Are you breaking things down and how are you separating?



My first trip was 10 pounds of copper pipe I asked the plumber to leave from a job on my house. I think I got $28 as copper#2. Knowing what I know now, I could have spent a few minutes cutting off the solder joints and cleaned the pipes to get $32 as #1. Small and simple example, but multiplied over years you can get more money for the same scrap.