The Wonderful World of E-Scrap

The Dirty World of Scrap Metal in The Eyes of A Scrapper By Larry D Hollifield **Opinions vary, what might seem reasonable to one my appear completely unreasonable to another. After reading this article you decide for yourself what works best for you. The world's a tough place, but I'm not telling you something you don't already know. But hey, nobody promised you life would be easy. As someone who has actively been associated with the scrap metal industry for 35+ years I tend to be very opinionated when we talk scrap. Quiet frankly I don't think that those who collect and sell metals to a “scrap yard” are treated very fairly. Whether these scrappers are to blame or not we will explorer a little further into this article. How society views a scrapper The public tends to look down on scrappers, often thinking that they are a “dirty” breed that live on the outskirts of society. They lump sum all scrappers into an uneducated, unrefined, desperate cat...

Myth or Fact, RAM Memory Modules Store Personal Data and Should Always Be Destroyed By Larry D Hollifield **Opinions vary, what might seem reasonable to one my appear completely unreasonable to another. After reading this article you decide for yourself what works best for you. The other day I was surfing around and reading different articles posted on the Iscrapapp.com website when I came across an article on computer memory. Let me say this upfront, I really don’t want to come off being negative or critical of an article written by the owner of the site but, unfortunately, the information in his article is just not correct. Here’s the opening paragraph of that article: “ Let’s Talk About Gold & Silver Memory Scrap your old memory from your computer today. Memory should be destroyed when it is scrapped so that others can not access your information. Scrap yards that accept memory usually have their own way of destroying the memory. Prices for memory depend on the size, ...

LCD Flat Screen Monitors, The Truth, The Whole Truth and Nothing But The Truth By Larry D Hollifdield **Opinions vary, what might seem reasonable to one my appear completely unreasonable to another. After reading this article you decide for yourself what works best for you. I do a lot of e-scrapping, I enjoy it. I also do a lot of reading and research regarding e-scrap. A lot of articles I read regarding LCD flat screen monitors tend to dismiss them and any value they might have as e-scrap. Most articles contend that the only thing any LCD flat screen monitor has of value is the screen drive/display control circuit board attached to the top edge of the LCD Panel. Well, two things I can tell you for sure after reading those articles, 1- the articles authors have not dismantled very many flat screen monitors for e-scrap and, 2-their idea of value is no where close to what I consider to be valuable. I have dismantled hundreds of flat screen monitors prepping them for e-scrap. At...

Hard Disc Drives, The Truth, The Whole Truth And Nothing But The Truth! By Larry D Hollifield * *Opinions vary, what might seem reasonable to one my appear completely unreasonable to another. After reading this article you decide for yourself what works best for you. I’m really having a problem with all of the bad advise being offered up on the internet lately regarding E-scrap! I’m not sure if the writers of these articles figure that since most people have no clue about e-scrap they can just say anything they want or if they really think that they “have it together” and believe all the nonsense they are writing, Surely they aren't that out of touch with reality, are they? The information you will find online about HDDs and how they fit into the e-scrap industry is all over the place, the majority of which is just plain wrong. The problem seems to be that most of these articles are written by scrap yard owners or their employees. Most scrap yard owners have it t...