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  1. 12-28-2013, 08:23 PM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scrap man View Post
    My yard takes christmas lights w/ bulbs as copper bearing along with low grade circuit boards and motors. Maybe your yard would take them as that
    Not here in Louisiana. I haven't found a scrap yard yet around here that takes circuit boards. We are definitely backwards. No christmas lights either (I'm in livingston not too far from New Iberia). What I do is strip them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cajunscrapper View Post
    Not here in Louisiana. I haven't found a scrap yard yet around here that takes circuit boards. We are definitely backwards. No christmas lights either (I'm in livingston not too far from New Iberia). What I do is strip them.
    There's a lady in Denham Springs that takes em. She's on Hwy. 190. She's got an inspection station in the front and a small recycling center in the back. About 6 months back she was paying .20 per pound for Christmas lights. Not sure what she's paying now. I think she turns em in to Southern Scrap, but I'm not 100% sure on that. And I don't think she takes circuit boards either. Btw, Livingston to New Iberia is almost 100 miles. Kinda far, ain't it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by skylinejack View Post
    There's a lady in Denham Springs that takes em. She's on Hwy. 190. She's got an inspection station in the front and a small recycling center in the back. About 6 months back she was paying .20 per pound for Christmas lights. Not sure what she's paying now. I think she turns em in to Southern Scrap, but I'm not 100% sure on that. And I don't think she takes circuit boards either. Btw, Livingston to New Iberia is almost 100 miles. Kinda far, ain't it?
    I didn't know about her, sorry. 100 miles is far, I meant more that it isn't 3 or 4 states over or more. And that it isn't far for there to be different policies, though I have seen yards 20 miles apart that have different policies. I mean't no offense by anything, and I hope no one took it that way. I was just trying to add what I have experienced lately.
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    Quote Originally Posted by skylinejack View Post
    Btw, Livingston to New Iberia is almost 100 miles. Kinda far, ain't it?
    Somewhere in there I thought about suggesting Beaumont but then nahh, that would be way too far. Been awhile since I was through there much but think it can't be much further
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bear View Post
    Somewhere in there I thought about suggesting Beaumont but then nahh, that would be way too far. Been awhile since I was through there much but think it can't be much further
    I could be there in 20mins (very fast scrapping truck)

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    hahaha I just posted the same thing and then seen your post.. lol... hi hi cajunscrapper nice to meet you.
    Quote Originally Posted by cajunscrapper View Post
    Not here in Louisiana. I haven't found a scrap yard yet around here that takes circuit boards. We are definitely backwards. No christmas lights either (I'm in livingston not too far from New Iberia). What I do is strip them.
  9. 01-01-2014, 05:19 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheRecycleGuy View Post
    hahaha I just posted the same thing and then seen your post.. lol... hi hi cajunscrapper nice to meet you.
    Nice to meet you too. It is definately a backwards state, but it is the only state I ever want to call home.
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