On Sun, 4 Apr 2021 11:43:29 +0100, newshound
wrote:

On 03/04/2021 14:37, T i m wrote:


The last time I took a car full of stuff (inc probably 10 batteries)
I got nearly £100 and being retired and the scrap yard probably only 1
mile away, very much 'worth my time'. ;-)


Similarly (even at 7 miles), I'd been collecting for ten years or so. (A
couple came from neighbours, also I re-use old batteries for horse
electric fencing but they die eventually).

And you have also eeked out the time before they need to be recycled
(a good thing).

Got a few quid for ironwork too, a bit more for copper, but mostly from
the batteries.

Yeah, 'mixed light iron' isn't normally worth much so you need quite a
bit in one load to make it even cover the fuel cost. Ally is similar
but because being light, you still need a fair load to get anywhere.

Copper / brass has always been good and it pains me to see plumbers
and sparkies running large quantities of obviously brand new gear in,
often as a way of nicking cash out of a job at other peoples expense.

Not the same as a plumber taking away an old boiler, cylinder or old
imperial fittings and covering his expenses etc.

Cheers, T i m