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Scrap Prices Bounce Back

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 03:06:00 +0000

There hasn't been much to post about since the prices paid for scrap fell... now scrap prices have bounced back!

Here in Frederick Md aluminum cans have risen from a low of $.35 a pound back up to $.65 a pound

The London Metal Exchange seems to be THE place to gauge the current prices being paid worldwide. Prices listed there reflect the auction price and not local prices.

From

The London Metal Exchange or LME is the futures exchange with the world's largest market in options, and futures contracts on base and other metals. As the LME offers contracts with daily expiry dates of up to three months from trade date, along with longer-dated contracts, it also allows for cash trading. It offers hedging, worldwide reference pricing, and the option of physical delivery to settle contracts.

Bottom Drops Out of Scrap Metal Industry

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 01:41:00 +0000

by Amanda Wills
Published on April 29th, 2009
2 Comments

In 2008, a recycler in Tulsa, Okla. paid 85 cents per pound for aluminum cans, but the going rate for 2009 has dropped to less than half of that amount. According to Michael Patton, executive director of the Metropolitan Environmental Trust in Tulsa, the decrease is directly related to the economic recession.

Patton says the “bottom has fallen out of the scrap metal industry.” The demand for metal has disappeared due to the decrease in construction, a drastic change from the metal scarcity in Tulsa just two years ago.

Aluminum can prices have dropped to 25 cents per pound in Oklahoma. Photo: Greendogpetsupply.com

“This is related to the economy and demand issues in the home construction industry. An amazing amount of aluminum, steel and copper is used in home and commercial building construction,” Patton tells Tulsa World. “But this construction isn’t happening in America.”

Over the past five months, the prices for aluminum have fluctuated. In December, January and February, the price dropped to 15 cents per pound and is now steadying itself at approximately 25 cent per pound.

But Patton says this price “rollercoaster” is not necessarily a bad thing. It helps expand the use of material because entrepreneurs will have to think of news ways to use aluminum cans. On average, a recycled aluminum can is converted back into a usable beverage can in 60 days.

American Recycler is reporting the same sentiment of hope. The news outlet says although there are mixed opinions on the state of the scrap metal market, there are signs of life. Some believe that scrap metal prices have hit the bottom, and are now slowly recovering. However, metal recyclers are still holding tight on operation costs and “holding their breath.”

In addition to the economic recession, severe weather may also have an impact on the compounded shortage reported in many parts of the country. Also creating controversy in the scrap metal industry is the recent “Buy American” provision passed in January. The bill would mostly ban foreign steel and iron from projects laid out by the $819 billion economic package. However, it is still unknown just how the provision will be carried out or what effect it will have on the scrap metal industry.

For the most part, industry heads are confident that the scrap metal industry is on its way to recovery, in spite of its shaky state. Domestic and foreign government bailouts and guarantees will eventually awaken the economy, and consumers will start buying, creating more jobs.

“We are cautiously optimistic that infrastructure spending in the United Sates, in China and other countries will help jumpstart prices and demand for our commodities,” says Bruce Savage, vice president of communications at Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries. “Our theory has always been it’s not a question of if it will rebound, it’s a question of when.”

Source: Earth911

Current Prices Paid For Scrap Metal - Western Maryland

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:24:00 +0000

There hasn't been much to post about in the scrap metal industry. From 2003 to 2008 you could make a decent living scraping metal IF you were entrepreneurial enough and had enough ambition (and had the rapport of a salesman) to get warehouses to give you the stuff... I know because I did it!

Sadly this is no longer the case, the wear and tear on your pick up vs what you get paid is a whole lot less than it used to be.

Virtually NONE of the local Washington DC area/ Western Maryland area scrap metal recycling facilities post current prices on their websites. What you usually see is "call xxx-xxxx for current prices.

... I could only find one:

Most Recent List of Scrap Metal Prices Paid by Hagerstown Maryland's Conservit

Metal	Price	lbs.
5' & Under P&S	$10.00	100
Alum Cans	$0.50	1
Alum Condensor	$0.40	1
Alum Cu Cond	$0.90	1
Alum Siding	$0.50	1
Alum Wheels	$0.50	1
Bare Bright	$2.65	1
Bronze	$1.35	1
Bus	$8.00	100
Car / Shred	$8.00	100
Car Rims	$8.50	100
Carbide Tips	$0.10	1
Cars	$8.00	100
Cast Alum	$0.40	1
Catalytic Convertors	$4.00	1
Catv Cable (BLK)	$0.15	1
Catv Cable (WHT)	$0.20	1
Clean Alum	$0.40	1
Clean Motors	$8.00	100
Copper #1	$2.60	1
Copper #2	$2.45	1
Diesel Radiators, CLN Truck	$1.55	1
Dirty Motors (Gasoline)	$8.00	100
EC Wire Clean	$0.55	1
Electric Motor	$0.18	1
Extruded Alum	$0.55	1
Farm Machine	$7.00	100
Heater Cores	$1.30	1
Heavy Break	$7.00	100
Irony Alum	$0.10	1
Irony Diesel Radiators (Truck)	$0.85	1
Lead	$0.15	1
Light Copper	$2.30	1
Litho Sheet	$0.55	1
Mixed Alum	$0.40	1
MLC	$0.50	1
Old Sheet	$0.40	1
Prep#1	$10.00	100
Prep#2	$0.00	100
Radiators	$1.55	1
Random Rail	$8.00	100
Red Brass	$1.75	1
Shredder	$8.00	100
Stainless	$0.45	1
Truck	$8.00	100
Unprep Struct	$8.50	100
Unprep#1	$8.50	100
Yardcast	$8.00	100
Yellow Brass	$1.35	1
Zinc	$0.35	1

How Much Can I Get For My Scrap Metal in Western Maryland?

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:58:00 +0000

Scrap Metal Prices Flat Most of 2009

I've not been posting to this blog lately because it's been depressing.

What used to be a lucrative part time entrepreneurial activity is now worth-less than it once was.

