Yards taking reefers in shred?

I would tend to agree with Mick.

However, if you have the equipment and are certified, you may want to ask if they have someone to recover this refrigerant. If not, offer your services.

If you feel the need to contact the EPA for an investigation, here is a link to the region 6 website:

EPA Region 6 (South Central) | About EPA | US EPA

more than likely the yard is separating items. I think its funny how with new laws in GA. An individual cant take apart the components of a window air conditioner or even a central a/c unit and sell individually to maximize their payout, unless they have a contractor / HVAC license, or a receipt for a replacement. BUT an individual can bring the whole air conditioner unit to the ferrous side and get paid 10-11 cent a pound for the whole unit and its NO PROBLEM.

Just the yard i go to says on their website they take e-scrap, but i call, and they gave me prices between .05-.10 per pound. And im thinking i can take it to ferrous side of they yard and get atleast .10 a pound. Yet next to where you drop off your ferrous they have big roll off containers where i see the yard works pick out the desktop computers they see, and throw them into the roll off container. any computer case they get from me is EMPTY i havent done all my research yet to know if i have anything worth shipping off to get paid from, but as long as i have the space to continue to store the motherboards , processsors and dvd drives I refuse to let them go for the regular shred prices.

99 if you done any research at all, on the buyers section of the forum, you can tell there is money in what you have. Even if its a small amount, depending on what buyer you decide on or if you have more then one, you can either save up enough to save on shipping or send it out in smaller quantities. Not sure what your particular situation is. I'm lucky enough to have several relatively close, so I've done both. Personally I'm trying to makes some moves in order to increase my volume dramatically, but we'll see how that pans out. As far as what scrap yards procedures are, I think most probably would want to maximize there bottom line so if its not already removed they most likely remove it themselves. I would be a fool to think that "some don't give a hoot and pollute", but all yards are regulated by the EPA in some manner, as well as state and local laws. The yards I frequent takes them either with or broken down without any additional need for paperwork or proof that the refrigerant was removed legally/responsibly. I've never taken one in personally, but I have an old freezer that needs disposed of. I'll most likely take it as is, since I would be paying more then what I would get separating everything out after the freon was removed. I also don't feel like contributing more to the pollution of our environment then I already do, among other reasons...

Originally Posted by Mick

I would run my business and let them run theirs.