weight of items i see are true metal . Metal items that could have foam plastic glass i now can see how much i might give per order



I can see how to lower the FLUFF in my mix and see really how if your not careful you can accidentally get paid for to much FLUFF
some yards are also more forgiving so i can balance out according to yards preference.

Julie, you crack me up sometimes! I expected that from one of the guys! ;-)

A comparison of 2 yards one is a net other a gross now if i see how to not accidentally give to much fluff and be a Tweaking Fluffier - As you see first i know the loaded weight . Then i only add up the true metal . The fluff with simple subtraction is then isolated and reduced according to any yards rules and wishes . By me a yard wants very little - foam - plastic or any non metal .They watch very much so . Another yards I know gladly takes vacuums chairs with some wood
tires with wheels - I compare net and gross. This load almost had to much FLUFF I reduced by taking apart some of the items to avoid accidentally getting paid for (well you know the word)
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net ton gross ton
2000 2240

$144.00 pay per ton NT $200.00 pay per ton GT

$0.07 per pound $0.09 per pound


495 pounds Real 495 pounds Real

$35.64 will be paid $44.20 will be paid



425 lbs FLUFF product
$30.60 will be paid for FLUFF 425 lbs fluff
$37.95 will be paid

$66.24 total $82.14 total ================================================== ====== Weight adder column
495 total real LBS
220 oven
125 water heater
30 pipes
25 small fridge
20 few micro waves
50 small oven
25 2 bikes





920 LBS total weight
425 lbs fluff

A comparison of 2 yards one is a net other a gross now if i see how to not accidentally give to much fluff and be a Tweaking Fluffier -

what,,,,What !!





"scratching head repeatedly".

Originally Posted by Geiser093

Are you saying the Fluff yard pays less expecting fluff? Therefore you take the loads containing such material to them.

When you shred is cleaner you take it to the yard that pays more but expects better quality.

I find many things . I some times can find seats with steel and foam - but my favorite yard really does not want it - yet the other yard will take it - a wood table with metal legs vacs they wont penalize for wheels with tires, this yard approves certain items, as good items . I balance a load for each yards rules.
The fluff yard does not want a truck load of vacs alone , but have a washing machine a water
heater and other miscellaneous metals then the vacs are fine
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The higher payer yard I save more of the good stuff . As you see there is a big difference in per ton price . Knowing the stile of each yard allows me to have a broader scope of what i can sell .
It is clear to me the fluff excepting yard wants it all cause they compress it all in to cubes and sell it with massive amounts of other metals they sell .
Also another yard wants a tighter load even, but since they don't pay more no need to use them.

It's all good if you can get a customer for it .
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The recent load with 425 fluff i reduced it to 200 by removing a wood table top (that compressed wood type) some windows took the glass out , But an old table with metal top and wood legs passed as did a computer table and 2 plastic lawn mowers.

I dated a girl years ago, her nickname was Fluffy

Like cramming your mouth with as many marshmellows as you can until you can't say "fluffy bunny" anymore?