what i do with plastic left over from scrap

Originally Posted by sledge

When I got into e-waste about 3 years ago- there was a market for the plastic- since gas was about $4 a gallon.
I was getting paid .02/lb for plastic- but I recycled it at my local R2 facility because I could.

Because crude oil is down so far right now (I'm paying about $2.11/gal) there are no buyers for the computer plastic- the manufacturers are able to produce virgin plastic cheaper than melting old.

See if you can snag your garbage men- ask if they will take your computer plastic. Mine will SOMETIMES. I had a run for about 2 months where I would fill 2 garbage cans with it- and they would take it- then new guys were on the route and they don't take it. I figure if 100 lbs of it got recycled- I did what I could! Heck when all of the garbage goes to the sort-house- it may be sorted out and recycled there- just not at curb to truck!

wow thanks for that. i didnt know that who would have thought.