I learned this as scrap got tighter and margins smaller. I started to test items and resell. Now Im making more profit margin on items that Its crazy. I cant sleep at nite. Not because I need to pay bills or stress. Im lying I am stressed about capital because there is more out there to buy than $$$$.
At night Im trying to think what am I scrapping at top dollar that I can get like 1000 percent more. Telecom, electronics and many items in these fields are wanted. Some by collectors others because its a current technology in use. Watch out as soon as something better comes along boom. You stuck with it to scrap. But hey you bought it as scrap. Sell and make your margin.
The business we are in is amazing. But dont listen to the guys who say all the good stuff is gone. yEs towers and lap tops are drying up. Cell phones and tabs will be the next thing. Along with servers. New tech is small and everywhere. Just wait 5 years until the iphone is so awesome the ones we have now are being scrapped. You think the memory in there and ssd you cant harvest and sell. Think again. As recyclers we tend to dislike change. Hell I hate setting up a whole business plan and having to change it after a few years. Keep ahead and dream. Where do you think the 1000 million iphones will be recycled. You think one huge company will take all of them. Who knows may happen. Or maybe we will all be smiling because you made your dream happen. Wow I lost my point here. I started thinking who will is buying solid state drives and memory from cell phones. In the coming years they will be the ones cleaning house.
Phones I was giving to guy I like who would break down and recycle plastic and sell back what he could to me. Thats another idea. There is always someone who is smarter than you and needs work. Give them a bone. What you give away comes back in return plus her sisters. Lol.
Aaron Stillwater Recycling. Leominster MA
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