Recycle Brake Rotors?

Jeff Strickland wrote:
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> "Jeff" > wrote in message
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>> Jeff Strickland wrote:
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>>> "Jeff Strickland" > 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

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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 ...

Jeff Strickland wrote:
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> "Jeff" > 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 ...

Does the trash company say they take scrap iron or rotors for recylcing?

"Jeff" > wrote in message
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> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>>
>> "Jeff" > 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.

we can't keep them longer than 3 days at my shop they disappear
there is good money in them right now at least in michigan

Jeff Strickland wrote:

> 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 ...

Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> "Jeff" > wrote in message
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>> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>>>
>>> "Jeff" > 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.

True.

> 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.

You like to think? Gee, I would like to think that parking my car is in
the middle of the street so I don't have to parallel park is ok, but it
isn't.

> 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.

From the above paragraph, the effort is less than the benefit. And the
effort is making a few phone calls or looking things up on the web.

> By posting my original question, I was hoping for a clear cut yes or no.

The answer, yes, the material can be recycled.

So can batteries. Where I live, they need to be put in the proper
containers in the proper places. When I have batteries that need to be
recycled, I will look up on the web page and see what I have to do.

> 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.

Then why did you even bother to ask?

Make yourself feel good that you can pretend that you cared about the
environment?

The appropriate way to recycle the rotors depends on the community you
live in. We don't know where you live. Look on the web site for you
department of public works or the company that does the recycling and
see what it says. Or look up the public works department or the waste
management service company in the phone book and give them a call.

You act like it is their fault if it doesn't get recycled when you put
it at the curb. It's not their fault. It is up to you find out where
your waste materials belong. And it is easy to do.

Jeff

You're right. $60 for a ton here.


Jamie Mello wrote:
> I have read online somewhere that any bit of scrape metal has some
> value at the scape yard. thanks Jamie
>

"Jeff Strickland" ...
> 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 ...
>

Jeff, We have curbside recycling here for the normal stuff (newspapers,
bottles/cans & cardboard), and the other stuff like batteries we need to
bring down to the municipal building (on my way to a lot of places) where
they have the big bins. There they have other bins for metal, junk mail,
and a spot to recycle bicycles, among other stuff. I took my rotors there
and the guy said to the metal bin they go. To the metal bin they went.

You might try finding out if your town has a recycling center that takes
more stuff than your curbside picks up. If I put the rotors in my
commingled bin at the curb, they would not take them, get ****ed off and
maybe leave the whole bin untouched. There is a specific list of what
they will take at the curb and the likes of rotors and other non-can metal
are not on it.
Tomes

> 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.


Isn't returning it to the earth the ultimate in recycling?

--
Stupendous Man,
Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty

On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 04:22:27 GMT, "Tomes" > wrote:

>"Jeff Strickland" ...
>> 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 ...
>>
>
>Jeff, We have curbside recycling here for the normal stuff (newspapers,
>bottles/cans & cardboard), and the other stuff like batteries we need to
>bring down to the municipal building (on my way to a lot of places) where
>they have the big bins. There they have other bins for metal, junk mail,
>and a spot to recycle bicycles, among other stuff. I took my rotors there
>and the guy said to the metal bin they go. To the metal bin they went.
>
>You might try finding out if your town has a recycling center that takes
>more stuff than your curbside picks up. If I put the rotors in my
>commingled bin at the curb, they would not take them, get ****ed off and
>maybe leave the whole bin untouched. There is a specific list of what
>they will take at the curb and the likes of rotors and other non-can metal
>are not on it.
>Tomes
>

Unless someone paid big bucks for stainless steel rotors, they should
be cast iron. All metals have some scrap value, but cast iron is
pretty low. Check your local papers for people who advertize that they
will pick up any scrap. I know of at least 2 or 3 in my area that do.
You may check around to see if there are any scrap yards nearby.

Good luck
Darrell