Will the recycling centers take aluminum cooling fins from computers?

Question

I have about 30 lbs of aluminum but it is from the cooling fins that you can find in computers over the cpu... I was wondering if i were to take this to a recycling center would they take it and pay me the going rate for aluminum?

Answer 1

they will buy it, but not likely give you the going rate for aluminum. they sell the metals they collect at the going rate, and this is true for all recycling centers. remember that they to are in business to make money.

Answer 2

aluminum is aluminum. It gets  melted down.

Answer 3

Ours will take any aluminium so long as there are no attached plastic, glass, or other material parts, here in my area they pay us about $2.10/pound for aluminium whether it's from cans, screen doors, whatever, painted or unpainted, "broken" or "whole," it's all the same price.

Some scrap places might vary the rate because your aluminium is unpainted, therefore "clean," or because it's in small pieces ("broken") or whatever.  But odds are they'll take it.