Old Electronics Are a New Gold Mine

[retrogameguy1]

americans

[Reneelwaring]

I grind plastic to reuse it. At approx. .09 cents per pound emagine how much money you've sent to the land fill in the past year in plastic bottles because you didn't care. Don't blame the game, blame the consumer. RECYCLE!!!

[roboboboism]

@Qubeetubee: lol dumbass

[RejectedManiac]

RIP CRT's! We love and miss you!

[woodlandcammo27]

These people make you think they are doing it for mother Earth. It is all for a tax break and money. Do this stuff yourself and make money!

[vicj0r]

No wai I'm melting my electronics down myself. I want the gold.

[stevenedaman]

at 3;00 she says...the gentlemen are trained to take apart the electronics to see is there a batt inside...whatever lol!!! the niggas are not trained they just rip shit apart and say where da scrap is foo!!!

[stevenedaman]

at 3;00 she says...the gentlemen are trained to take apart the electronics to see is there a batt inside...whatever lol!!! the niggas are not trained the just rip shit apart and say where da scrap is foo!!!

[cagedtigersteve]

I want my gold bar....I'm not going to give my old cell phone away.

[prancingdog]

How dare those evil corporations make money as their primary goal! Those greedy bastards should be doing everything they can for the rest of us. I don't want to work for anything, and these bastards expect to get paid for their work! How dare they! I should eat for free, and live comfortably without working for it.

(For the ever stupid amongst us...I am being sarcastic. Look it up.)

[jonesn77]

@prancingdog that is a lot to read.

[mtgsean]

I love how the black manager sounds educated and the white line guy sounds like he's from the ghetto.

[taripres]

Lol, now its time to do my research to find out how I can recycle everything and get the money...lol! Maybe they'll pay me to bring it to them..?

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[jhoag536]

Hey Howard, I also did Scrap4treasure. Great stuff. With gold close to $1600, 1 gram of refined gold (there are 28 grams in an ounce) is now worth $57. You can find a hell of lot more than that if you know where to look.

[Stols001]

@jhoag536 gold ounce is a troy ounce which is actually about 31 grams

[Louis2282]

This is painful to watch, I recycle to get parts and reuse them, there were probably better spec computers being destroyed than I am using to watch this video

[deepwoodtickles]

if you live in Calgary,or anywhere else for that matter, and pay someone $65 to get rid of something that they are going to make money out of, you are a mug.I would spend the cash on gas, and drive the tv to the recycling myself, and still have a tank of gas left,unless u live miles away from a recycler, then just bury the thing and forget it.No way im spending cash to get rid of my old tv.

[howardhowbrowbrown6]

I recommend SCRAP4TREASURE which for a small investment can pay off nicely. The program teaches you where to look, what to look for and how to recover gold and silver mostly. Not easy. But what is?

[2011rudolph]

IF you live in Calgary, Alberta...there is a great company by the name of TV Heaven 403-837-3650 that picks up your old TV and takes them to a recycling plant...the fee starts at a minimum of $65, but its worth it!!!

[swspls1040]

We thought you will be interested to know that you can discover how to recycle and recover gold, silver and even platinum from a surprisingly large variety junk and scrap that people toss out all the time.

We explain how and where. Please go to the scrap4treasure web site.

Spot price for an ounce of gold is over $1400 and for an ounce of silver over $35. That's good extra money for anyone who knows what to look for.

And it's a great part-time hobby.

[waellerbe]

I appreciate the work that this company in New York is doing to break down electronics into materials that can be sold again to other companies. I would like to learn more about their process.

[slfviirus]

1 gram of gold = 39 pounds

No thanks, I think I will recycle my own stuff myself

[LawrenceElectronics]

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[brandon14872]

the title is the same as the description

[oxon09]

NOOOO HE THREW AWAY THE WINDOWS 2000 SERIAL NUMBER!

[loudmouthmuzik509]

its a little bit more money you dont have to spend yet your prices will continue to go up F that pay me for my old phone, and what about the toxins the minimal wage workers are exposed to

[wifebeater756]

i would like to work there lol i taken apart shit everyday any way

[bloodanglesrule]

2:01 l had an old computer screen like that lol

[molceonly]

well i have lots of those pins...

[flownder28]

To totally dismantle a computer with monitor by hand, it take about 2 to 2 1/2 hours, that includes all the drives and power supply too...everything right down to the last screw. I just did it in my spare time.

