The Great 'Recycle it for cash' Hunt. Make money from old stuff you don't want.

phil999_2

anyone know of places which buy dvd's?

Jooly_2

:money:

OddjobKIA wrote:

Apart from that why do we only give to charity that we no longer deem worthy to be in our house. Ive seen some stuff GIVEN to charity and it is disgusting it needs to be chucked in the bin. Not saying that thousands of items that are given in love and near perfect condition dont outway those that aren't. But the attitude that says ' oh they would die for this over there' is wrong they are normally dying anyway.

please just ask yourself a question lets say an orphan who has lost his parents and family to aids has not eaten for a week and is wearing clothes that you wouldnt put in your dog basket, knocks on your door and asks for some clothes would you open your wardrobe and say help yourself I can replace them over time or would you say hang on theres a bag up the loft i will get it now you can rumage through that.

I have always lived by the saying 'GIVE UNTILL YOU NOTICE IT'

Being anonymous on these boards I can say that I only earn 12500 a year I have 3 young kids(7-4-and 7months) and a beautiful wife and we count every penny. But we give away alot of our stuff to people who need it more than us. For an example we only just finished paying for our 3 pice suit after a year it went to a family who's parent were very ill had 5 kids and sat on the floor (we still have a mis match of charity brought stuff). We brought a small car for £350 pounds to see us through for a couple of months spent a bit on it but gave it away to a single mum who had passed her test but could no way afford a car ( she lived miles from anywhere because of probs in her past and thats where she was put)

Im not saying IM better than you in any way I am still selfish in many ways(mainly food) but why dont we give our good stuff away and make do with the stuff in the garage that 'peolpe out there are dying for'


sorry to hijack this thread martin i got a bit carried away touched a nerve.

I too give away decent stuff to charity but at the end of the day I sell anything of any value to invest back into the family. Things are all so expensive and charity does start at home.

Wonderwoman_2

Just looked at this thread for interest and want to say thanks - have been a Greenmetropolis.com fan for ages - they give some money from each sale to trees - close to my heart and am thrilled to find out about bookcrossing - sounds like great fun!!

alliboy03

OddjobKIA wrote:

Apart from that why do we only give to charity that we no longer deem worthy to be in our house. Ive seen some stuff GIVEN to charity and it is disgusting it needs to be chucked in the bin. Not saying that thousands of items that are given in love and near perfect condition dont outway those that aren't. But the attitude that says ' oh they would die for this over there' is wrong they are normally dying anyway.

please just ask yourself a question lets say an orphan who has lost his parents and family to aids has not eaten for a week and is wearing clothes that you wouldnt put in your dog basket, knocks on your door and asks for some clothes would you open your wardrobe and say help yourself I can replace them over time or would you say hang on theres a bag up the loft i will get it now you can rumage through that.

I have always lived by the saying 'GIVE UNTILL YOU NOTICE IT'

Being anonymous on these boards I can say that I only earn 12500 a year I have 3 young kids(7-4-and 7months) and a beautiful wife and we count every penny. But we give away alot of our stuff to people who need it more than us. For an example we only just finished paying for our 3 pice suit after a year it went to a family who's parent were very ill had 5 kids and sat on the floor (we still have a mis match of charity brought stuff). We brought a small car for £350 pounds to see us through for a couple of months spent a bit on it but gave it away to a single mum who had passed her test but could no way afford a car ( she lived miles from anywhere because of probs in her past and thats where she was put)

Im not saying IM better than you in any way I am still selfish in many ways(mainly food) but why dont we give our good stuff away and make do with the stuff in the garage that 'peolpe out there are dying for'


sorry to hijack this thread martin i got a bit carried away touched a nerve.

What a great family, if only everyone else were like this the world might just be a better place!!!!!!:beer:

BoRacic

If you want to donate your cartridges etc. to a charity. Here's a, not so well known one, that needs our help and will benefit to the tune of £6 (yes, six pounds!) per cartridge! :T.

Canine Partners have no government funding and their work is expensive to do. Their dogs are so highly trained they can: use cash machines, open doors, load and unload washing machines, help their partners dress/undress, respond to over 100 set commands. They are really amazing and can change lives :A .

See the site for how to get the 'postage paid' envelopes (and read the fabulously heartwarming succes of the work they do).

http://www.caninepartners.co.uk/support/recyclingwithoutcost.html

I have just learnt of this charity through a friend with MS who is applying for a Canine Partner.

