Buying small time

Providing a small container service (trash can) for residential use.

Flyers would say something like,,,,

Do you like to recycle?


Have you ever wished you could make money recycling without having to deal with junk yards?

We can provide you with bi weekly recycling pickup.
If your container is full you can request a pickup anytime with a simple call or text message.
For $10 we can provide you a 40 gallon trash can with wheels or you can use your own container at no charge.

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Sorry but we cannot accept food tin cans or any type of food candy wrappers, paper or styrafoam plates cups.

Things we like to pay for
Steel
Aluminum
computers
etc
etc

Prices we pay are subject to change weekly.
As the week starting at 4/16 prices are

Alum cans-.25Lb

Steel .04Lb

Paper/Cardboard- .02 per 10lbs

etc

I think you'll get a lot of cardboard and people will be expectin big money for it.....When you hand them a quarter they will laugh

You do realize the trash companies have signed contracts with the state, county, city, etc. So good luck with it but don't let me deter you try and see if you can do it. I just don't think its going to be very profitable picking up 7-10 bucks worth of garbage whoops I meant recyclables in a 40 gallon waste bin.

You'd probably be better off setting a dumpster up in front of your residence that's labled "Plastic/Metal Recycling Dumpster" And have fun in it at night.

You might want to get into more detail on what items you except as steel and aluminum.
Example, Aluminum items we except. Alum cans, lawn chairs/tables/umbrella's, sideing/gutters, ect

I thought of makeing a detailed list of items to hand out to people but instead of a list it would be more like a book.
Good luck

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Originally Posted by greytruck

You might want to get into more detail on what items you except as steel and aluminum.
Example, Aluminum items we except. Alum cans, lawn chairs/tables/umbrella's, sideing/gutters, ect

I thought of makeing a detailed list of items to hand out to people but instead of a list it would be more like a book.
Good luck

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Instead of listing every single thing out, do the basics and somewhere on it put "Are you not sure if we accept/recycle XxxX? Call us at xxx-xxx-xxxx to find out!"

Keep it simple. Kind of like a menu at a restaurant..Who wants to spend 20 minutes reading it all over?

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Originally Posted by greytruck

You might want to get into more detail on what items you except as steel and aluminum.
Example, Aluminum items we except. Alum cans, lawn chairs/tables/umbrella's, sideing/gutters, ect
I thought of makeing a detailed list of items to hand out to people but instead of a list it would be more like a book.
Good luck

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Might just be better to list what you don't take, it would be a shorter list.

I would not pay for paper or cardboard but would pick it up for free if they were selling you other items.

Thanks for the input.


You do realize the trash companies have signed contracts with the state, county, city, etc. So good luck with it but don't let me deter you try and see if you can do it. I just don't think its going to be very profitable picking up 7-10 bucks worth of garbage whoops I meant recyclables in a 40 gallon waste bin.
hmmmm....... now that you say something, I realize it......
Well it wouldn't be a trash company but it would be recycling.

I know not much scrap could come from a 40 gallon container.
Key I think would be that if their container fills up and they can request a pickup with a simple text. Say they got a new oven and want to get their .04 lb for the old one ,they just text name and address,,,maybe have them give a brief description.

Payments to them would have to be by mailing check. And make a minimum for the payment of say $5 or so.

The majority of trash companies also offer recycling services and they don't like to have money taken out of there pocket. I don't want to squash your dream but you better check it out because there might be legality issues with what you want to do.

I can see problems with the card/paper. What are you going to do when someone unwraps some large flatpack furniture, stuffs the cardboard into the bin and then calls you to empty it? The fuel and time alone would kill you. I can see you running around town for not so profitable cardboard. I know you are trying to maximise your return by diversifying as much as possible, but I would advise you to stick with metal/electronics.

If you did that my only worry would be tweakers raiding the metal bins. Still, if the contents are worth something to the owner they might guard it a bit more carefully than their regular trash.

A yard here in town.

http://www.gradeaautoparts.com/comme...rap-metal.html