[flownder28]

I took all my boards in after collecting computers & electronics, dismantling, segregating each type of metal and component, cleaning the circuit boards of any steel, aluminum, tantalum capacitors, electrolytic capacitors and plastics threw all the board into Gaylord boxes and after 9 months of back braking, neck wrenching, hand gouging I had 1thousand pounds of mixed CB's. Yup, It's hard work. Some people work for pride, some people work to make a living. I got $5.65 per pound for all that work

[sillu129]

and of course i wached this video after destructing my computer with axe

[TheDaddyNicc]

My question is: Why did they let Gerard Alvarez speak?

[Kilooscarromeo]

this guy has his nose up at everyone one of those i'm more intelligent than you kind body language can tell a lot Yes No Please

[jettaracer56]

he said he has a hard job? are you f-ing kidding me? taking apart computers and monitors is easy stuff

[theREALmegaverse]

@jettaracer56 then go do it and be happy i guess ...seems like you had a worst job...

[gasdorf]

the recycle process is costly and the workers suffer the process is not good for your health to work in such a place

[gasdorf]

thats why china is on top....they recycle all thier electronics they have recycle sweat shops

[staydput]

This business went to China and the Philippines.

Now you know.

[bcubed72]

I don't understand why everybody's complaining that a profit's being made. Environmentalists have been trying to convince people that you can "make green by being green"...and then when somebody does, there's static?

I'd prefer to get the word out that "recycling is good for the bottom line" to anybody that'll listen.

[fromthedarkorg]

Remember, "greedy corporations" provide jobs. Have you ever worked for a homeless man? His checks generally bounce.

[TakronRust]

Isn't that cute. Corporations making money under the guise of caring.

[sr71ablackbird]

@TakronRust and who knows how much at that. my guess, would be plenty.

[gorehoundpaul14]

@TakronRust

My thought exactly =D

Just drop them here in the bin and we'll take care the rest.

[jrhd00d84]

I have connected the dots. Some of you may think I'm crazy. I don't have any proof. But what if the reason all these companies want us to sell our Gold for Cash is because the corporations want Americans to have nothing when the dollar fails.

[cindyandyogi]

ohio uses prison labor to recycle computers at elkton prison

[crusher1944]

@cindyandyogi give me the CASH NOW, I can't go to the store and buy milk or bread

and give the clerk a peice of gold for it, he wouldn't no how much it was worth and how to give change

[covertgreen]

faget

[ptdollars]

You should reward people for recylce efforts to help go green and any other participation to recyle, We pay too much for the cell phone and to just give it your business to make money off of my purchase, is robbery.

[BillyJimmyLee]

I would personally wait for a couple of decades until I order my super duper metal-dissolving nanites, because I hate those chemicals! LOL

[Nauticalman]

Kind of sucks, now knowing that my wedding ring could be made of computer junk. At first i thought recycling was something did for the environment. Now I can CLEARLY see that these are just modern junk lords, looking for gold and silver.

-A lot of disappointing information in this video.

[mattawright]

@FreeMarketForces I am the Director of Business Development for a company that has done as you ask. It was startes two years ago with two guys, $4000, and a box truck. We now employ over 100 people, and dare I say the fastest growing recycling company in the Midwest. Check us out. Disposal Alternatives Organization. It can be done. Greed must be removed from the equation!!!

[CosmicGrooves]

The Shredder? Do the Ninja Turtles know about this?

[0kaworu]

lol fall in the shredder

[fluffy211000]

recycyling is good but what about selling the gold,copper,silver, cause those r worth money

[D33Lux]

Its the puerto rican guy that messed with 2pac in the movie juice! 2:33 lol

[Vidx50]

learn be rich

[anthonychad]

i'm never reclycling my electronics to greedy coporations like this i'd do it myself if i had the knowledge

[TheUndert0ker]

@anthonychad i agree, but i dont think its trivial to do so

[panzuman]

aluminum is pretty easy to recycle i do it almost everyday! i then make jewelry and give it to my gf or i sell it!

[pgdevil]

@anthonychad Why not, and why have people thumbed this up? If you don't recycle your electronics, they go to the landfill where the dangerous chemicals such as lead, cadmium, and mercury can leach into the soil and groundwater. If you are worried about the information stored on your hard drive, then take it out and recycle the rest.

[danrichards23]

@anthonychad the profits are small from recycling. all of the precious metals are only plated connectors. a very very thin layer. electro-plated. if you sprayed gold paint on it it would be more than the plating. fine metals conduct best. u probably knew that. keep recycling. keeps the lead and crap from seeping into groundwater.

[ninja6kid]

you not only dont have the knowledge you do not have the machines or equipment to do it...

[DanFrederiksen]

@anthonychad you should first get the knowledge that it's much better for them to do it. they are doing us a favor and you couldn't get anything of value out of it if you spent your entire life on it. it's not like it has lumps of gold in it. it is absolutely minute amounts in each product.

