Sell It or Scrap It: An Age-Old Conundrum

2021-02-23T02:44:55-06:00Categories: Recycling|

If you get a scrappable item that's in good working order—or close enough to it that you feel you could polish it up—it's often hard to decide whether you should take it down to your local scrap yard or put a little work in and try to sell it yourself. A lot of items that are still perfectly usable end up in recycling and trash facilities over time, and we all know that reusing is just as good for the environment as recycling. How to decide whether or not an item is good for resale?