I recently was in another state, and saw something that kind of surprised me.
I'm not going to list the location, but it is a facility that charges individuals to drop off there E-scrap.
For Example: Joe comes into facility and wants to drop off 27" TV and some cables and a Laptop. The facility charges him $1 per inch for the TV ($27) and they take the laptop and cables for free.
They do however buy stuff that has been processed at low prices (boards, cpu's, ect)
I was super surprised at the line of people waiting to drop stuff off. (25+ people an hour) Not only were they giving away lots of valuable items, they were paying this company to take them.
I'm not just talking CRT's and stuff like that. I saw the company charge a guy to take his copper wire and the customer happily paid them.
I know a lot of states have strict E-waste laws saying you can't put any of that stuff in the trash. I thought this facility had a great idea, but I was also surprised to see so many people giving valuable stuff away, and paying someone to take it.
I know a lot of people run facility's like this, it just amazed me at the amount of volume they were doing. I didn't know people were so eager to get rid of old electronics, and on top of it, pay someone to take them.
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