I just passed in the big hallway one of our janitors wheeling nearly a full bin of old "blue smurf" telecom wire from our facility out to the trash dumpster. I sold some of this stuff earlier in the year and got light #2 insulated for it (around here right now about 50 cents a pound). He probably had between 100-150 lbs of the stuff. But as far as I know our facility (or maybe GSA in general) doesn't have a "scrap" policy for such stuff going to a GSA auction. Or the local plebites haven't figured out (or don't want to) how to do it. In the end, it would probably cost the gov more money in "handling" this scrap wire than its worth, especially what it would probably sell for at a GSA auction. But its still the principal, especially how we brag how "green" we are doing other stuff. I just hope the trash haulers dig it out and take it in for some coin.
I think they also get our Al cans (which for a year could add up to a nice pretty penny given the size of this facility). In years past, our employee "association" used to use the can money to do things. But we had a purge about 7 years ago where the fraternization of all employees (we all work here and support the same mission even if various parties issue us our individual paychecks) cost the top gov guys their jobs. Now I guess the trash guys get that nice extra bonus. Bureaucracy at its finest...
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