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Re: "The Little Things" - Helpful hints for all

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Originally Posted by BBray_T1296 View Post
Or recycle it. We took scrap aluminum to a recycler in town, where they pay $0.50/lb for Aluminum.
I don't remember the prices for copper and steel, but they buy it

Overall, we made $100 off of 2 KOP bins of little chips and pieces too small to be used. Not a huge amount, but it buys a pizza party.
Good point. We actually give our aluminum to the metals teacher, who does aluminum casting/molding in his class. He has quite a few aluminum ingots made from former robot parts. But yeah, we don't throw metals into the trash.
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