Comment on Why do people throw out old motors, bicycles, anything metal into rivers and lakes instead of a junk yard or the trash system?

• Takumidesh@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  For most things you throw away, you can maybe get 50 cents at the a scrapper, of they even take the item

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  • HubertManne@kbin.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I mean thats fine though in the sense it did not cost you. Maybe I am just lucky that I have scrap places that are not to far away. Im in a city to so if you put something like that you will have randos in trucks grab it to bring it to the yards and get the 50 cents although it must be more because they seem to find it pays their gas and enough more to be doing it.

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• ryathal@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Steel is basically worthless for scap at consumer levels. Copper or aluminum is a different story, which is why a lot of drug addicts steal copper.

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