For my last post of 2009 I'll post a list of current scrap metal prices being paid around the world, in the US and near Frederick Maryland:

Google "scrap metal prices"

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How Much Can I Get For My Scrap?

Most scrap metal recycling centers shy away from publishing the current price on their websites, I'm guessing they don't update their own site, preferring to pay a web designer once. (they Should get in touch with me as I can set them up with a blog that allows them to update by simply sending an email, if you can send an email you can blog, but that's another topic/ blog unto itself)

However, ConservIt in Hagerstown Maryland does publish a price list of current prices paid, and to their credit it's online:

As of 12/30/2009 ConservIt's prices are as follows:

Metal Price lbs. 5' & Under P&S $7.50 100lbs

Alum Cans $0.45 1

Alum Condensor $0.37 1

Alum Cu Cond $1.00 1

Alum Siding $0.45 1

Alum Wheels $0.45 1

Bare Bright $2.40 1

Bronze $1.20 1

Bus $5.00 100

Car / Shred $5.50 100

Car Rims $6.00 100

Carbide Tips $0.10 1

Cars $5.50 100

Cast Alum $0.35 1

Catalytic Convertors $2.00 1

Catv Cable (BLK) $0.10 1

Catv Cable (WHT) $0.15 1

Clean Alum $0.35 1

Clean Motors $6.50 100

Copper #1 $2.30 1

Copper #2 $2.15 1

Diesel Radiators, CLN Truck $1.35 1

Dirty Motors (Gasoline) $5.50 100

EC Wire Clean $0.50 1

Electric Motor $0.14 1

Extruded Alum $0.50 1

Farm Machine $5.00 100

Heater Cores $1.10 1

Heavy Break $5.00 100

Irony Alum $0.08 1

Irony Diesel Radiators (Truck) $0.60 1

Lead $0.05 1

Light Copper $2.05 1

Litho Sheet $0.50 1

Mixed Alum $0.35 1

MLC $0.45 1

Old Sheet $0.35 1

Prep#1 $7.50 100

Prep#2 $0.00 100

Radiators $1.35 1

Random Rail $4.50 100

Red Brass $1.55 1

Shredder $5.50 100

Stainless $0.40 1

Truck $5.50 100

Unprep Struct $5.75 100

Unprep#1 $5.75 100

Yardcast $5.50 100

Yellow Brass $1.20 1

Zinc $0.25 1

ConservIt
18656 Leslie Drive
Hagerstown, MD 21740
(301) 416-7395
http://www.conservit.net/rates.asp

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Your Trash is My Cash says Fairbanks Alaska Man

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:52:00 +0000

"I even have my own missile," he said.

"Everyone should have their own missile."

Over the years, Karl has built a mini-kingdom from other people's unwanted items. His motto: "Your trash is my cash." At his K&K Recycling 10-acre facility yard in North Pole, he stores such items as pipe and pipeline camps, as well as aging aircraft and steel beams.

"I even have my own missile," he said. "Everyone should have their own missile."

Years ago, Karl was hired to clean up a government Nike site, an anti-aircraft missile system used between World War II and the Cold War eras. The Army left behind a missile in the launch silo. Contracted to take everything out, Karl ended up with the memento.

He finds some interesting uses for many of his long-stored items. Insulated pipe previously used on North Slope oilfields was recycled to move hot water to turbines to power the facilities at his Chena Hot Springs Resort.

Chena Hot Springs is a world-class resort, but the 450-acre lot also is a proving ground for Karl's numerous and varied experiments. Karl has pioneered the use of geothermal energy at the Chena resort, located 56 miles east of Fairbanks.

Fairbanks' Bernie Karl eyes new renewable energy sources

Rob Stapleton/Alaska Journal of Commerce

Published Saturday, August 29, 2009

My Dad was assigned to one of the first Nike Missile batteries, that's how he met my Mom (and I wouldn't be here if not for this little fact)

The first 24 Nike anti-aircraft missile batteries were deployed in a ring around Washington D.C., my Dad was in the 16th Battalion. Dad said the Army wouldn't let them deploy until they had successfully shot down a radio controlled WW2 B-17 drone (it took them 2 years of practice to shoot one down, that's how new the technology was in the mid 1950's)

From Wikipedia:
When it became apparent that the greatest threat to US National defense was from missiles instead of bombers, most Nike-Hercules units were deactivated. All CONUS Nike-Hercules batteries, with the exception of the ones in Florida and Alaska, were deactivated by April 1974. The remaining units were deactivated during the spring of 1979. Dismantling of the sites in Florida - Alpha Battery in Everglades National Park, Bravo Battery in Key Largo, Charlie Battery in Carol City and Delta Battery, located on Krome Avenue on the outskirts of Miami - started in June 1979 and was completed by early fall of that year. The buildings that once housed Delta Battery became the original structures used for the Krome Avenue Detention Facility, a federal facility used primarily to hold illegal immigrants awaiting immigration hearings. In Alaska, Site Point was converted into a ski chalet for Kincaid Park.
The US Army continued to use Nike-Hercules as a front-line air defense weapon in Europe until 1983, when Patriot missile batteries were deployed. NATO units from West Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Greece and Turkey continued to use the Nike-Hercules for high-altitude air defense until the late 1980s. With the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the units were deactivated.

Church Hit 2X by Copper Theives

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:38:00 +0000

Atlanta Georgia, the NBC channel 11 reports that Theives have hit the same church twice robbing it of copper in the building's heating and air conditioning system.

ATLANTA -- At Trinity AME Church in Southwest Atlanta, Rev. Dr. Jeffery Cooper is tired of being tested.

"I think this is the lowest theft you can do to steal anything from the House of God," Rev. Cooper said.

For the second time in two weeks, thieves stole copper from the air conditioning units that keep the church daycare center cool.

"They pried them open, shut the power down and dismantled each unit for the copper," Rev. Cooper said.

The latest hit happened late Friday night at the church on Lynhurst Drive. Five brand new a/c units were destroyed.

After getting hit the first time, the church beefed up security with double, even triple locks, but the thieves found a different way to get in, get what they wanted and get away.

