28 Oct
2001
28 Oct
'01
1:43 p.m.
Hello John and others,
I think I could pay scrap (.gt. free ) value.
The scrap from commercial systems is actually valuable.
Scrappers can get up to $2.00 per pound for it. I had 8
racks of cards ( non-DEC very proprietary stuff ) that
didn't seem to want to sell individually, so I sold to a
scrapper. That batch totaled 880 pounds, and I got $660.00
( $.75 per pound ) and that scrapper wouldn't have been
buying it unless he was making good money on it too. It
just about paid for the 16' beavertail flatbed trailer I
bought from the same fellow.
So when Heinz says ...
It sucks that these people would rather scrap out a
machine
than let a collector have it for free.
It translates to ...
"it sucks that people won't give away free money"
Bennett
28 Oct
28 Oct
2:29 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Info from LSI" <dec.parts(a)verizon.net>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Cc: "John Allain" <allain(a)panix.com>om>; "Heinz Wolter"
<h.wolter(a)sympatico.ca>
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 2:13 PM
Subject: value of scrap
The scrap from commercial systems is actually
valuable.
Scrappers can get up to $2.00 per pound for it.
Hmm, AU$300 - AU$350 a metric tonne here. Maybe it's more on specific
items, but the scrap dealers in Adelaide are not fussed one way or the
other.
So when Heinz says ...
Sad but true
Cheers
Geoff Roberts
Computer Systems Manager
Saint Mark's College
Port Pirie, South Australia
geoffrob(a)stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au
ICQ 1970476
It sucks that these people would rather scrap out
a machine
than let a collector have it for free.
It translates to ...
"it sucks that people won't give away free money" 
11:56 p.m.
On Sunday 28 October 2001 11:29 pm, you wrote:
Sad but true
Here in the UK that might change soon. It is about to become illegal to send
electronic waste to landfill so it _must_ be recycled. As soon as one has no
choice but to send stuff to scrap merchants, they then tend to start charging
for taking it away instead of paying for it.
I have already seen the same happen with lead-acid batteries and old fridges,
to name but two examples, when the legislation came in stopping them being
disposed of by other means than sending them for scrap.
--
Regards
Pete
----- Original Message -----
It sucks that these people would rather scrap out a
machine
than let a collector have it for free.
It translates to ...
"it sucks that people won't give away free money" 
30 Oct
30 Oct
7:55 a.m.
Peter Joules skrev:
Here in the UK that might change soon. It is about to
become illegal to send
electronic waste to landfill so it _must_ be recycled. As soon as one has
no choice but to send stuff to scrap merchants, they then tend to start
charging for taking it away instead of paying for it.
That kind of law was already passed here this year. The responsibility for
recycling electronics is put on the manufacturers. That's when it became
easier to find old computers at the junkyard.
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Geoff Cowie
5:14 p.m.
I have already seen the same happen with lead-acid
batteries and old > fridges, to name but two examples,
And tires.
I was under the impression as far as computer equipment
in landfills, that it's the monitors with their phosphorous
coating that are the biggest problem. And there's little
money in those anyway.
But I guess that the lead in solder is a problem too?
Pretty soon it will become illegal to use a lead sinker
to fish with, huh?
Peter Joules wrote:
On Sunday 28 October 2001 11:29 pm, you wrote:
Sad but true
Here in the UK that might change soon. It is about to become illegal to send
electronic waste to landfill so it _must_ be recycled. As soon as one has no
choice but to send stuff to scrap merchants, they then tend to start charging
for taking it away instead of paying for it.
I have already seen the same happen with lead-acid batteries and old fridges,
to name but two examples, when the legislation came in stopping them being
disposed of by other means than sending them for scrap.
--
Regards
Pete
----- Original Message -----
It sucks that these people would rather scrap out a
machine
than let a collector have it for free.
It translates to ...
"it sucks that people won't give away free money" 
5 Nov
5 Nov
4:55 p.m.
I was under the impression as far as computer
equipment
in landfills, that it's the monitors with their phosphorous
coating that are the biggest problem. And there's little
money in those anyway.
The glass used in monitors has 2 to 4 lbs of lead content, and that is the
hazmat issue.
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