Our dryer died the other day. "Greg," I said, "Help me get rid of this hunk of steel. It's just getting in the way in the garage. The weatherman says we could get up to 15 cm of snow and it will be easier if we could get the van in the garage."
I told him how I had once taken some scrap metal to the steel recyclers down the road and they had paid me a few dollars. Appliances are what are known as "white goods." I remembered that the price they paid at that time, several years ago was about $35.00 per ton. But that yard was in the other direction where we'd be travelling the next day.
There are a couple places where appliances could be recycled and dropped off for free. Well, let's see. Even if the dryer weighed 200 lbs or a tenth of a ton, that would mean we might get $3.50 for it as scrap.
Well, let's just get it into the back of the van. We moved the seats and heaved the dryer into the back of the van. Clunk, clink, tinkle, tinkle, tinkle. What was that noise?
Guess what fell out of the dyer vent. A toonie, a loonie and a dime. $3.10. "There you go," I said, "There's our scrap payment right there!" The coins were a little dusty and full of dryer lint, but a nice surprise nonetheless.
So we Reduced our junk, Recycled the dryer, and Reused the coins.
In Hamilton, Ontario, White goods can be dropped off at the CRC Community Recycling Centres.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
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