"The money they'll get for the copper is nowhere near the cost of having to replace these units," Rev. Cooper said.

Sunday's service included a special offering since the church will have to replace the a/c units at a cost of about $10,000.

And there's no time to waste.

It's too hot, and too many families rely on the church for child care.

"Once again, we're under attack," Rev. Cooper said.

Rev. Cooper wants to warn other churches about what happened, and he's hoping someone will help police find the thieves responsible.

"No person who takes from God is going to be able to gain in the process," Rev. Cooper said.

As many as 100 children attend Trinity Daycare Center.

They'll be moved to a different part of the church campus until the a/c units can be replaced.

Demand for Scrap Evaporated, slowly inching upwards

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:26:00 +0000

Drop In Chinese Demand Melts Scrap Metal Market

November 13, 2008 · Just months ago, scrap metal was in such high demand that thieves around the world were pulling up manhole covers, fire hydrants and even monuments to the dead to sell them. Driven by China's insatiable appetite, prices for scrap metal had skyrocketed. But now, the scrap metal industry has been hit hard by the global financial crisis — and scrap yards themselves could be facing the scrap heap.

Scrap Metal being sold to India: then... not now

http://www.export.gov/india/scrap.asp

The Indian metal industry is growing at a pace as fast as India’s industrial economy, offering one of the steepest returns in the Asia-Pacific region. The metal scrap recycling industry in India, is also growing at a rapid pace. As there is less domestic scrap generated then demand, India imports about half of the 1.2 million metric tons of scrap metal consumed annually in the country.

The United States is a major exporter of ferrous and non-ferrous scrap into India. According to the U.S. Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI), the U.S. based scrap industry is a significant exporter of high quality scrap commodities to industrial consumers worldwide. Asia, and India in particular, is one of the fastest growing markets in the world for scrap metal. In 2005 (the latest year for which data is available), U.S. scrap exporters shipped more than $350 million of scrap commodities to India, including approximately $250 million of ferrous and nonferrous scrap. (see Market Demand below)

Though the opportunities in the Indian scrap sector are large, the industry is unorganized. Thus, U.S. companies are encouraged to be careful in all of their deals. Many Indian scrap importers are small and it is important for U.S. exporters to check the credentials of an Indian company. ISRI’s specifications should be used at all times to eliminate any possible discrepancies. To avoid disputes, U.S. exporters must insist on inspections before shipping the products. In addition, U.S. exporters must adhere to the Indian government regulations related to scrap metal exports including registration with India’s Director General of Foreign Trade. Disputes can be reduced by adhering to the critical aspects of procedures for exporting cargo (see Market Entry) of scrap containers to India.

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Prices paid for scrap aluminum cans here in Frederick Maryland up a nickle, from low of $.25 lb to $.30 lb.

Reader Input

A reader writes this:

Am I missing something? I have a medium sized range, three clothes washers, a pellet stove (heavy sucker) and a couple commercial electric service panels, and a five drawer lateral file cabinet.

(I'm trying to make space in my evidence storage locker)

If I am willing to give myself a hernia and then re injure it 5 times loading this stuff on a truck, and I drive it 30 miles to a scrap dealer and he buys it, I could make back half of my truck rental expense????

What is wrong with this picture? Why would you be in this business, and is it true that the red Chinese are buying our scrap the same way our other friends did in the 1940's?

Thanks in advance for sharing your insight.

My response:

... yup, the days of profitably scraping light weight metals such as tin, junk appliances seem to be gone at least for the next year. When I did it full time back in 2004, 2005 prices were at a 6 year high according to the scrap dealers who were paying me.

I guess we'll have to wait for the economic recovery... which will come (unless the democrats screw things up by being too greedy with their income redistribution/ social engineering experiment). You know... demand rises constantly, it may be pent up demand but when the credit markets/ housing markets/ financial markets settle down and who ever has to take their well deserved lumps takes them... we will be back with a vengance.

Pent Up Demand

That's what got us out of the last depression.

Current State of Scrap Prices February 2009

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:42:00 +0000

Scrap Prices,

particularly scrap aluminum prices had the bottom drop out in the past 2 months.

They say pictures tell a thousand words, these two that I took tell a story of more than 50% drop right here in Frederick Maryland: (I learned more about how to use my fancy camera too!)

Before:

picture taken September 19, 2009

After:

picture taken January 30, 2009

To their credit the scrap recycling centers are not even sure they are going to be able to sell what they buy this month. We shall see what the stimulus package does in the way of helping.

I've been focusing on aluminum primarily because to scrap steel requires a heavier truck and stronger back. I killed two pick up trucks over the past 15 years- the wieght tends to wear out the brake rotors even if they suspension can handle the load. You've really got to have a 3/4 ton or higher and a trailer if you're going to earn honest money on the side in this business.

I'll include this next reblog to cover the news on steel prices as well.

U.S. scrap and pig iron prices continued to drop.
Current scrap price on East Coast hit US$230 ~ 240/ton, shredded scrap price at US$220~230/ton, while H1 scrap price reached US$195~205/ ton.As for the export, because of weak demand in steel products and the cut of steel output, scrap export prices were also very low. The H1&H2 (80:20) mixed scrap exported to Turkey priced at CFR US$265/ton, down by US$15/ton compared with January.

In addition, the price of pig iron exported to Brazil dropped back to US$260/ton.

http://scrapmetalpricesandauctions.com/2009/02/us-scrap-metal-pig-iron-prices-continue-slide/

35% Drop in Aluminum Prices

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:17:00 +0000

Alcoa Aluminum posted a $1.3 Billion Dollar Loss

according to Reuters

Alcoa said there was a 35 percent decline in aluminum prices in the quarter and a sharp drop in demand, particularly from the automotive, commercial transportation and building and construction sectors

I guess that pretty much makes Aluminum a wrap.

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I got into this business hauling scrap steel in Baltimore and changed over to Aluminum because heavy steel ruined my pick up truck. Not to mention steel girders were hard on my back.

