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I thought I'd give one last update before year end. Prices for cardboard are slipping about $10 per ton over the past two months to about $90 to $95. Demand from China also seems to be dropping. ...

Well last month was probably the peak for cardboard prices in 2016. Prices this month went down $10 a ton but my buyer is still willing to take all I can sell him. But the price cut is a suggestion...

If I were him, I would sell to a scrap yard and get 60 or 70 cents on the dollar. You leave money on the table but you get it off your property ASAP. Especially since he has no idea how to strip...

Hi Miked,

The stove was really beat up and I doubt if anyone would pay me for it as-is. Maybe there were some parts to strip off but my yard is about full with paper and cardboard so something...

Took the stove in a few days ago and got almost $19 for it. The yard treated as #1 steel which I think is HMS that paid $120 per ton. I'm a repeat customer with everything on file, so maybe that...

It's a Tappan gas stove and looks like from the 1950s. No brass or other metals. Weighs 310 pounds. A lot more than a normal stove. Going to the yard tomorrow. Will let you know.

Not cast iron. I had a feeling it would be classified as shred. Too bad since that pays the lowest amount.

Is a stove considered HMS, mixed steel or shredder bundles? The stove has a thick frame over a quarter inch thick on all sides. HMS pays about $30 more per ton so I want to know before going to...

Well, I thought I'd give my Sept update on my paper scrapping adventures. This past month has just been crazy busy. I had my busiest 4 weeks ever with over 300 tons shipped. Pricing is still...

My advice to you is to keep your real estate footprint as small as possible if you are leasing. You are paying someone else a guaranteed rent regardless of what you take in and you are committed for...

Copperhead,

I have a soft spot for guys willing to take a risk and work for themselves. It sounds like you want to start the garbage business with as little money as possible. Here's some advice...

Another update for Summer 2016. We had an incredibly hot weekend and I was busy Saturday collecting cardboard at an outlet mall. I don't usually collect here but made the 40 mile trip because there...

I wanted to reply to RagnBone on employees stealing customers. After a week on vacation with my employee filling-in for me, I'm happy to report that my employee still works with me and all my...

Getting into the hot season and will be taking a week off for vacation soon. My part-time employee has worked out well and I made him a full-timer at the end of June. He has been tailing me for over...

Just a quick update on my cardboard business. I have been busy and was able to secure a few more accounts in Phil with a furniture retailer and local college the most notable. I also purchased a...

Thank you for your service Mike. 100 more of these accounts would be a big deal. Maybe in a few years. For now I'm just about at capacity. Picking up this office tower will make up for some of the...

Just a quick update from me: Last week I convinced one of the office towers in downtown Philly to send me all their paper recyclables for free. I was in downtown for a meeting and saw a bunch of...

There is a reason why Christmas lights are sent to China for recycling. It's because workers there are paid $500 per month to do labor intensive tasks like stripping wire. Even if you don't value...

I would randomly pick two or three PCs and crack them open at the scrap yard. You won't make any money on these PCs if the CPUs and RAM have been removed. Paying 10 cents per pound for shred is...

Hi Andyheim,

Rain is definitely a problem for me but mostly in the summer months when we get spot thunderstorms. Usually if rain is in the forecast I hustle and try to do my collecting before the...

Thanks Ruben23,

I hope to double over the next 2-3 years. I'm pushing to land a big client this year. If I do, that means I'll need to hire some help. The key is to be flexible because I can...

I currently have a 24ft box truck, a Harris baler, a Yale forklift, a Ford F150 pickup and a 48ft trailer that I use to store OCC in my yard. I bought everything second-hand except for my pickup. ...

Ace,

Sounds like you want a nice clean number to plug into a spreadsheet, haha. But it's more complicated than that. Regular pickups I'd say are about 60-70 but some I pickup twice a week and...

Hi Gus4113,

If you are in Philly then you have probably run into me on the road while going to work or the supermarket. Ya, I'm the guy picking up those bales. I was just at Franklin Mills last...

I just saw we made the topic of the day on scrapmetalforum. That's great and I hope we can keep up the conversation.

I do not provide any containers to companies I collect from. Some companies...