Get Big Money for Scrap Batteries

Step 1 Check the Market

The market goes up and down. Right now the dollar is low and China and India are buying scrap like crazy to sell it back to us as products. That drives up scrap values. Our military shooting and attracting bullets all over the world doesn't hurt the value of lead either.

Check the values online or in your paper, if it has a commodity markets listing.
You'll get less than this, because you're not selling a train car full. Unlike retail economics, in collection economics smaller quantities are worth less per pound.
If you're in a city with a port that ships to China, expect to get a higher price than elsewhere.
If you have a huge quantity, bargain up for a higher price. The yards that load ships won't usually bother with you unless you've got truckloads, but if you do, they'll pay accordingly higher.

"TL" means "Truck Load". "LTL" means "Less than Truckload".

Comments

[rodeobob]

Keep in mind that you need a lot of aluminium to get a pound. It takes up room.

[Grey_Wolfe]

Would be more profitable to go with aluminum. clean aluminum's around 40-60 a pound these days (at least last time I saw, bout two months ago). Still, 20 a pound for scrap isn't too bad, as long as you can get it where you're going. Hope it's a short trip, hate to see the gas bill on that,lol. Nice of you to share the riches though. Perhaps hackers will save the world. :-P

[Grey_Wolfe]

40-60 cents, sorry bout that.

[madhops0620]

haha I was like damn thats a lot

[Grey_Wolfe]

It's still a lot, just not quite so much. lol