Hello from Eastern Mass

Originally Posted by Kevin99Johnson

So just wanted to say hello, I live just outside of Boston to the west and I work to the south, work in IT and have lots of stuff I would rather scrap than toss in a dumpster that ends up who knows where? I know about boardsort but would like to find somewhere local that I can take stuff too, everything from bunches of cat5/6, lots of electrical wire big and small, networking equipment, computer parts etc. Also willing to swap direct with someone if they want to take mine to add to their scrap piles if it's easier for me.

I also do garage cleanouts etc and end up with lots of stuff that usually ends up in the trash but I would like to find better things to do with old metal cabinets, washers, dryers, ACs, tvs etc if possible so less ends up in the landfills and incinerators.

Only problem I have at the moment is figuring out where a good place to take things like the wire and old PC/networking stuff that makes up a bulk of what I have right now. if anyone knows anywhere that takes working LCD monitors, that would be even better as well.

I also have some fairly heavy bits of steel too sometimes and some tips from CNC machines that have tungsten on them.

>old metal cabinets, washers, dryers, ACs

can all go to the local scrap yard, for like $0.03-0.05/lb

>tvs and monitors

good luck finding somewhere that will take these.... the only thing ive found to get rid of these is staples for the monitors (6 per trip) and a local landfill that will take 1 per day if you have id showing you live in the county..... tvs am monitors are a the worst

For the rest of your e-waste, there is buyers on here (or boardsort like youve discovered) but most likely you would have to take the time to disassemble it and learn what to seperate out, for it to be worth it.
The buyers here and elsewhere online have all the categories of what you can seperate stuff into and what they pay per category. So take everything apart, weigh it out, and load it on a pallet and ship it off.

That is what I do, I take stuff apart as i get it and wait until I have enough to justify sending a pallet, then send it off and cash in. The places local to me either dont take ewaste at all or pay SIGNIFICANTLY less

for example the one yard by me pays $5/lb for ram, whereas online its closer to $20/lb.... the one yard by me pays $0.15/lb for mother boards, all motherboards. The places online pay $2/lb - $5/lb for mother boards based on type.... so... you gotta calculate out if the trouble of mailing it off is worth it, or if you want to take the lower local costs (if you can find somewhere local).

I have found one place that is like 3 hrs 1 direction from me, that pays DECENT ewaste prices, but still nowhere close to what I get on here.

For wires, I take all mine to my local scrapyard and you probably can too. All the wires from inside computers and random stuff goes as dirty wire for about 45c/lb, wires of like normal stuff that plugs into the wall and cat5 wires goes as insulated #2 wires for around 60c/lb.....

if its electrical wire thats like, that would be inside a wall, with the 3 strands of solid copper inside it, that is romex wire and i think is #1 insulated and like 75c/lb.....

I would say it is unlikley to find anywhere local that will pay anything close to what you can get online (from a buyer here or boardosrt), but doesnt hurt to google a bit and see