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Aloha Everyone!
I run a computer business here on the Big Island of Hawaii. We're just starting to get into the ewaste field (as there's nobody here that does it).
Just wanted to drop in and introduce myself!
P.S. I'll be looking for buyers for all my processed stuff. PM me if interested!
Welcome to the forums from a sandbar off the coast of NC...again Emeeks!
Glad to have ya!
Sirscrapalot - keeper of traveling cooler.
Welcome from the Dakota's. I feel sorry for you because you do not look forward to spring as much as we do. Enjoy the company and information. Please post some pictures of the islands. It would warm our hearts because we are in the middle of a very cold snap.
Wife and I spent time on Oahu back in 69-70 due to a military committment. When the waves rolled in at Haleiwa Town, it sounded like a train was coming. Even had to use a defroster on my 59 Chev a time or two. Rented a duplex near the beach for $150 a month and the whole top floor of the Hawaii Hilton was available for $600 a month. Scrappin could be fun on the islands. Is lava worth anything? LOL !!Quote:
Originally Posted by Patriot76
See my lava .............
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a4...D550/ry%3D400/
My my, do you actually have that attached to your keychain? I wouldn't want to lug that thing around. Pretty neat though!Quote:
Originally Posted by Yunkman
No, it's bigger than it looks. That's a letter holder.Quote:
Originally Posted by emeeks
Glad to see another scrapper from Hawaii! I was beginning to get lonely :( Too bad you're all the way on the Big Island though.
Chad in Honolulu
Aha! Another 808erQuote:
Originally Posted by Scrap808
Welcome aboard Chad! Being from Honolulu I imagine you at least have a way to sell your scrap locally. There's absolutely no where to sell it here.
Pleasure having you.
I've never been to Hawaii. How do they recycle there then? If I'm reading some posts correctly, there are no scrap metal buyers in Hawaii? Or just certain islands?
Sorry for the dumb question :)
Well, for businesses and home owners they can recycle their computer equipment every 3rd Wednesday of the month with our state land fill.Quote:
Originally Posted by newattitude
OR!
They can give it to a guy like me, who scraps it out, sells it, and then I give what I can't sell here locally to a guy on the other side of the Island.
Since they only pay .20 cents a pound for AL and $1.27 a pound for copper, I'm just going to save it up and freight it somewhere when I get a big enough lot.
It's probably different on Honolulu though.
Welcome my fellow Islanders...yeah I wish we on the same island!!! Stayed on Maui and Kauai on my honeymoon. 8 days on each island, and a day trip to Pearl Harbor. What a beautiful place you guys call home!
It's indeed beautiful when you're not working 7 days a week. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by BRASSCATCHER
Yes. There appears to be a little more opportunity here (in terms of shred, steel, appliances, etc.) but I still run into the problem of e-waste, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by emeeks
Here on Oahu, there are a few metal recyclers and brokers. The main recycler for non-commercial loads (although they also accept commercial loads) is a yard located in the south west corner of the island (Kapolei) that owns about 4 drop off outlets. The prices at the main yard (about 30 minutes from Honolulu) are:Quote:
Originally Posted by newattitude
$0.06/lbs. general shred, steel, appliances
$0.09/lbs. irony aluminium
$0.50/lbs. clean sheet and cast aliminium
$1.15/lbs. brass
$1.29/lbs. #2 copper
Prices at the satellite depots are about 30% less because all material is containerized and trucked to the main yard.
No yards on Oahu pay for e-waste though. This yard charges $0.25/lbs. for e-waste recycling (except for computer towers. They pay a flat rate of $2.00 per complete tower). Residents here are allowed to dispose of their e-waste in the regular trash (if it can fit in their bin for weekly pick-up) or wait for bulky items pick-up once a week. There is one company I know of that will take all e-waste for free (I use them to unload my stripped CRTs). They have large bins to dump whatever kind of e-waste you have at HI-5 (Hawaii's bottle/can redemption program) locations making them very convenient.
One big note about Hawaii, however, is that all copper must be notarized (costing anywhere from $0 to $10 depending on where you go).
Wait...they actually consider that spur of land your on an island BC?
:p
He's a landlocked islander E. Don't let him in the club!
Sirscrapalot - trading witty barbs with BC is almost as fun as playing in the cooler.
Welcome from Rochester, NY
Currently 19 degrees (F) and buried in a snowdrift....
Water on all sides learn how to look at a map SirS. LI is attached to Queens and Brooklyn which is connected to Manhattan and Staten Island by bridges and tunnels that go over and under WATER. Therfore making it an island.
BC thinking of Hawaii, Don Ho and doing the hula.
They just give you that title to feel better. ;)
Those of us living on real islands and sandbars know otherwise. :p
Barrier Islands! Is what they call the area my sandbar is.
My island is bigger then your island..nya nya nya! :lol:
Sirscrapalot - Can read a map, just chooses to ignore LI as a real Island. Ha ha!
I'd live on a sandbar if I could sell my scrap better! Feels like I'm just sitting on gold :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Sirscrapalot
We'd be glad to have you! Can always use anothe computer shop! I'd buy your ewaste. ;)
I call dibs, I welcomed him first! Keep your hands off BC!
sirscrapalot - Real islands have pirates an treasure..not traffic an smog. :p