Quote Originally Posted by hills View Post
I hear you on the AC window units. I see the same thing with dehumidifiers. They're mostly plastic and don't last very long. I get paid to break them down and prep them for Freon removal. The Freon removal outfit comes in and pumps out all the refrigerant & oil once we get a certain number of them accumulated. It's a fast process. They bang through em' in no time and leave the scrap for us to deal with. It's not so bad if you're paid to do it but doing it for the scrap value alone would be difficult. It's a lot of work and trash to deal with for not much gain.



Most of the transfer stations in this are are charging $ 40.00 to accept any Freon unit these days. That helps offset the cost of dealing with them.
Great point on the newer dehumidifier's... they are probably over all the worse when it comes to plastic waste. Them older ones that are all steel are way better, even tho steel isnt that great a payout, but its better than nothing for the plastic. But those newer ones are pretty much just good for the compressor weight. Not to much to the coils in them now either.