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    Copper Head is offline Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
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    The fact to include pure plastic is not metal , To knowingly do it is to deceive , Next is the guy who replaces the motor with a brick .
    what is done with plastic should be as a saying goes - what goes on in vegas stays in vegas -- .

    I have been trained by my yard if they deem to much plastic I get docked 50 pounds for a Vac .
    So that temptation as you hold that printer ready to toss has disappointing results .
    this is how I've been trained . There is a yard that pays less that over looks glass plastic by a higher margin
    but a 1000 pounds will net $55 bucks compared to $90 my main yard .

    If i had a big roll off truck the forgiving yard would be a fine place .
    they take the car and crush into a square shape about 5000 to 6000 pounds naturally non metal items can make it into the compressed cars , they load a car then pick up the scrap from scrappers and put it all in the compressor to make uniform looking king size bricks .
    Recently I was at a yard on Long Island NY I could see they took 50 50 items from some people since they need weight at any cost .

    But I have found I am happy with my yard as they are strict and keep me on the path of high metal to plastic. They seem to pay well if not way more then others 210 per gross ton 270 for short 300 for rotors
    they watch what you do .

    I once had a post around 2011 I touted how I bought a car battery from Sears and for the core I gave them a lead acid from an emergency lamp .
    The sears guy had to take as no written provision in paper work
    ( there is a sign in shop now ) any way I was reamed a new A** H***
    for the concept of deception from members. So I have to hold true to what
    they pushed - honesty
    I say this if the yards take it cause they balance there load - then fine .
    But if you sell an item to the yard that they have to deal with as unwanted
    - it is what it is deception .
    That is some thing we don't blatantly push here .We are examples of professional metal scrapers.

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