You wrote:
"What to change:
---Dont's waste time on cleaning junk.
I get to the steel heap and I see guys throwing in items that are covered in fabric, wood, all sorts of things on them. I guess they don't care. As long as it has metal in it they didnt even notice. So i wont be cutting fabric or removing plastic feet anymore."
Where-as it is true that many scrap yards will allow certain noticeable amounts of contaminants (such as plastic) on the steel, selling the steel "as is" with these items attached to them, does indeed actually decrease the price per pound of scrap steel, in reality--the long run.
The cleaner steel is, the more it is actually going to put the price of scrap steel at (per pound).
So therefore, if you are merely interested in the short-term result--saved from doing the work of removing the contaminants--it does indeed make your job a bit easier!
However, if you prefer to make a (likely extremely small, insignificant, possible even questionable) investment, you may wish to remove the easier-to-remove, more size-able contaminants.
Thankfully, where I live the price per pound of steel has just gone up another cent per pound--now it is sitting at .6!
Thanks for all of your time!
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