P.S. Forgive the amateurish posting, I still have my L plates on!

Turbo_Gran

:Hello: I,ve been trying to come into the coputer age so I hope that I am doing this right! if not please be patient . As I am an avid reader but on a pension all tips on cutting costs for aquiring more books have been gratefully recieved. I don't always want to use the library as some books are nice to keep and read more than once. Well here goes I,m pressing the send button ooh-er.

HugoSP

On the point of recylcing for cash....

In the trade I'm amaied to see houw many people just chuck out copper pipes and HW tanks etc.

I took a tank out of one property and asked the client if they wanted it or wanted me to take it. They replied that they would be grateful if I could oblige.

It weight in for £40!

I am doing a property renovation and keep all scrap that comes out of the house. This mainly consists of copper pipe, wiring in its insulation, some aluminium, and lead but a lot of ordinary ferrus metal (iron and steel). Added to this are waste items removed with clients consent as part of other jobs I do.

Actual items include old tumble driers. cookers, radiators, boilers, wiriing, damaged step ladders, cast iron/steel baths, copper pipes or plumbing products, brass fittings (old rad valves etc).

I wait till I have a trailer full then take it to my local scrap yard, who is a mile away. On average I rake in around £15 to £20 per trip. This is better value when I drop it off on my way to the quarry to pick up materials. The iron and steel get weighed in together, but the non ferrous stuff all gets weighed in at a different area of the yard. So it really doesn't matter if I only have a few kilos of each type. It all gets weighed and sorted in the same place and doesn't take much of my time or the yards time.

OK, so if you replace your shower and have a couple of feet of copper pipe to get rid of it's not much of a money maker. but if you are doing lots of work to your place, like I am and need to manage waste anyway, you save on disposal costs and actually get money back.

H

hannah2082_2

Turbo_Gran wrote:

:Hello: I,ve been trying to come into the coputer age so I hope that I am doing this right! if not please be patient . As I am an avid reader but on a pension all tips on cutting costs for aquiring more books have been gratefully recieved. I don't always want to use the library as some books are nice to keep and read more than once. Well here goes I,m pressing the send button ooh-er.

Welcome to the computer age! It was very nice to read your post and see that MSE appeals to everyone

Turbo_Gran

Yippee!!! I did it ,now that I have joined you all I may get on your nerves with joining in all the time ,I have had so many laughs in the past reading some of the threads and also picked up plenty of moneysaving tips ,keep them coming!

Savvy_Sue

HugoSP wrote:

On the point of recylcing for cash....

In the trade I'm amaied to see houw many people just chuck out copper pipes and HW tanks etc.

I took a tank out of one property and asked the client if they wanted it or wanted me to take it. They replied that they would be grateful if I could oblige.

It weight in for £40!

I am doing a property renovation and keep all scrap that comes out of the house. This mainly consists of copper pipe, wiring in its insulation, some aluminium, and lead but a lot of ordinary ferrus metal (iron and steel). Added to this are waste items removed with clients consent as part of other jobs I do.

Actual items include old tumble driers. cookers, radiators, boilers, wiriing, damaged step ladders, cast iron/steel baths, copper pipes or plumbing products, brass fittings (old rad valves etc).

I wait till I have a trailer full then take it to my local scrap yard, who is a mile away. On average I rake in around £15 to £20 per trip. This is better value when I drop it off on my way to the quarry to pick up materials. The iron and steel get weighed in together, but the non ferrous stuff all gets weighed in at a different area of the yard. So it really doesn't matter if I only have a few kilos of each type. It all gets weighed and sorted in the same place and doesn't take much of my time or the yards time.

OK, so if you replace your shower and have a couple of feet of copper pipe to get rid of it's not much of a money maker. but if you are doing lots of work to your place, like I am and need to manage waste anyway, you save on disposal costs and actually get money back.

It's all very good advice, Hugo, but the difference between and us (I'm talking about me and OH here, but suspect there's quite a few others like us!) is that a) you know where to take the stuff and b) you actually get round to doing it! :rotfl:

I know quite well that if we had anything major done around the house, I'd far rather the tradesmen took it away, especially if I knew they were going to recycle it (even to their own advantage), because otherwise we'd have a garage full of junk which I'd be nagging OH to take for recycling!