The local tips are my graveyard - they have a recycle policy and I get some
good stuff from them. The tip at nearest big town (50,000) has lots more stuff
- usually there are at least a dozen or so microwaves there at any one time.
Local tip charges 50c or a $1, big town tip which runs the recycle program as a
business might charge $2 to $5 for a good (apparently) m/wave or computer etc,
and you can bring it back for xchange if NBG!

David

RichK wrote:

Hi David,

"quietguy" wrote in
message

The plastic repair specialists can sometimes repair those gears - might be
worth asking, but since there are so many microwaves dumped in the tip
these
days why not grab a couple and see if you can find a good motor

I would cannibalize one, but I do not know of a microwave "graveyard" :-)
Years ago, when city dumps were not regulated, you could go and find what
you needed in cases like this. Nowadays, I don't even know where take the
old appliances. My township charges about $50 for disposing a large TV or a
wash maschine, but they do not tell you where they go :-))

Rich