If you do a basic google map search for nearby computer stores, you can find 100 stores within 25 miles or more in most places in America. Pick up the phone and call them. Find out what they do with their scrap. Many give it away for free. Many have no idea how to get rid of laptop batteries for example. I have yet to find one that gets paid for them. I stopped in one Friday and they handed me 50 pounds that they usually give away for free. We pay $2 a pound delivered for them. Figure 50 cents or less for shipping. You can easily get them paying 50 cents, which would net you $1 a pound or so. That might also open the door to getting some other items.



You can probably even get them from smaller recycling companies in the area. I have one chain of 6 computer stores which sell me 1500 pounds of laptop batteries every other month.