Hello Scrap forum,

Me and my brother run a scrap hauling business (hauling/cutting ag lots) and we have been doing this for about a year part time (both are college students).

My idea is to purchase some 5 gallon buckets (real cheap on craigslist) and go door to door in a dense neighborhood (1 house every 200 or so feet). We would knock on doors offering to haul small scrap items (Pretty much anything like wire, ferrous, electronics we can make money on, etc) as well as free hauling of large items we can break down like washer or dryers. If the people are interested we say just put any metal items in the bucket and any large items out front and we will pick them in a week or so.

Our current business is mostly ag lots with some appliances. My thought proccess behind this is it gives the people with say 20 or 30 pounds of metal (I get messages all the time asking if we want 10 pounds or 20 pounds) a chance to recycle that. It would also give us the ability to take small lots because we would be getting so many of them.



Thoughts?

Thanks!