Copper is alleged to continue to be scarce

According to the Metals: Price Review of the London Metal Exchange

Analysts are largely predicting continued tightness for some time yet: “There are constantly downward revisions to output growth in copper, partly because there have been delays to new projects,” says Barclays Capital’s Ingrid Sternby. “Mine production will grow some 800,000 tonnes less than anticipated due to technical problems and other supply constraints, and these factors are likely to last longer than the market had widely believed.”

There have been many disruptions to supply this year, from equipment failures such as that at the Collahuasi mine in Chile in early 2005, to the effects of earthquakes in Chile’s Cerro Colorado mine, along with the effects of industrial action at numerous many facilities.

Furthermore, industrial production growth is accelerating again, suggesting upward pressure on global demand in areas other than China, and further supply disruptions or delays to new mining projects coming online could exacerbate supply constraint for a longer period than some had expected. Many analysts are set to remain extremely bullish about copper prices in the longer term.

Copper is used in huge quantities by the US military. Bullets need copper. Afghanistan (and hopefully not Pakistan) is going to need a "surge" just like Iraq did. Bullets were said to be so scarce last year that some police departments reported that it was becoming difficult for them to find certain types of ammunition.
I think the military ordinance demand put a hurting on the availability of ammo (and by extension, copper)

http://www.metalprices.com/ is displaying a graph (that I do not have permission to reprint here) depicting a recent sharp rise in Copper Prices.

I'm wondering if old heating elements might be worth more in 2009. Tungsten is required for Military armor, ammunition and cutting tools. Nickel is looking like its on the rise but I cant think of anything offhand that would be in a dumpster that would have enough nickel in it to make it worthwhile to scavenge.

I'll keep you posted

Alcoa lay offs translate to low scrap prices

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 08:56:00 +0000

It looks like the bottom has dropped out of demand for Aluminum.

Alcoa to lay off 13,500 workers, freeze salaries and cut spending by 50%

PITTSBURGH — Aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. said Tuesday it will cut 13,500 jobs, or 13 per cent of its work force, and slash spending and output to cope with the global economic slowdown.

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The Pittsburgh-based company also said 1,700 contractors will be cut as part of a broad-based plan to reduce costs that includes a global salary and hiring freeze.

As a result of its actions, Alcoa expects fourth-quarter charges of between $900-million (U.S.) and $950-million. The company plans to report quarterly results Jan. 12. Alcoa also said the moves are expected to save the company about $450-million annually, before taxes.

“These are extraordinary times, requiring speed and decisiveness to address the current economic downturn,” said Klaus Kleinfeld, Alcoa's president and chief executive officer.

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Looking like we should be focusing on copper and that means scouting the plumbing companies. And that means looking for industrial parks.

The downside of scraping a heater core is releasing fluorocarbons into the atmosphere. There are stiff fines for doing this, it is illegal for a reason.

Mid Maryland current price of scrap being paid

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 08:53:00 +0000

Photo provided courtesy Flickr User Proggie

Today's post is right from the Hagerstown Maryland ConservIT recycle yard:

18656 Lizley Drive
Hagerstown, MD , 21740
Phone: 301-791-0100
FAX: 301-739-8548
Website: www.conservit.com
Business Activity: Manufacturer / Distributor / Exporter

Products Description:
Recycling metal Recycling services, Refuse treatment, Ores, Minerals and ores and metals, Precious metals, Minerals, Base Metals

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Metal Price lbs.
5' & Under P&S $3.00 100
Alum Cans $0.35 1
Alum Cond $0.15 1
Alum Cu Cond $0.20 1
Alum Siding $0.20 1
Alum Wheels $0.20 1
Bare Bright $0.90 1
Bronze $0.40 1
Bus $1.00 100
Car / Shred $1.00 100
Car Rims $1.25 100
Carbide Tips $0.05 1
Cars $1.00 100
Cast Alum $0.15 1
Cataltytic Convertors $2.00 1
Catv Cable (BLK) $0.10 1
Catv Cable (WHT) $0.15 1
Clean Alum $0.15 1
Clean Motors $1.00 100
Copper #1 $0.90 1
Copper #2 $0.80 1
Diesel Radiators, CLN Truck $0.50 1
Dirty Motors (Gasoline) $1.00 100
EC Wire Clean $0.20 1
Electric Motor $0.03 1
Extruded Alum $0.20 1
Farm Machine $1.00 100
Heater Cores $0.30 1
Heavy Break $1.00 100
Irony Alum $0.05 1
Irony Diesel Radiators (Truck) $0.15 1
Lead $0.02 1
Light Copper $0.70 1
Litho Sheet $0.20 1
Mixed Alum $0.15 1
MLC $0.20 1
Old Sheet $0.15 1
Prep#1 $3.00 100
Prep#2 $0.00 100
Radiators $0.50 1
Random Rail $1.00 100
Red Brass $0.50 1
Shredder $1.00 100
Stainless $0.10 1
Truck $1.00 100
Unprep Struct $1.25 100
Unprep#1 $1.25 100
Yardcast $1.25 100
Yellow Brass $0.40 1
Zinc $0.05 1

Oh, and Aluminium Cans: $.35

Got these prices directly from ConserveIT website

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Today was my birthday, my kids took me out to eat... I'm 51 today.
That's why there wasn't a post from me yesterday, but I'll keep you *posted*

PS) The other day when I called around Mid Maryland and the Baltimore region for current price quotes paid to us scrapers by the recycling centers (who in turn sell the scrap to processing centers) one guy told me this very candidly:

"We're buying aluminum right now and just letting it pile up. That's why we're not paying as much for aluminum as we were 2 months ago. Right now demand for aluminum just dropped to zero. We're hoping to sell our stock pile next year, but we're not even sure we're gonna be able to sell it next year"

Today's recommendation:

Look for copper... I'm gonna
c ya

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Grand Daddy Day Care

Current Prices Paid for Scrap Aluminium East Coast

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:48:00 +0000

Today's Price quote for scrap aluminium paid by scrap yards

Drum roll...
I'm posting these for as long as I can get away with it.

