New to scrapping

Hello all my name is Derrick. I was in the Air Force for a little over 5 years and now I work at a local hospital in Ohio. While working I realized that they have been piling up E-waste. I talked to my boss about scrapping the waste and he said it was all mine. There is laptops, computers, hard drives, monitors tons of wires and cables, batteries, printers, scanners, copier, fax machines and telephone's and cords. I am looking for advice on what to do with it all. Thanks in advance for your help

Welcome to the forum. First thing is to see what works. With scrap prices so low, you will do way better selling the working stuff for reuse rather than scrapping it. Even if it is $20 for a laptop, that is better than the scrap price. The next thing you do is read the archives here. Chances are someone has broken down everything that you have and there is a thread on it. They will tell you how to break it down to be the most profitable. This forum is a great resource if you are willing to put it the time to learn. Good luck and please keep us posted. We all love to hear about other members hauls. Also post some pictures, we also love scrap porn.

Welcome to the forum, Derrick. Looks like you're off to a good start. There's a great E-waste buyer in Ohio (IMO) and we're lucky enough to have him right here on our forum.
Also, seek out our "better than scrap" buyers and you should be addicted in no time.
Good luck in your studies.

Welcome to SMF from the Dakota's. Although I am a full time scrapper minus the time fishing and hunting, I am just getting into ewaste myself. I have been searching the archives and it is time consuming. The information is here if you are willing to invest the time. Good luck to you.

Welcome to the forum. Follow the advise you have been given so far and hold onto what material until you feel confident you know what you are doing.

Thank you for your service. Mike

Greetings from Wyoming!

Thank you for your service.

For computers, more than scrap value components (Or, sometimes the whole system) will be your best friend. If you can get a couple of dollars in scrap value for a PC, it's one thing. If you can see the components to a buyer for more money, that's a whole lot nicer!

getting n at a low point will help you manage your expenses wisely and learn more what to do so you don't fall wayside like so many have since prices dropped over the last years if you have fun read learn and cash in you will get hooked

Welcome from PA, thank you for your service my fellow warrior! all the advice you need is in the above messages, best advice is resale at this point. Good luck and happy hunting!!!