[MsIDIDIT]

@anthonychad yeah, you will buy your electronic for the "greedy" corporations though, thats o.k. I guess?

[waellerbe]

@anthonychad - I too have an interest in learning how to recycle my own electronics. The safest solutions that I can think of would be to learn about how to rebuild circuit boards, and learn how to convert the metal from old computer cases into scrap metal which can be used for other projects. Let's set a goal to see how much we can learn. All things are possible.

[007Neutrin0]

@anthonychad You'll never make any monkey unless you do it on a massive scale, you need like 5000 phones to get like 7kgs of gold.

[jinkywantsyou]

@007Neutrin0 7kgs of gold is worth over £210,000 :D

[TheOnlyCoolestGuy111]

@anthonychad Very greed

[Blitz4000]

youshely......

[dukeboy426]

@Blitz4000 hahahaha usually is what i think he saying bahahahaha

[vivitar45]

i youshely just toss old cellphones out now i just give them away

[TheIxtlan]

electronic components contains lots of interesting metals, there gold, copper, silver, allumnium. Most of the gold are gold plating but its still gold.

[DaManzMoney]

Right how much do u get if u send then in for recycleing them cause Why would I make poeple millions of dollars for nothing and it takes me time and money to take it in to them

[hrbear]

They would answer you "look, we also pay for keeping the machinery running, the electricity for the recycling plant, the wages we pay for the recycling emploees, so the recycling plant has the right to earn something from the whole story. Besides we save the planet". The perfect solution would be that all of the recycling plants to be national, so actually you help your country, build schools, hospitals etc.

[DaManzMoney]

But it still burns my gas and that is bad for the envioment that it pollutes and just to drop it off

[Eltsacwenify]

My sentiments exactly, why should we take the time and money out to send in our phones for free so that other people can make money out of it? I can guarantee you that not everybody in the world cares about the environment. People should be re-imbursed even if only a little bit.

[11335569]

the nokia guy said the labels are pre-paid.

[mybrotherkeeper]

@Eltsacwenify My sentiments exactly (hope you don't mind me stealing your words).

Individuals getting the money for recycling their Own cell phones, computers, and other electronics would use the money more efficiently than governments or corporations (that are often tied in with the government). I recycle other scrap metals, but have not heard any place where I can recycle my own electronics for my own money.

There'd be a lot less waste if such places become more accessible.

[whittvet]

With Gold being over a thousand an ounce, people are not going to stop mining it.

[MorgenIndustries]

very informative.. check out my recycling campaign

[tgraham76]

check out what i made out of E trash.

[jadefist]

misleading title.... but some company does pay you for your old electronics... but not much its really not worth the time of effort id just trash stuff

[angelcitynut]

is this one of them Green jobs im gonna have to get once Obama kills the real Economy??

[superpenguin4500]

the economy was dead long before obama came into office

[TEMMYWA]

business of that sort called cannibal in my country lol

[hunthicks]

My biggest question is: Why isn't some company out there willing to pay people minimum wage to start resorting the trash from the last 50 years? All those electronics etc still have the gold, aluminum, copper etc etc in them.

[redsnappah]

That actually sounds like a really good idea to me -- it would not only clean up landfills and protect the environment, but create jobs... I'm not an expert, but I see no downside there.

[HelpSaveTheEarth2051]

There are many million tons of these stuff already buried ion land fill and dumps.

[jadefist]

cuzz you'd make more than minium wage doing it all your self ( if you were at all good, much more) so whos gonna be retarded enough to dig through trash when they could be spiting your in big mac and making just as much an hour?

[hunthicks]

@jadefist The people that can't even get a job flipping burgers. If people are willing to clean excrement, fillet fish or chicken etc etc all day, I'm sure digging through an ld landfill wouldn't be too big a deal. Like maybe the people currently sorting trash at the recycling facilities? Noob...

[gobsiter]

@hunthicks it would not evan come close to paying for its self would you be willing to pay tax for this

[hunthicks]

@gobsiter It's not ALL about making money It's about cleaning the enviroment and producing jobs; the amount of glass, metal etc in landfills could reduce the excavation of raw materials. Many dump sites from pre1920 have objects such as bottles that are worth $ for the collectable value.

