Recycle Brake Rotors?
07-08-2007, 05:24 PM
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Re: Recycle Brake Rotors?
Jeff Strickland wrote:
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> "Jeff" <kidsdoc2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>>>
>>> "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote in message
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>>>> Do brake rotors have scrap value?
>>>>
>>>> I am not positive, but I'm thinking I took some rotors to my metal
>>>> recycler and he didn't want them. I know I took something down there
>>>> that he didn't want, but I can't remember what it was -- rotors are
>>>> the only thing that I would have laying around though ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm just going to toss them into the recycle bin that I have to put
>>> out at the curb and let the trash company sort out what they want to
>>> do. It's not worth my effort to go to the recycling center ...
>>
>> That's too bad. Because they will probably just send it to a landfill,
>> they probably aren't set up to recycle iron. Whereas if it goes to a
>> scrap yard, it will get recycle.
>>
>
> According to reports, our curbside recycle is pretty good. I have to put
> recyclable stuff, newspapers, plactics, bottles, etc., into a separate
> can from my regular trash. We're told that the can gets sorted somewhere
> and the various materials are separated into piles where they do the
> most good.
>
> Assuming what They say and what They do is the same, my rotors should
> find their way to a good home. I'll be out a few bucks, but I won't have
> to buy gas to drive across town to the recycle center.
Do they say that they accept rotors? The place they would say it is on
the website (e.g,. your city or county public works website).
However, you can call to have washing machines, hot water heaters, etc.,
picked up. I imagine they would take rotors, too.
I think most recycling places glass, plastic, aluminum, and various
types of paper.
Jeff
>
> "Jeff" <kidsdoc2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:Ldcki.610$YH3.191@trnddc08...
>> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>>>
>>> "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote in message
>>> news:zQaki.33675$sq4.19369@trnddc05...
>>>> Do brake rotors have scrap value?
>>>>
>>>> I am not positive, but I'm thinking I took some rotors to my metal
>>>> recycler and he didn't want them. I know I took something down there
>>>> that he didn't want, but I can't remember what it was -- rotors are
>>>> the only thing that I would have laying around though ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm just going to toss them into the recycle bin that I have to put
>>> out at the curb and let the trash company sort out what they want to
>>> do. It's not worth my effort to go to the recycling center ...
>>
>> That's too bad. Because they will probably just send it to a landfill,
>> they probably aren't set up to recycle iron. Whereas if it goes to a
>> scrap yard, it will get recycle.
>>
>
> According to reports, our curbside recycle is pretty good. I have to put
> recyclable stuff, newspapers, plactics, bottles, etc., into a separate
> can from my regular trash. We're told that the can gets sorted somewhere
> and the various materials are separated into piles where they do the
> most good.
>
> Assuming what They say and what They do is the same, my rotors should
> find their way to a good home. I'll be out a few bucks, but I won't have
> to buy gas to drive across town to the recycle center.
Do they say that they accept rotors? The place they would say it is on
the website (e.g,. your city or county public works website).
However, you can call to have washing machines, hot water heaters, etc.,
picked up. I imagine they would take rotors, too.
I think most recycling places glass, plastic, aluminum, and various
types of paper.
Jeff
07-08-2007, 05:31 PM
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Re: Recycle Brake Rotors?
"Jeff" <kidsdoc2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I think most recycling places glass, plastic, aluminum, and various types
> of paper.
Sure they do, but when the trash company comes to my house and gets it, then
I don't have to haul it around. I get a trash bin that can hold 250 pounds
of stuff that I don't want, and this makes my life easy because they come
get it, and the bonus is this crap is no longer in the landfill -- at least
they tell us it isn't in the landfill, I haven't actually been to the dump
to see what goes in ...
07-08-2007, 05:31 PM
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Re: Recycle Brake Rotors?
"Jeff" <kidsdoc2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I think most recycling places glass, plastic, aluminum, and various types
> of paper.
