Scrapping

[Mesem]

One unconventional way of making money is scrapping metals. Metals can be found almost anywhere. Some places include a neighborhood's driveway (their trash), garbage dumps, estate sales, garage, sales, and etc. Once the metal is acquired, go to a scrap yard and have them pay you. There are even YouTube channels dedicated to this.

[lorraineb]

You can do pretty well doing this off Craigslist, but you have to be really quick. I had a friend doing ti for awhile while looking for other employment. You just have to really watch your transportation costs as they can eat into your profit quite a bit.

[bigdaddybus]

I live a pretty nice neighborhood for our area and I am amazed at the number of scrappers we have the night before trash pickup. Maybe 8-10 regulars speeding around in a competition to get the metal first.

Several arrests have been made with pickers stealing from job sites and businesses in the last couple years. I wont be surprised if there are some ordinances passed soon in my area to make scrapping illegal in neighborhoods.

[Mesem]

That's quite odd. Where I live; we rarely see any scrappers lol.

[GrimJack]

Scrappers also steal from recycle bins; what the scrappers steal is what makes city-wide recycling supportable.

[DenisD]

Does anyone have a guide or a website that teaches you how to make money scrapping metal?