Getting paid to recycle question?

Question

You know how you can make some change by recycling aluminum cans and bottles? Can you do the same for electronics like tv's that work but no one will buy and large cd players, etc? If so where do you take em?

Answer 1

I thought the rest of your question was going to be different... Wouldnt it be interesting to find out why people dont get paid for recyling everything?

I heard of a company that was making street material out of broken glass that had been processed and also counter tops. It seems to me the company would do better if they paid for everyone to bring their junk plastic and glass to them.

The tax deduction is good for taking things to Goodwill , if your in a tax bracket to get anything.

Answer 2

If they work you can take them to Goodwill,or some Charity and take the tax credit for value of the goods donated.

Answer 3

You could always try taking them to a pawn shop or selling them in the paper

Answer 4

Computer Repair companies usually get "extras"

or handouts from their customers. They take these computers and make ONE good one out of them.

Do they pay for "rejected" or almost dead computers? Sure, why not? Obviously, they do not pay very much.

In my case, I offer to remove all personal data with multiple cleansing techniques - usually, the service costs $60 (and you get a cd with all your personal data and pictures etc on it).

Thus, you may think you are 'donating" but in reality, you can

get something for nothing!

Answer 5

yes take them to your local frash dump!

Answer 6

Circuit City has a program through their website that that you put in the 'specs' of the item and they will tell you how much, if any, they will pay you for them. They will also send a pre-paid stamp to send them back to them with. So you make money and keep it out of the landfill. :)

Answer 7

I've had good luck with Craigslist!

May also want to check your area for local electronics recycling events - my county actually has three coming up in the next few weeks.

Answer 8

Like any other bulk materials, to make good money on recycling aluminum, glass, steel, etc, you have to sell in large quantities.  You can make money selling aluminum cans directly to the aluminum fabricators, but you're going to need a lot of them to make a really good buck.

Recycling companies are set up to handle bulk goods like this.  They sell what they can collect and that's how they stay in business.

As for electronics that work, all of the places listed above are good.  You should be able to make a few bucks selling these things on Craigslist, Ebay, or a local pawn shop.  You can also donate them to a thrift shop and get a receipt for a tax deduction, if you itemize.

Answer 9

I honestly disagree with the "give it to charity" kind of answers. If it is already junk it will remain junk even if you hide it in a poor man's house. Of course you get the satisfaction of "not contaminating" because you didn't throw it to the garbage -although no one could fix it or it was usefull only for a year or it's obsolete technology- and you can even fantasize with doing "a good deed", giving something useless to someone that did'nt need it. But that's only the advantage of hypocrisy, be that "green" or not.

Answer 10

Selling those items to another user is the same as recycling in my opinion. Or donating them to charity. Either way they're going to a new user instead of a landfill.