The owners of these scrap yards are NOT likely to keep on answering my daily phone calls for information when they find out the scrap yard down the road is paying more than they are and no body's coming in to sell their scrap!

One Hagerstown scrap yard actually listed the price they pay on the site, Reliable Recycling Center in Frederick discourages me from doing this so I'll leave them alone. I've written extensively about how good people they are and how they treat the little guy much, MUCH better than almost all of the yards I've dealt with to date.

Arundel Recycling Center, Inc.
7517 Connelly Drive
Hanover, MD 21076
PHONE: (410) 761-6595
FAX: (410) 761-9150

Price paid for Mixed Aluminium November 19, 2008: $.20 pound
Price paid for Aluminium Siding November 19, 2008: $.30 pound
Price paid for Extruded Aluminium November, 2008 19: $.35 pound
Price paid for Cast Aluminium November 19, 2008: $.20 pound
Price paid for Aluminium Cans November 19, 2008: $.30 pound

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B & F Scrap
182 Fingerboard Road
Oakland, MD 21550
PHONE: (301) 334-2676

Price paid for Mixed Aluminium November 19, 2008: $.25 pound
Price paid for Aluminium Siding November 19, 2008: $.25 pound
Price paid for Extruded Aluminium November, 2008 19: $.25 pound
Price paid for Cast Aluminium November 19, 2008: $.15 pound
Price paid for Aluminium Cans November 19, 2008: $.30 pound

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Chambersburg Waste Paper, Inc.
2047 Loop Road
P.O. Box 925
Chambersburg, PA 17201
PHONE: (717) 264-4890
FAX: (717) 264-6393

Price paid for Mixed Aluminium November 19, 2008: $.15 pound
Price paid for Aluminium Siding November 19, 2008: $.34 pound
Price paid for Extruded Aluminium November, 2008 19: $.34 pound
Price paid for Cast Aluminium November 19, 2008: $.11 pound
Price paid for Aluminium Cans November 19, 2008: n/a

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Conservit, Inc.
18656 Leslie Drive
PO Box 1517
Hagerstown, MD 21741-1517
PHONE: (301) 791-0100
FAX: (301) 739-8548

website is down, will update this post in the morning as they are currently closed.

more coming for as long as i can gather current prices paid in Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Northern Virginia

Just because the price is down isn't a reason to not recycle

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:34:00 +0000

There are plenty of benefits to recycling... in my last few posts I suggested, no I Recommended that we hoard aluminium. But this is not to say don't recycle!

You can recycle cardboard, other metals besides steel, recycle everything, I'm just saying it will get cold and the price paid for aluminium will go up so just sit on it for a while.

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You see, in the summer people don't like to keep cans because of the bees and other insects they attract. In direct sunlight the sugar in the soda cooks...

It's winter now, well, almost. It's cold enough to keep cans in your back yard until spring.

Here's a graph I found on just how much crap is in our landfills:

It seems that 37% of the contents of landfills is paper, only 10% is metal.

You can get cash for cardboard at recycling centers, not all of them, but most

Next Post will be current prices for various scrap metals. I intend to make daily reports on current scrap metal prices being paid in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Until the scrap yards get suspicious of me calling everyday that is.

Think about it: If you were paying LESS than your competitor, you wouldn't be very keen on telling the whole world... would ya?

One place I called today told me that they were hoarding as well, they're paying roughly half what they paid a month ago and weren't even sure they could sell what they currently have next year.

Oh, I got the graph from this site: http://greenitudes.com/recycling
I looked that site over and they had some pretty relevant stuff on it. This blog is about recycling on the east coast and those people are on the west coast, but good info there anyway.

Demand for aluminum tanked on east coast

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:22:00 +0000

In my last post I suggested that we hoard aluminum

That recommendation carries even more weight now that I've begun calling the scrap yards around me for current prices paid.

I talk about aluminium more here because of the ratio between how much work is involved and how much you get paid for scraping the metal. The ROI is or was better for aluminum than, say steel scrap metal... Copper on the other hand has a better ROI considering ONLY these factors:

How heavy the damn stuff is

Steel beams are hard on your back

Steel beams are hard on your pick up truck

How much can you get for the time spent/invested?

The problem with scraping copper is that every one is doing it, it's virtually impossible to ask someone: "can I have that copper please?" and have them say "Yeah, sure, go ahead".

Everyone and their brother collects copper, the local plumbing contractor knows what the stuff is worth, it's so high he can afford to have his employees go to the scrap yard ON THE CLOCK!.

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The news Media bombarded us with "the police can't get enough ammunition because the military used it all" ...

So there's not much ROI in going after copper, not if everyone is into the mix.
What WE want to do is... do something that pays us, but everyone else thinks: "it's not worth it"... we want our ROI to be high enough, but we want to keep our hand close to our chests (poker analogy)

So... go get aluminium but hoard it, keep it somewhere, stash it...

Why?

Because we had a mild summer in the US, it IS going to get cold.. and the frigid weather WILL send the price of aluminium UP

Computer Graveyard = precious metals

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:42:00 +0000

Sometimes scrap yards will pay a little for discarded computer cards. To my knowledge computer monitors don't have any recycling cash value. The motherboards and PC cards that fit in motherboards have trace amounts of precious metals in the and will yield a tiny bit of folding money.

Today's recommendation:

Hoard Aluminum

Sit on it until the price goes back up!

Having started into this hobby that pays cash with Scrap Steel, and having heavy steel wreck my back and ruin the front brakes of my pick up truck, I resolved to seek mostly scrap aluminum over heavy steel.

Right now I'd suggest we hoard our aluminum due to the fact that the scrap yards are only paying a little more than half what we got paid for scrap aluminum just a few months ago.

Gasoline prices haven't been this low for a year, and prices paid for aluminum are LOWER than Gas was a year ago.

For example, when gas prices were at todays level a year ago we got paid $.40 to $.50 a pound for cans. Yesterday from Reliable Recycling in Frederick Maryland I received the following prices:

Mixed Aluminum- $.20 pound
Aluminum siding- $.30 pound
Aluminum cans- $.35 pound

The pieces of aluminum window frames that I got from the window company dumpster I hit regularly see this post from earlier in this blog) were not paid at the rate extruded pays...

