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| Friday, April 21, 2006 |
| Scrap Riches? |
 Today's Boston Globe has the story: As commodities markets churn, scrap metal profits pile up. Scrap dealers are paying higher rates this year due to the rising global commodity prices. Now scrapyards are seeing homeowners bringing in all manner of metal goods in those ubiquitous SUV's along with the regular trash picking peddlers. John Miranda of Westport stopped by the scrapyard one afternoon this week with an old radiator and some damaged auto rims in the back of his Suburban. Gitlin paid him $45 for the load. ''That's half a tank of gas," Miranda said. To see what some common household goods are worth as scrap check out the graphic. |
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Looks like it may finally be worth my while to clean up my front lawn of it's ornaments (rusting cars, old bathtub, etc.) ;')
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I used to live near a small recycling center. There were a ton of homeless folks who would wander around the neighborhood, picking up scrap metal. And that's how they made their living. But the local alderman told us to be careful because the homeless guys were becoming a bit more aggressive. Apparently, the competition for scrap metal was pretty stiff. And there were reports of folks ripping pipes out of new construction homes. One of the builders had to pay for a security guard to stand watch over his property every night for 4 months until the building was finished. Also a lot of bikes were getting stolen and being melted down for scrap metal. I suspect that's what happened to my Canondale mountain bike (aluminum frame). I was not a happy camper when my bike was stolen, especially since it was parked in a secure area. They must have broken the lock to get into the storage room.
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since when was $45 a half a tank of gas? It's good to see these things being reused and not filling up landfills tho.
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My father's warehouse is often losing power and water because people try to cut out the pipes to sell. They tend to have more success with the water pipes, and they tend to go to the morgue when they go after the power.
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Well, this is terrible. Wendy R. just sent me an Email with a link to this story about folks stealing bronze war memorial plaques to sell for drug money.
Anger lingers as plaques disappear
I guess the price of Bronze has gone up and thieves are noticing.
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In Charm City, they're really ambitious. Light poles are made of aluminum and they're being stolen by some really audacious thieves. That story made the front cover of the Wall Street Journal.
That's horrible that memorial plaques are being stolen. That's like the thieves who steal the beautiful statuary headstones out of graveyards in New Orleans. Disgusting.
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It's about time - everybody needs a little extra cash. Way back in the 60's & 70's, in states with no bottle bills, we'd collect cans by the side of road, flatten and turn them in every so often. Same with copper tubing - pieces from home building (always asked first). Hope lots of people saw your post and will participate.
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Looks like it may finally be worth my while to clean up my front lawn of it's ornaments (rusting cars, old bathtub, etc.) ;')