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Message:: [QUOTE="clembo, post: 285579, member: 8033"]Although I do not save copper cents - it's too time consuming, let me tell you how it works on new construction sites. I've picked up wire, leftover pieces of copper plumbing material for a few years now. USED TO SEE A LOT just laying on the floor as junk and some HUGE chunks in dumpsters. All you had to do was look and I did. I had laborers on job sites that saved it for me. Just a few years ago people thought I was a "scavenger" for this. Fine, let them think that. If they asked me about it I would ask "if you saw a dollar bill laying on the floor would you pick it up?". Well, that's basically what I was doing. Now the pickings are slim as companies INSTRUCT their employees not to leave this stuff laying around. Recycling for a large electrical company can add up to a lot of cash. Do I still "scavenge?" hell yes! It takes a few seconds out of my day to put it in my van. My wife cashes it in and it's "mad money". As a side note I will add that copper theft has become someowhat rampant. People break into new construction sites and cut out ANY copper pipe they can lay their hands on. If you got to a recycler with ten pieces of 8 foot long copper pipe they want a picture ID and other info. It's getting to be big (criminal) business.[/QUOTE]