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?

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
(E-Mail Removed) <(E-Mail Removed)> 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.
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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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On 17 Nov, 19:01, "Roger Mills" <watt.ty...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
>
> NOSPAM...@gmail.com <NOSPAM...@gmail.com> *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.

Robert

RobertL <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> On 17 Nov, 19:01, "Roger Mills" <watt.ty...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
> >
> > NOSPAM...@gmail.com <NOSPAM...@gmail.com> 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 here:
<http://www.letsrecycle.com/prices/metalsPrices.jsp>

Alan.
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A.Lee wrote:
> RobertL <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> On 17 Nov, 19:01, "Roger Mills" <watt.ty...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>> In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
>>>
>>> NOSPAM...@gmail.com <NOSPAM...@gmail.com> 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 here:
> <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

"Andrew Mawson" <andrew@no_spam_please_mawson.org.uk> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> 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.

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
RobertL <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> On 17 Nov, 19:01, "Roger Mills" <watt.ty...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
>>
>> NOSPAM...@gmail.com <NOSPAM...@gmail.com> 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.
>
> Robert

I had a fair-sized heap 'cos I replaced all my radiator valves. They weighed
it at 3Kg and gave me £3.50 - not a fortune, but better than the £3 I got
for a 30Kg radiator. It was only a mile extra to the scrappy compared with
the tip - so it more than paid for the extra fuel.

[It amused me the way they weighed the radiator. They weighed my car - first
with it and then without it, and subtracted one from the other! Now, if
they'd let *me* sit in the car for the first weigh . . ]
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On Nov 17, 9:05*pm, "John" <Who90nos...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> "Andrew Mawson" <andrew@no_spam_please_mawson.org.uk> wrote in message
>
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>
>
> > <NOSPAM...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:(E-Mail Removed).. .
> >> 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