[gobsiter]

@hunthicks im all for a cleaner greener future.just i think there is more important priorities such as grean energy these more than pay for themselves yet there not done i also beleve in taxing things by how much polution they create for example where i live you have to pay for your plastic bag and paper is free

[FreeMarketForces]

@gobsiter Where these green solutions are that pay for them self? It is hard enough to recoup the start-up cost to power your home using solar/wind without gvmt mandates, much less for example, have a plant that makes solar panels that is powered by solar. PV solar is very expensive to make and is inefficient, and I am interested in concentrated solar sterling engines, wind power, and others. That fact is the gvmt mandating and taxes are not as efficient as the free market solutions.

[circusboy90210]

@FreeMarketForces exactly... but the concept of a little more that does not have to be whatever.. does not fit. global demand is just too high.

[FreeMarketForces]

@hunthicks There are companies that mine the garbage land-fills for industrial & precious metals, and more.

[missionaryoffaith]

@hunthicks

lets get a grant from obama and start one ...it never 2 late..

[dieselplow]

@hunthicks We are not at that point yet - but by the end of the century we will probably be going through them to retrieve plastic and metal based components. Of course by then the earth will probably not be an attractive planet anymore as every square inch will be drilled or mined.

[hurmpfff]

@hunthicks

health and saftey.

i'm sure if you're willing to wave claims of any kind as you risk your life for minimum wage a company will hire you

[circusboy90210]

@hunthicks would you work minimum wage to help someone make millions off of your labor?? get real.

[hunthicks]

@circusboy90210 Lol. The intelligence! Do you work? Because regardless of what you do, your making money for "the man" Millions of people every day work crappy, dirty, hard, disgusting jobs for minimum wage while the people up the list rake in millions. Getting some otherwise unemployable individuals to sort through yesterdays garbage for the purpose of recycling would clean up the enviroment, and give these people a paying job. Get real and go back to playing xBox >.<

[circusboy90210]

@hunthicks self emplyed never worked for anybody else in my life. I make money for my own pockey. there is a reason why uneplyable people are unemployed they have no skills. however to expect someone to literally make someone else millions of dollars per ton of their back breaking labor is silly. I would not do this for less than $75/hour and it's not totally unskilled work. there are functional pieces in here worth more as working equipment than as trash..

[ryanhall2013]

@circusboy90210 I find it funny that you say you've worked for yourself all your life. I remember talking to you a while back and we discussed your work experience with the Circus.......... You were bragging about how you had been all around the world and how you were basically making money for the Circus........... Well I don't want to dig your own hole for you. So go ahead, my friend. So how is your bio diesel factory coming along (we talked about it)? You own one by now, right?

[circusboy90210]

@ryanhall2013 still plugging along with the biodiesel factory, earning capital right now , working @ yet another circus. but yes mostly self employeed most of my lilfe. thought most time when I have worked in a circus or other job been an self employed contractor , so yes been mostly self employed. worked a few other jobs but usually not long eonough to really say I've worked for someone else.

[TheCaptainLulz]

@hunthicks they are, at least in pakistan. The problem with dumps here in the west is the amount of toxic waste thaty made its way into the trash. This limits safety and makes it non-competitive. Pakistans waste is more basic (food waste and organic waste) and thus cost effective to mine.

[marcuelcajon]

@hunthicks It goes back to China , where they actually do exactly what you are mentioning. Except the harms out weigh the benefits.

[tapout320]

@hunthicks Would you want minimum wage to search through a dump? besides the cost wouldnt even come close to the profit.

[rockbay79]

@hunthicks That's a really good idea. Good oppritunity for people to make money to survive!

[1234build]

@hunthicks People already recycle all types of electronics, and as many other types of metal by selling them to their local scrap yard, or selling parts on Ebay. You could probably make 40,000, or more a year full time scrapping! That's a bit less than the average American income, much more than minimum wage, no taxes are taken out, and you are self employed in an industry that has proven to GROW during a recession. Message me for a website that will tell you everything, could not fit it here.

[WHOOPDASHOOP]

WATCH IT SHRED!

[kevbro321gone]

nahhh ill keep them and sell them at enviro phone and get hard cash brap brap

[haansgruber]

exactly, send us your gold rings and silver necklaces.

peace :)

[Microman171]

You sir, are a prime example of the people who live in this material world. A person who takes so much for granted. A person who *may* think, Big deal! I will be dead before the earth does. I am not an environmentalist, but I try not to take everything for granted. I try not to think Ohhh money, the most important thing in life.

[emel60]

buy some tits

[CassetteMaster]

Any vintage tape recorders I'll take in one piece!!

[johnknoefler]

they are so nice at Nokia. He says just drop it off. No money back or nothing. No credit. NOTHING. But they make money from the recycler. Did you realize that a ton of electronics is valued at about $6,000.00 before being broken down. After wards the value skyrockets. Why should these bozos get it for free?????