scrap prices

[growler]

iv never really been one for collecting scrap, however in the last 6 months i have realised how much money iv missed out on. At the end of July i took 3 black bins worth of t + e and got £170, at the beggining of October i took roughly the same amount to a different scrappy but only got £90. The guy at the second place said the value had fallen by £1000 per tonne in the last week. I wasnt happy but took his word for it. I now have another load but dont want to cash it in if the price is low. I looked earlier at one scrappy who were buying household at £1480 per tonne. I dont think this is a good price but im not very experienced at this game. Any advice would be greatly app. ty

 

[russty]

Burning cables a very bad idea, it releases a number of death inducing compounds into the atmosphere!!!!My brother in law is a paramedic & went to an isolated farm near bristol a while back- bloke dead in his front room, pile of house hold cable on fire place. Fumes KILLED him. For real.

Well i didnt think anybody would be as stupid to door it indoors!!
Its what you bbq sitting in the garden is usefull for during the winter months

 

[supasparxs]

Sorry to hear that,
I think its more a case of some cheeky robbing thieving Thick B45T4RD who has no idea of scrap value mabee he just needed a load of lenths of flex with 110v plugs fitted,People are unbeliveable for the hassle you have of fitting new flex and plugs on your lights some scum bag may make a couple of quid to but some drugs:63:

I think the costs of the 110v plugs and sockets was more than they got for the scrap cable (even if they striped it)

 

[supasparxs]

the older type 110v floouries were fun when removing them from site we had to check them all as the "guys on site" use to aquire the wee 110v>240v upstep transformers then fit them in a wee box to charge drills ect without having to fork out for a proper 110v charger
I havent had much scoof recently but do have a plastic bin in the shed for wee cuttings ect always have done this n always had a nice surprice at weigh in time
In glasgow there use to be "gadgies" went round with shopping trolleys of wheel barrows collecting what wee bits of scrap they could find best wayto stop them theiving from site was to give them a wee bit any time you saw them as 1 site i know of didnt do this they chased said "gadgies away" one morning on return to site oops there was 50mtr 25mm 4 core "missing" site was secure round the perimiter but NOT when gadgies climb scaffold and through upper floor window

Hmm

My Radio came with the 50mm trunking and the 110v lead with it,

honestly it did
(WEG)

 

[growler]

my local scrappy is paying £1490 per tonne of household. Is this a low price?

 

[gigeyes]

my local scrappy is paying £1490 per tonne of household. Is this a low price?

£1,310.00 in the eat mids, so not really no

 

[Rockingit]

I started doing this with my lad back last year - I just pile all the site trash into waste bags, rubble and all, then every couple of weeks his saturday job is to do my 'recycling', and whatever he manages to recover we take to get weighed in and that's his pay/pocket money. First time we did it he was stunned to get £50ish for what he thought was rubbish. Teaches him a valuable lesson and I get the van cleaned out - everyone's a winner!

 

[alarm man]

Just ring up a couple of local scrap dealers and get their prices, that should find out if your being given a true price.
A good question to ask is if they take burnt copper, sign of a true pikey! Can get a decent price and save a whole lot of time stripping cable

i thought it was illegal to burn copper cable in public anyway,many moons ago my old man and his spark mates would bring loads of it back,made a fire in a field and threw it on,i got the job to mind it while they went off,was told to run if anyone came(ie polis),topped me pocket money up anyway,were known as bluey bandits then,not sure if scrappies take burnt anymore.

 

[grantr37]

Burning cables a very bad idea, it releases a number of death inducing compounds into the atmosphere!!!!My brother in law is a paramedic & went to an isolated farm near bristol a while back- bloke dead in his front room, pile of house hold cable on fire place. Fumes KILLED him. For real.

I have heard of this happening before, and also people working in a plastics factory giving out carrier bags of scrap plastic down at the pub as people were using as firelighters instead of buying proper firelighters from the shop....they stopped this when they were told about the chemicals that went into the production of the plastic being released fast by combustion.....

 

[growler]

household scrap currently at £1700 per tonne at my local. was £1340 at the start of the month ! kerching !

 

[highspark]

I was given 14.50gbp for a bin bag full of lead cable last year around october. I thought I had been ripped off. Anyone know?

 

[Copper Wire Stripper]

if you strip the cover it s owrth 3 times more

try this tool to help solve your problem

Copperwire Stripper

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[Copper Wire Stripper]

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[Knobhead]

If you can wind that thing faster than I can run a knife down a cable I'd be impressed!

 

[Copper Wire Stripper]

hah very good answer !!!!

 

[Phil]

are they your products jojo?