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    Scrap yards in Knoxville area

    We're really new to scrapping and are assembling our first load.
    Man, you read, read, read--and then when you get out there and
    start breaking things down, you realize how much you don't know! :eek:

    Had our first "break down session" yesterday.

    Anyway, we're also trying to decide on a scrap yard here in the
    Knoxville area.

    Not many listed--that we can find, anyway.

    One of them is evidently a huge operator with one of its locations here.
    pscmetals.com

    Below is what's on their site about what they DON'T take.
    This includes the capacitors and transformers,
    We have salvaged a few from a microwave, etc.
    What would you recommend we do?
    They are a pain to break down and not even sure they'd
    take them that way. I'm sure they know what they're looking
    at...don't want to deal with ticking someone off right off the bat.



    Any help is appreciated!

    Free-flowing liquids, gas, oil, paint propane, water, refrigerants, etc.
    Hazardous, toxic or radioactive materials of any kind
    PCB-containing materials (ballasts, capacitors, transformers)
    Dirt, debris, or trash of any kind
    Steel drums without certification of cleaning
    Closed containers under pressure (propane/gas cylinders, fire extinguishers, aerosol cans, etc.) These containers can only be accepted if stems are removed and opened (punctured, drilled, cut) so that containers are no longer pressurized and verifiably empty
    Computer monitors, keyboards, printers
    Ammunition/Ordinance scrap
    Mercury switches


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    I am in Knoxville....Take all your clean steel to PSC they pay the most....They will buy the transformers as motor parts...I will buy your computers if u would like as well as monitors although I don't give much for them
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    PCB-containing materials (ballasts, capacitors, transformers

    They will take ballasts, caps and transformers that don't contain PCB's.

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    Thanks for the replies. We're still deciding on escrap-how we want to deal with it. We just broke down one of our old towers (or our version of breaking it down lol)-just to see what all's
    in there!

    How do you know which of these don't have PCBs???

    Glad to know PSC takes the intact transformers as motor parts.

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    Yeah PSC is very paticular....No trash or plastic but once you get to know what they take they are ok plus they pay most....I use them when I have clean steel or appliances but there are few others when I want to unload some other crap

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    Okay, so they won't take things that I read people usually put in their shred pile--like metal with plastic still attached-that sort of thing?
    Where do you recommend taking that?

    Good to know before we show up there!

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    Quote Originally Posted by doso View Post
    Thanks for the replies. We're still deciding on escrap-how we want to deal with it. We just broke down one of our old towers (or our version of breaking it down lol)-just to see what all's
    in there!

    How do you know which of these don't have PCBs???

    Generally, capacitors that do not have PCBs will be labeled as "NON PCB BEARING".


    Glad to know PSC takes the intact transformers as motor parts.

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