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  2. Double Your Money Selling Old Pennies by the Pound

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    Currently, pennies are 97.5% zinc and 2.5% copper, and at current prices of those metals, ... Currently, auctions are asking between $2 and $3 per pound for quantities of 10 to 25 pounds of coins ...

  3. Copper mining in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Copper mining activity increased in the early 2000s because of increased price: the price increased from an average of $0.76 per pound for the year 2002, to $3.02 per pound for 2007. [2] A number of byproducts are recovered from American copper mining.

  4. Scrap - Wikipedia

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    Recycled scrap is a raw material feedstock for nearly 60% of steel made in the US, almost 50% of the copper and copper alloys produced in the US, more than 75% of the US paper industry's needs, and for 50% of US aluminum.

  5. Recycling by material - Wikipedia

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    According to the International Resource Panel's Metal Stocks in Society report, the global per capita stock of copper in use in society is 35–55 kg. Much of this is in more-developed countries (140–300 kg per capita) rather than less-developed countries (30–40 kg per capita). In 2001, a typical automobile contained 20–30 kg of copper. [13]

  6. Aluminum Can Prices: Are They Still Worth Collecting?

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    The exact number of cans per pound can't be quantified due to different measurements. Depending on the brand, estimates show there are usually 32 to 35 cans per pound. For smaller, more common 12 ...

  7. Metal theft - Wikipedia

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    Global copper prices from 1986 to 2011 Police in the United Kingdom check a scrap van for questionable items. Scrap metal has drastically increased in price over recent years. In 2001, ferrous scrap sold for $77 a ton, increasing to $300 per ton by 2004. In 2008, it hit nearly $500 per ton.

  8. Aircraft recycling - Wikipedia

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    Recycled carbon fibers are valued at up to $50 per pound of material. [ 5 ] The recycling of composite materials is more challenging than metal alloys because the industry has yet to develop methods to reuse the individual components that make up the material. [ 5 ]

  9. Vehicle recycling - Wikipedia

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    Modern vehicle recycling attempts to be as cost-effective as possible in recycling those residual materials. [1] Currently, 75% of the materials can be recycled, with the remaining 25% ending up in landfill. [2] As the most recycled consumer product, end-of-life vehicles provide the steel industry with more than 14 million tons of steel per ...

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