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Cliff Schecht
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I have an annoyingly large stash of old electrolytics that was given to me a while back. Some useful stuff was included, but a majority (about two large moving boxes worth) are big old electrolytics that are puffy and smelly. I also have a lot of useless transformers, a few huge ones and a lot of SS based stuff that I don't have a use for. What is the proper way for me to dispose of all of this? Can I pull the transformers apart and sell the copper? Is there any other way to make a few bucks off of this stuff?
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call the city most now offer electronic waste disposal (E-Waste) recycling.

If you really feel you can get more for the copper then the time it takes to strip it and remove it. contact your local recycling center.
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Sometimes transformer bells come in handy. So they may be usefull one day.
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Cliff...
Copper is selling at over $4.00 lb and the transformers are worth
money just as scrap.. The Big computer grade caps are aluminum
breakage and worth money too.
I would take your stash to a metal/scrap recyling yard and see what you
can get, I suspect you'll be .

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