I hadn't gone to the trouble of cleaning the zinc clips that hold the glass to the window so they only paid me for mixed aluminum.

Scrap Metal Recycling Pile

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:53:00 +0000

Scrap Metal Recycling Pile, originally uploaded by Montgomery Cty Division of Solid Waste Services.

I drove a recycling truck here the very first day this place opened.
It was 1990 and I worked for United Disposal in the Gaithersburg Airpark. That trash company has changed names several times.

First it was United Disposal, then Genstar, then I can't remember, now it's Waste Management.

BTW, way back then I not only did I not scrap for cash, I don't think anybody did.

The scrap for cash, or digging in the dumpster idea didn't come to me until I moved to Baltimore and hauled in a 40 yard container full of scrap metal.

I FREAKED out to have Baltimore Scrap hand me $400 cash, not a check, CASH

That started the ball rolling

Lowest Prices in years being paid

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:48:00 +0000

Do not despair... the low prices being paid for aluminum today will not stay that low for very long.

The price of aluminum is tied to the price of energy, it takes LOTS of electricity to turn aluminum ore (bauxite) into raw aluminum.

When Oil goes down, we get cheap gas... and get less for our scrap aluminum.

When Oil goes UP, Gas prices go up... and so does how much we get for our aluminum!!

I'm not actively scraping steel because my pick up truck is not on the road right now, and aluminum doesn't weigh very much compared to how much we can sell it for.

Aluminum is also easier on my aching back, scrap steel can get very heavy!
I've ruined two pick up truck suspensions and brake systems scraping heavy steel.

If you're going to do this, become a scrap metal entrepreneur, and you don't have a 3/4 ton truck that has both the heavy duty brakes and heavy duty front and rear suspension to handle it... do your self a favor:

Get a trailer!

and do NOT hook the trailer to the bumper.. can't tell you how many times I got in line at Baltimore Scrap and saw a pickup's bumper hanging down to the pavement.

Hook the trailer to the frame, I got my trailer hitch at Tractor Supply in Mt Airy.
(now I'm wondering if Tractor Supply has an affiliate program to pay webmasters to send traffic their way???)

That's all for now my trusty faithful readers, some of you email me, you can comment on right from the blog if you want:)

Fear Not, it's not really cold yet, when it does get cold, the price of oil WILL go up, it's simple Supply and Demand.

When Oil goes up, so will how much we can make digging through the dumpsters.

What is the current price for a pound of recycled aluminum?

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:35:00 +0000

What is the current price for a pound of recycled aluminum offered in Maryland?

From WikiAnswers a generic answer:

The price of aluminum, like other metals or scrap metals, changes on a daily basis. Try http://www.scrapmetalpricesandauctions.com for current scrap metal prices.

Today's Nationwide price according to http://www.metalprices.com/

Aluminum .8872 .9158 1.0047

WOW!!! that's what the people we sell our aluminum to get????

Well, they ARE doing all the processing, cleaning up the non aluminum metal that always is screwed into or riveted into what we pull out of the dumpster.

Here's a price list from a recycler in Spokane Washington:
http://www.earthworksrecycling.com/prices/index.html

Item

Current Price

Old Price
ALUMINUM

11/3/08

10/31/08
Aluminum Cans

1 - 29 pounds
25 20
30 - 99 pounds
30
20
Over 100 pounds of Cans
32
20

Prices under 10 pounds
Current Price Old Price
Cast
8
8
Contaminated Cast
1
1
Aluminum Foil
No Payment No Payment
E C Wire
35
35

Prices under 10 Pounds
Current Price Old Price
Extrusions

6063 Painted
20
20
6063 Unpainted
45
45
6061 Painted
20
20
6061 Unpainted
45
45
5% contaminated ptd/unptd
12
12

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I've been getting almost double that here in Frederick Maryland...

Here's a post from a major Market Watch industry analyst blog:
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/aluminum-price-forecasts-span-wide/story.aspx?guid={E997AA9B-2EC8-41D1-BCEA-96BD0A458666}

Note this is a 2007 article:

Aluminum on an upswing?

Price forecasts span a wide range, hinge on China

A day after Alcoa Inc. (AA:
alcoa inc com, the world's largest aluminum producer, predicted continued strong demand for the metal this year amid tight supply, analysts took a second look at their own forecasts - and wondered if they looked too light.

A lot depends on China.
The country, which has been driving global demand for aluminum, has also been building up its production facilities. Last year, it restarted several plants turning out alumina, the granular raw material used to make aluminum, and ramped up aluminum output.

After that steep increase, China's production growth could cool this year

The plain fact of the matter is that the price paid depends on the price the scrap processors can sell aluminum for... and no one I've found wants to post current prices in Maryland.

The price paid is too volatile... it can change before a day is ended.

When one goolges for 'what is the price of aluminum in maryland' all one gets is 2 year old or 4 year old posts.

I'll be visiting my local scrap recycler soon and post today's prices, but those can change before I even get home from the scrap yard.

I'm not going to reveal where I go... I was asked to NOT post articles about my favorite scrap yard... Not sure why, maybe they're just paranoid?

Collect Pallets to get the Scrap Metal

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:14:00 +0000

Here's exactly how I got several warehouses and factories to GIVE me their scrap metal.

1.) I drove past a warehouse in an industrial park in Columbia or Baltimore County Maryland to see which ones had dumpsters over filled.

2.) Looked around to see if the warehouse also had pallets piled up.

3.) Checked out the sizes of and condition of those pallets. The pallets that are in demand and easily sold to a pallet reconditioning outfit are: 48" X 40".
If the pile of pallets were NOT the 'good ones', if they were rotting, broken etc. THEN...

4.) I walked up to the shipping and receiving clerk and asked who was in charge. I offered to take away ALL of the pallets, good ones or not in exchange for permission to pull scrap metal out of his/her dumpster.

Mission accomplished!