Sure they do, but when the trash company comes to my house and gets it, then
I don't have to haul it around. I get a trash bin that can hold 250 pounds
of stuff that I don't want, and this makes my life easy because they come
get it, and the bonus is this crap is no longer in the landfill -- at least
they tell us it isn't in the landfill, I haven't actually been to the dump
to see what goes in ...
07-08-2007, 05:31 PM
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Re: Recycle Brake Rotors?
"Jeff" <kidsdoc2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I think most recycling places glass, plastic, aluminum, and various types
> of paper.
Sure they do, but when the trash company comes to my house and gets it, then
I don't have to haul it around. I get a trash bin that can hold 250 pounds
of stuff that I don't want, and this makes my life easy because they come
get it, and the bonus is this crap is no longer in the landfill -- at least
they tell us it isn't in the landfill, I haven't actually been to the dump
to see what goes in ...
07-08-2007, 05:31 PM
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Re: Recycle Brake Rotors?
"Jeff" <kidsdoc2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:9Ccki.7099$MV6.5777@trnddc01...
> I think most recycling places glass, plastic, aluminum, and various types
> of paper.
Sure they do, but when the trash company comes to my house and gets it, then
I don't have to haul it around. I get a trash bin that can hold 250 pounds
of stuff that I don't want, and this makes my life easy because they come
get it, and the bonus is this crap is no longer in the landfill -- at least
they tell us it isn't in the landfill, I haven't actually been to the dump
to see what goes in ...
07-08-2007, 05:35 PM
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Re: Recycle Brake Rotors?
Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> "Jeff" <kidsdoc2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:9Ccki.7099$MV6.5777@trnddc01...
>
>> I think most recycling places glass, plastic, aluminum, and various
>> types of paper.
>
> Sure they do, but when the trash company comes to my house and gets it,
> then I don't have to haul it around. I get a trash bin that can hold 250
> pounds of stuff that I don't want, and this makes my life easy because
> they come get it, and the bonus is this crap is no longer in the
> landfill -- at least they tell us it isn't in the landfill, I haven't
> actually been to the dump to see what goes in ...
Does the trash company say they take scrap iron or rotors for recylcing?
>
> "Jeff" <kidsdoc2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:9Ccki.7099$MV6.5777@trnddc01...
>
>> I think most recycling places glass, plastic, aluminum, and various
>> types of paper.
>
> Sure they do, but when the trash company comes to my house and gets it,
> then I don't have to haul it around. I get a trash bin that can hold 250
> pounds of stuff that I don't want, and this makes my life easy because
> they come get it, and the bonus is this crap is no longer in the
> landfill -- at least they tell us it isn't in the landfill, I haven't
> actually been to the dump to see what goes in ...
Does the trash company say they take scrap iron or rotors for recylcing?
07-08-2007, 05:35 PM
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Re: Recycle Brake Rotors?
Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> "Jeff" <kidsdoc2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:9Ccki.7099$MV6.5777@trnddc01...
>
>> I think most recycling places glass, plastic, aluminum, and various
>> types of paper.
>
> Sure they do, but when the trash company comes to my house and gets it,
> then I don't have to haul it around. I get a trash bin that can hold 250
> pounds of stuff that I don't want, and this makes my life easy because
> they come get it, and the bonus is this crap is no longer in the
> landfill -- at least they tell us it isn't in the landfill, I haven't
> actually been to the dump to see what goes in ...
Does the trash company say they take scrap iron or rotors for recylcing?
>
> "Jeff" <kidsdoc2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:9Ccki.7099$MV6.5777@trnddc01...
>
>> I think most recycling places glass, plastic, aluminum, and various
>> types of paper.
>
> Sure they do, but when the trash company comes to my house and gets it,
> then I don't have to haul it around. I get a trash bin that can hold 250
> pounds of stuff that I don't want, and this makes my life easy because
> they come get it, and the bonus is this crap is no longer in the
> landfill -- at least they tell us it isn't in the landfill, I haven't
> actually been to the dump to see what goes in ...
Does the trash company say they take scrap iron or rotors for recylcing?
