How bad is your scrap addiction.

**greytruck** · 10-26-2018, 07:46 AM

Originally Posted by BHNathan

I try to save every single screw and bolt and nut from every breakdown I do convincing myself that the 5 cents per pound is worth it.

Thats an easy 10lbs a week right there

**RLS0812** · 10-26-2018, 05:36 PM

Originally Posted by greytruck

Thats an easy 10lbs a week right there

The question is how much of your time do you sacrifice for $0.30 ? I know sorted & graded nuts and bolts are worth a lot more per /lb, but that takes a lot of time.

Me personally, I do not go 'scrap crazy' if it takes too much time. I'm not going to spend several hours to recover a few cents worth of scrap. I only have a limited amount of time left in this life.

**520** · 10-26-2018, 06:05 PM

Originally Posted by RLS0812

The question is how much of your time do you sacrifice for $0.30 ? I know sorted & graded nuts and bolts are worth a lot more per /lb, but that takes a lot of time.

Me personally, I do not go 'scrap crazy' if it takes too much time. I'm not going to spend several hours to recover a few cents worth of scrap. I only have a limited amount of time left in this life.

IDK man I have seen you break down some pretty low grade e-waste in your videos! lol

I collect all my screws but I spent 50 bucks on a real nice roller magnet with an aluminum case. All you do to release the nuts and bolts is pull up on the handle and everything just drops off. I get prepared price for them so at .0775 cents a pound I should have the magnet payed for in about a year or so! lol

**greytruck** · 10-27-2018, 07:27 AM

Originally Posted by RLS0812

The question is how much of your time do you sacrifice for $0.30 ? I know sorted & graded nuts and bolts are worth a lot more per /lb, but that takes a lot of time.

Me personally, I do not go 'scrap crazy' if it takes too much time. I'm not going to spend several hours to recover a few cents worth of scrap. I only have a limited amount of time left in this life.

I throw them right into a 5 gallon bucket next to my work area and when full i dump it in a dryer. extra 50-60 lbs. Takes no time at all. I probably make more money off screws than that garbage you take apart in your ewaste videos.

**recyclersteve** · 10-28-2018, 03:39 PM

Originally Posted by RLS0812

Me personally, I do not go 'scrap crazy' if it takes too much time. I'm not going to spend several hours to recover a few cents worth of scrap. I only have a limited amount of time left in this life.

What complicates this for some of us is stubbornness, and in some cases, doing something for the first time just to get the experience.

I have to admit there have been things that looked really simple to tear down or strip initially. Then, when I'm knee deep in the job and swearing like crazy, I justify finishing the job by saying to myself "I will let this be a learning experience, but this will be the last one of these that I ever scrap."

Six months later I find another doohickey and say to myself "Wow- never seen one of these. Let's give it a shot." (and I've already forgotten the one from six months ago)