Does anyone have a scrap metal pile to which I could send my old chain to be recycled? :)
Thanks!
Does anyone have a scrap metal pile to which I could send my old chain to be recycled? :)
Thanks!
You don't have a scrap metal place in Ann Arbor? I'd just drive by and toss it over the fence. lol.
Karen
Lots of places weight out the metal and sometimes give you money for it. Why not walk it in the door? Just because recycling places look messy doesn't mean you should contribute to the mess.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuckervill
Contact these people and see if you can ship them a chain or two
http://www.teamestrogen.com/prodRR_12A.html
I can scrap it for you if you need another source...
Save up all your steel (jar lids, food cans, etc.) and run it out to the recycling center once in a while. Or maybe there are recycling bins near one of your usual routes to work, shopping, etc.
If you're recycling for an environmental benefit, then fuel expenditure is a real part of the equation. Don't mail your chain to someone else or drive to the recycling center with nothing but your chain. But I can't believe there aren't recycling bins somewhere near you. The scrap yard will definitely work too, although I doubt if a chain weighs enough to be worth even a penny.
I drive by the local scrap yard every day I drive, that's why I can fling it over the fence! It's not worth anything, anyway. Might as well give it away.
Karen
recycling bins
I know of very few communities that pick up scrap metal in the bins. Due to sorting and storage issues, and different alloys, most community bins are pretty specific as to what they'll take. When you put the wrong in thing in a bin it creates extra work for the sorters, and the item will most likely end up in the trash.
At a metal recycler, they sort the metals with giant magnets and other devices depending on the alloy. I really don't get the "throw it over the fence" thing. That's basically littering. Sure those places look messy, but why make extra work for people? Why not take 3 minutes to pull in and hand it to them?
Our company has a regional scarp metal recycler as a client: it's pretty interesting some of the things you can recycle: aluminum screen window frames, brass pluming parts, old chairs...
My LBS takes chains and used CO2 then goes to the metal recycler themselves. Easier than doing it myself even though I know they are getting money for it but I don't feel like dealing with it for a little cash. ;)
You could also degrease it and make a cool looking picture frame like Resource Revival does. That is what I did with one of mine.
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Originally Posted by Aggie_Ama
oh, good idea!! Scrap metal rrices are pretty low right now on some kinds so I'm sure It's not a big chunk of change to "donate".
I will look into the scrap metal recycling facility :)
Thanks!
I also have an inner tube that needs to be recycled. Is it common for bike shops to take them?
I'll have to call around :)
Around where I live, it's not common, but I do know a shop that collects tubes and tires for recycling. So yeah, I would call around and ask.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ana
(p.s. to anyone in the DC area, the shop of which I speak is Conte's, both in Arlington and Betheda.)
Oh, I was just kidding about throwing it over the fence. I think it's a funny picture, watching the chain fly over the car in slo-mo...weeeeeee....crash. :) But the reason I even thought of it is because I do drive by the scrap metal place every day, and I was surprised there wasn't one near the OP>
Karen
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Originally Posted by Irulan