07-08-2007, 05:35 PM
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Re: Recycle Brake Rotors?
Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> "Jeff" <kidsdoc2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:9Ccki.7099$MV6.5777@trnddc01...
>
>> I think most recycling places glass, plastic, aluminum, and various
>> types of paper.
>
> Sure they do, but when the trash company comes to my house and gets it,
> then I don't have to haul it around. I get a trash bin that can hold 250
> pounds of stuff that I don't want, and this makes my life easy because
> they come get it, and the bonus is this crap is no longer in the
> landfill -- at least they tell us it isn't in the landfill, I haven't
> actually been to the dump to see what goes in ...
Does the trash company say they take scrap iron or rotors for recylcing?
>
> "Jeff" <kidsdoc2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:9Ccki.7099$MV6.5777@trnddc01...
>
>> I think most recycling places glass, plastic, aluminum, and various
>> types of paper.
>
> Sure they do, but when the trash company comes to my house and gets it,
> then I don't have to haul it around. I get a trash bin that can hold 250
> pounds of stuff that I don't want, and this makes my life easy because
> they come get it, and the bonus is this crap is no longer in the
> landfill -- at least they tell us it isn't in the landfill, I haven't
> actually been to the dump to see what goes in ...
Does the trash company say they take scrap iron or rotors for recylcing?
07-08-2007, 05:35 PM
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Re: Recycle Brake Rotors?
Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> "Jeff" <kidsdoc2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:9Ccki.7099$MV6.5777@trnddc01...
>
>> I think most recycling places glass, plastic, aluminum, and various
>> types of paper.
>
> Sure they do, but when the trash company comes to my house and gets it,
> then I don't have to haul it around. I get a trash bin that can hold 250
> pounds of stuff that I don't want, and this makes my life easy because
> they come get it, and the bonus is this crap is no longer in the
> landfill -- at least they tell us it isn't in the landfill, I haven't
> actually been to the dump to see what goes in ...
Does the trash company say they take scrap iron or rotors for recylcing?
>
> "Jeff" <kidsdoc2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:9Ccki.7099$MV6.5777@trnddc01...
>
>> I think most recycling places glass, plastic, aluminum, and various
>> types of paper.
>
> Sure they do, but when the trash company comes to my house and gets it,
> then I don't have to haul it around. I get a trash bin that can hold 250
> pounds of stuff that I don't want, and this makes my life easy because
> they come get it, and the bonus is this crap is no longer in the
> landfill -- at least they tell us it isn't in the landfill, I haven't
> actually been to the dump to see what goes in ...
Does the trash company say they take scrap iron or rotors for recylcing?
07-08-2007, 07:00 PM
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Re: Recycle Brake Rotors?
"Jeff" <kidsdoc2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>>
>> "Jeff" <kidsdoc2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:9Ccki.7099$MV6.5777@trnddc01...
>>
>>> I think most recycling places glass, plastic, aluminum, and various
>>> types of paper.
>>
>> Sure they do, but when the trash company comes to my house and gets it,
>> then I don't have to haul it around. I get a trash bin that can hold 250
>> pounds of stuff that I don't want, and this makes my life easy because
>> they come get it, and the bonus is this crap is no longer in the
>> landfill -- at least they tell us it isn't in the landfill, I haven't
>> actually been to the dump to see what goes in ...
>
> Does the trash company say they take scrap iron or rotors for recylcing?
They'll take it, I don't know what they'll do with it. I like to think they
can divert it to a pile of other like material that will eventually get
recycled, but I don't really know.
I'm 99% certain that my local metal store does not want the material, and
the effort it takes to find out does not outweigh any financial benefit I
might enjoy.
By posting my original question, I was hoping for a clear cut yes or no.
I've gotten a mixed bag of maybe. I'm tossing the rotors (there are only 4
of them) into the recycle bin that I roll out to the curb for the trash
company to pick up. Having the landfills fill up is a serious issue around
here, so if they care about my rotors in the waste stream, they will divert
them as appropriate and if they don't care, then neither do I.