I sold what ever pallets were any good and arranged to have EXCLUSIVE access to the scrap metal!

I really did this, it works.

I did make money doing this, but never had a truck this big.

Do the math... each one of those pallets is worth $1.00 wholesale, $3 wholesale if the pallets are 'two way'. A two way pallet is the one that has notches cut into the 'runners'. That way a forklift can pick them up from either angle.

Got a forklift for sale in Maryland or Pennsylvania?

Go to http://mdforkliftsales.blogspot.com

Extruded Aluminum pays the most

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:34:00 +0000

When I first started scraping aluminum, I quickly learned there are several forms aluminum can come in and the scrap yards pay very different rates for different forms of aluminum.

Just a few of the forms aluminum can come in are:

Cast Aluminum

Ingot Aluminum

Forged Aluminum

Extruded Aluminum

For example the decks of Lawn Boy lawnmowers (the ones that have the funny front wheel set back a bit, they're green) they are made of cast aluminum. So are Toro lawnmowers, cast aluminum.

Cast aluminum is brittle, it'll break if you hit it with a hammer.

Ingot Aluminum, well unless you're a Commercial Forgery that builds Aluminum engine blocks, you're not likely to see much Ingot Aluminum in a dumpster.

What scrap yards pay the most for is Extruded Aluminum

Extrusion is a process used in manufacturing to fabricate parts of uniform cross-sections by squeezing the material through a high-pressure outlet. A die is used to give the desired shape to the extruded metal. While many metals are used for extrusion, aluminum is most widely used for the advantages it offers. Aluminum extrusions form 50% of the total extruded products market

From http://www.zycon.com/Design-Info/Aluminum-Extrusions/Aluminum-Extrusions.asp

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:38:00 +0000

Pennsylvania Township Grows Successful Recycling Program
by Jennifer Berry

Two decades ago, the residents of Hopewell Township in Cumberland County, Pa., began New Hope Recyclers.

Official Website for New Hope Recyclers Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

Originally started to reduce the need for a second landfill in the township (to which the residents were opposed), the recycling program has grown into a successful, single-stream system, according to PublicOpinionOnline.com.

“Some of us decided that if we didn’t want this landfill we would have to do something about it,” said Pat Franklin, who is one of the original organizers of New Hope.

At the beginning, New Hope could only accept plastic bottles, numbers one or two. Now, the organization accepts a number of products, such as:

aluminum cans

Green, brown and clear glass (no blue glass, window glass, frosted glass, crystal or light bulbs)

Plastics 1 through 9 (no plastic bags)

Paper products including office paper, envelopes, cereal boxes, glossy paper, unbundled newspapers and magazines

No matter how small your community may be, you have the chance to make a big impact on the environment. Check out Earth911 to learn more about how you can start your own recycling program in your area.

I saw this blog posting on technorati and since Frederick Maryland is so close to Pennsylvania it occurred to me to include more posts about our neighbor to the North.

Pallet Recycling in Maryland

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:45:00 +0000

An often overlooked way to cash in while recycling is to gather up good used pallets.

Do know how much a shipper has to pay for a new pallet?

I'm not really sure, but I DO know that some of them make you leave a $15 deposit for some of the heavy duty weight bearing pallets.

And I know that for the ones in the photo above, you can easily get $3 a piece WHOLESALE for good ones and even $.50 each for the ones that aren't busted up too bad.

Who would anyone buy pallets?

There are pallet reconditioning companies that sell used pallets for $5 or so (give or take, depending on size, condition, MARKET conditions), these guys will often pay YOU $3 for bringing him good ones he can resell.

Why would anyone buy broken pallets?

Ready made already cut to order spare parts that's why.

Who in the world would need pallets so bad they'd buy used ones?

Baltimore is a port, there are two kinds of warehouses all over Baltimore, Jessup, Anne Arundel County, East Baltimore, the Philly side of Baltimore:

Warehouses that import goods

Warehouses that ship products anywhere

incoming pallets

outgoing pallets

Warehouses that get ship loads or sea containers of stuff inbound do NOT have the warehouse space to also keep pallets.

These places will give you as many as you can take away, if you brought in a tractor trailer (and I've done that too, see my CDL blog)the warehouse will load it for you with their forklifts

Warehouses and factories that need pallets do not have the floor space to keep pallets in stock, they're going out the door as fast as they can get em out the door.

These places will pay you for them, but only if you're bringing at least 50 at a time, otherwise why slow down operations for what? a measly dozen pallets?

Volume, scale of economy is the rule here.

Note from someone who has done this... a pick up by itself is insufficient, you gotta get a trailer, a landscape trailer or a car carrier trailer or else you're wearing out your truck's suspension and getting splinters for nothing.

One last item about pallets and steel.

Remember those earlier posts where I said warehouses will GIVE you Valuable scrap steel?

You go in, offer to clean out his broken pallet pile, bring him a few clean sturdy pallets for sale and you start looking more like a valuable resource than a pain in the a** looking for a handout.

I'm not kidding here... a warehouse loaded an entire broke down forklift on my trailer, then gave me $300 worth of copper... and ran off all the other guys competing with me.

Do something for him that no one else wants to do and make a friend.

Business is supposed to be a partnership, business is NOT supposed to be adversarial

recycle copper & aluminium wire

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:16:00 +0000

There's wire and there is WIRE.

Not all wire is created equal.

Some wire has copper at it's core, others have aluminium inside.

The wire that runs electricity from the power company to your home is the heavy duty stuff... wire that runs electricity to a commercial warehouse or factory or garage is the REALLY heavy duty stuff!

As you might expect, it pays a lot more...

small wire often needs to be stripped of it's insulator for you to make any real money scraping it... I used to burn it off by dousing it with gas... but that creates heavy black smoke that attracts the wrong attention from your neighbors and especially from the local fire department... I don't recommend doing that, this is experience talking here.

If you take the time to strip off what ever insulator is covering the wire, you'll get paid for Bright Copper!

