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I listed an old single panel rad on Freecycle but had no takers .I was
going to leave it out on Wed night for the Cleansing to uplift on
Thursday on their Bulk Uplift but I was wondering if they have any
scrap value?
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On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:47:52 +0000, NOSPAMnet wrote:

I listed an old single panel rad on Freecycle but had no takers .I was
going to leave it out on Wed night for the Cleansing to uplift on
Thursday on their Bulk Uplift but I was wondering if they have any scrap
value?


It's what's called "light iron". I think that's about 1p/kg was about 2.5p/
kg in June.




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I listed an old single panel rad on Freecycle but had no takers .I

was
going to leave it out on Wed night for the Cleansing to uplift on
Thursday on their Bulk Uplift but I was wondering if they have any
scrap value?


Not this month - last month yes !! Our local scappy will now take in
'light iron', but won't pay for it or collect it. All because the
Chinese have too much already.

AWEM

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On 17 Nov, 19:01, "Roger Mills" wrote:
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I listed an old single panel rad on Freecycle but had no takers .I was
going to leave it out on Wed night for the Cleansing to uplift on
Thursday on their Bulk Uplift but I was wondering if they have any
scrap value?


Very little! I got 10p per Kg when I recently took one to the scrappy.

However, if you've got any old brass fittings - radiator valves etc. -
there're worth *much* more pro rata.


But how do you sell them? Do you need to collect together a decen
total weight? If i take them to our coluncil dump they don't give
anything.

Robert



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On 17 Nov, 19:01, "Roger Mills" wrote:
In an earlier contribution to this discussion,

wrote:
I listed an old single panel rad on Freecycle but had no takers .I was
going to leave it out on Wed night for the Cleansing to uplift on
Thursday on their Bulk Uplift but I was wondering if they have any
scrap value?


Very little! I got 10p per Kg when I recently took one to the scrappy.

However, if you've got any old brass fittings - radiator valves etc. -
there're worth *much* more pro rata.


But how do you sell them? Do you need to collect together a decen
total weight? If i take them to our coluncil dump they don't give
anything.


Yes, it is worth saving a decent weight before weighing them in, as
otherwise you'd be spending more in petrol than you'd get for the scrap.
How the prices paid has plummetted makes scrap metal almost worthless
again, so be prepared to see abandoned cars left in the streets, old
radiators lying around etc.
Steel has plummeted recently, I think 10p/kilo is rather more than can
be had now, it is traded at £10/tonne, that is for large weights, small
amounts are paid at half that if you are lucky.
Copper alloys are also less than half the price of the summer, it was
£3/kg in June, the wholesale price is now £1.20/kg.

See he
http://www.letsrecycle.com/prices/metalsPrices.jsp

Alan.
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A.Lee wrote:
RobertL wrote:

On 17 Nov, 19:01, "Roger Mills" wrote:
In an earlier contribution to this discussion,

wrote:
I listed an old single panel rad on Freecycle but had no takers .I was
going to leave it out on Wed night for the Cleansing to uplift on
Thursday on their Bulk Uplift but I was wondering if they have any
scrap value?
Very little! I got 10p per Kg when I recently took one to the scrappy.

However, if you've got any old brass fittings - radiator valves etc. -
there're worth *much* more pro rata.

But how do you sell them? Do you need to collect together a decen
total weight? If i take them to our coluncil dump they don't give
anything.


Yes, it is worth saving a decent weight before weighing them in, as
otherwise you'd be spending more in petrol than you'd get for the scrap.
How the prices paid has plummetted makes scrap metal almost worthless
again, so be prepared to see abandoned cars left in the streets, old
radiators lying around etc.
Steel has plummeted recently, I think 10p/kilo is rather more than can
be had now, it is traded at £10/tonne, that is for large weights, small
amounts are paid at half that if you are lucky.
Copper alloys are also less than half the price of the summer, it was
£3/kg in June, the wholesale price is now £1.20/kg.

See he
http://www.letsrecycle.com/prices/metalsPrices.jsp

Alan.

Also it seems that the days when you could get a few quid for a scrap
car are over. I had to pay a few weeks ago to get rid of a car. Only a
tenner but the balance has swung the other way.

Bob
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I listed an old single panel rad on Freecycle but had no takers .I

was
going to leave it out on Wed night for the Cleansing to uplift on
Thursday on their Bulk Uplift but I was wondering if they have any
scrap value?


Not this month - last month yes !! Our local scappy will now take in
'light iron', but won't pay for it or collect it. All because the
Chinese have too much already.

AWEM


Jump on it and put it in the wheelie bin!

Incidentally, I saw a guy take a lot of pipe and fittings to the council
tip - what a waste - best to separate the metals (mixed scrap is worth less)
and take it to a scrap merchant. (or save the petrol and leave it out for
the pickeys to collect it.


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On Nov 17, 9:05*pm, "John" wrote:
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I listed an old single panel rad on Freecycle but had no takers .I

was
going to leave it out on Wed night for the Cleansing to uplift on
Thursday on their Bulk Uplift but I was wondering if they have any
scrap value?


Not this month - last month yes !! Our local scappy will now take in
'light iron', but won't pay for it or collect it. All because the
Chinese have too much already.


AWEM


Jump on it and put it in the wheelie bin!

Incidentally, I saw a guy take a lot of pipe and fittings to the council
tip - what a waste -


but the staff at the tip separate it don't they?

Robert

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