Re: [papercreters] Re: Getting free paper. The collector's encyclopedia.

I had the opposite experience here. Everyone I talked to had a contract
with a Mexican company that buys the paper from them and hauls it across
the border. Nobody would tell me the name of the company or give me any
contact information.

I had friends save their newspapers and junk mail for me but that wasn't
enough and they eventually got tired of it. I ended up buying paper at
three times the market value from a recycling company, in 1,500# bales.
Thankfully one of the company's drivers lives not far from me, and will
make me his last load of the day on the way home. It's not easy getting
a bale off a flatbed without a forklift!

Living on the border isn't good if you want junk or recyclables. That
sort of thing is valuable "over there".

spaceman

On 7/20/2013 10:25 AM, zenseeker70 wrote:
> I just call the local trash company and ask them what they do with their paper. Typically they have to truck it long distances and are not compensated much for it. They just barely break even on hauling it. So I asked them if they would give me some paper, they were not only more than happy to drop off 2-4 ton at a time, but said it saved them alot of work and headache to do so.
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> It is alot of paper to deal with at one time, but it's worth it.
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> Tad
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> --- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "JayH" <slurryguy@...> wrote:
>> Many banks, hospitals, lawyers' offices, accountants, and other offices that deal with very large amounts of confidential paperwork often pay for professional shredding services to come and take stuff by the ton to destroy for them.
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>> In the right situation, an enterprising Papercreter might actually be able to set up a small business where one could make some money chopping up large amounts of paper by the ton.
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>> You'd need to be able to respond to requests on the customer's timetable though. You won't win many customers over by responding, "I'll be over to pick it up in the late spring once construction season starts." You also won't be allowed to pick up the documents and hold them till you need to build something.
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>> It probably makes sense for someone that is planning on making lots of blocks, and has an indoor area where they can mix papercrete and make blocks year round.
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>> --- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, Ion Gorun <gorunweb@> wrote:
>>> Banks have to shred all paper they thorw away.
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>>> Furniture stores throw away tons of cardboard.
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