Copper has been rising in demand so much because of the military's demand for ammunition. A while back I even read an article to the effect of that some police departments had a hard time getting some ammo because the military was taking precedent over the available stock.

And this blog's title is about actually going into a dumpster (with permission) to pull out the scrap metal:

Here's a pic of an actual dumpster that I rummaged through almost daily. It's a window company factory in Jessup Maryland:

If you're going to get permission to do this, there are some ground rules you have to communicate to the shipping & receiving clerk or he/she's not likely to grant permission:

clean up after yourself, don't leave screws or shards of glass that'll puncture the companies truck tires when you pull stuff out of the dumpster

don't do it so publicly, the insurance person for that company is likely to put an end to your getting permission if the wrong person see's you diving in to a dumpster on a commercial property

a word on insurance... the shipping & receiving person's job is to cut costs.

A dumpster company charges three things to a company that rents a dumpster:

monthly rent on the can

a haul charge

the dump fee is based on tonnage, the company renting the dumpster HAS TO PAY THAT TONNAGE

that last line is the whole ball of wax!

If you come every week, on time, with a preset schedule... like clockwork
so the guy in charge of the dock can depend on your showing up.

they'll leave the heavy stuff outside FOR YOU

they'll even load it into your pick up using THEIR forklift!

I've done it, this is not hypothetical... these guys have to answer to a boss.
that boss is going to want to see the expenses going DOWN not UP.

they pay by the ton for trash removal... make his/her job easier and they'll give you the cash (scrap)they're synonyms:)

Retraction of inaccurate info from earlier posts

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:41:00 +0000

Recently I was asked to correct some of the information I posted to this blog.

I'd said that scrap yards in Pennsylvania paid more for steel than Maryland scrap yards paid. In the scrap industry, prices are volatile, they can go up and down quickly.

The geographical distance from a scrap yard to where ever the processed scrap ends up can have a big impact on the prices that a scrap yard is willing to pay you.

Supply and Demand

I learned what I know about dumpster diving by actually driving a Roll Off Truck. The companies that I worked for usually delivered dumpsters to construction sites, and buildings being demolished. I was amazed to see $400 CASH or MORE being paid to the Roll Off company. Often the construction company that hired us either didn't know or didn't care if we had to pay to get rid of the load or if we got PAID to get rid of the load... they were concerned solely with getting paid to finish the job.

I learned where the scrap yards were physically located, what hours they were open, WHEN they closed (get stuck in traffic with a loaded tractor trailer and you'll pay attention to if you can make it by closing or not)... and HOW MUCH each scrap yard paid!!

How much a scrap yard would pay for what type of material was something that I was personally VERY concerned about. How the scrap yard determined what they were going to pay (and it could vary each day)was none of my business (even though I attempted to find out everything I could about the business)... for the most part I was told that Supply and Demand drove the whole show. For example in Baltimore (a major seaport), in 2004 China was buying up all the scrap steel it could get it's hands on. (that may not be true in 2008)

Soon afterwards I started going through the loaded dumpsters that were left at our Roll Off yard and pulling out what steel would fit in my pick up truck.

Not all scrap yards are created equal

Some scrap yards had a double standard!

You pull on the scales with 15 tons and you can expect a certain price and a bigger degree of latitude on weather the load is classified #1 steel or tin.

Pull on the scales with 1000 lbs in a pick up (get a visual on the bumper scraping the asphalt because you've overloaded your pick up's suspension) and you'll get treated quite another way.

Of the hundreds of loads I personally brought into a dozen or so scrap yards all over East Baltimore, Washington DC, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Laurel Maryland... I found out real quick who was fair and who thought of you as a pain in the a** to be ignored.

Come in with a CDL truck and get one thing, come in with a pick up and get another.

Reliable Recycling in Frederick Maryland

http://reliablerecyclingcenter.com

Not one of the above mentioned scrap yards in all four states I worked in treated us more fairly that Reliable Recycling.... they pay the same if you have 400 lbs because you didn't have access to a forklift, and if you have 2000 lbs loaded on a trailer behind your pick up.

About the Pennsylvania paying more than Maryland bit:

It seems my friend that hauled his steel up to Pennsylvania went there not because the prices paid were a bit higher (the cost of gas to get there made this not make sense)... he took it up there more because the place he took it to weren't as picky as to if it was legal or not

All I can speak with authority about is what I've seen... in 2004 if you took an abandoned car to a scrap yard you had to have the title to it if it was newer than 1986. If you took in a car older than 1986 you did not have to prove you owned the car

Some scrap yards will make you give them ID before they'll accept what you bring in.

Why?

what if later it turns out you stole that:

copper gutter

aluminum radiator

Air conditioning condensor

Roll of heavy cable with copper inside

???

Some smaller scrap yards might look the other way... which is why some scrappers are willing to travel farther to off their load.

I'm now wondering if my buddy that took me up to PA did so not because they paid more...

That picture of a Roll Off Truck above?

I drove that truck for a year before my Dad died and I moved from Baltimore to Frederick Maryland. I did that companies website and they gave me a pick up in return.

http://web.archive.org/web/20040210050203/http://www.hazardouswastepros.com/

PS) someone asked me why I blog on so many topics... well, I do Search Engine Optimization in Frederick Maryland... I can hit any target in any target market, get a website to rank in the top ten at will.

These smaller blogs create advertising income for me, If I get paid a nickle a day for each article at the end of the year I found I made about $18 for a half hours work... pretty nice rate of return even if I do have to wait a year to get paid.

Frederick MD window company scrap aluminum

noreply@blogger.com (David Bruce Jr) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:09:00 +0000

Photo taken at night.. before the Frederick Maryland Dumpster got dumped.
Dumpster belongs to a local Window Company, I could "tell u where it is but then I'd have to kill u"

Seriously, I'm not telling... I made $10 in less than 10 minutes from this baby, it's roughly 1 1/2 miles from my home, and less than 3 miles from Reliable Recycling where I'm taking this treasure to.

Obviously this was taken an night...

I made a legal, ethical, honest $60 an hour (at the rate of $60 hr.)
Ten Dollars in Ten Minutes