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    eesakiwi is offline Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
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    Microwaves and fridge compressors have (there's exceptions..) 1Kg (or 2lbs) of Copper in them.

    Since with fridges you have to cut the compressor open, you need to sort out the Freon first.
    You have to do this 'By the Book' or its going to cost you everything you own.

    So, Microwaves is the best $ producer. There's Copper in 3 places, all easy to get to.

    The magnetron thing... Its got Beryllium in the pink/white ceramic things on its ends, don't break it, its poisonous, don't inhale any of it if it does get broken.
    Just wrap it all up and place it in the rubbish where nobody's going to get to it.

    The rest of the microwaves Steel or a little plastic and glass.
    You used to get paid for Steel so they made great bins to put other Steel into, screw cover back on and you had 20kgs of easy to shift 'Lightgauge Iron'.
    Now Steels not worth anything, you would be lucky to get $1 for it.



    But for ease, microwaves are good.

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