DIY Recycling For Income (Bonus Trick Included) - More 100% Free Inventory Saved & Sold For $887 - Help OUR Environment!
I share posts like this since helping the environment and promoting financial independence are my priorities.
I want people to realize the benefits and respective local environments made just a little bit better.
Here are more recent examples of household items people naively or lazily threw out, that I conveniently recovered for FREE and sold with relative ease for income.
Notably, almost all of shipping and packaging materials are also recycled from the curbs except flat rate packaging I get for free and tape.
I hope that these posts help give people ideas and inspiration. Look around your homes and neighborhoods, especially if you live in a larger city. There's often valuable free stuff on the curbs screaming "save me" before they get crushed in a truck.
*Most importantly, think about what you're tossing and consider if it's the right move.
Leading by example:
Bonus Tip: Factory Recall Items
- Found an older model Dyson Hot & Cool fan with its cord cut and took it anyway.
- Repaired the plug, but it was smoking with a burning smell.
- Looked the model up and it was eligible for a factory recall for the exact reasons above.
- Worked with the company for a brand new modern model worth $300, which I sold w/in 2 days of listing for $295.
- Magic! I find recall items at thrift stores more often. They send you a new (often upgraded) replacement or a check.
Brand new sealed hot & cool fan sold for $295.
As always, the proof.
Printer sold for $125 (cheap shipping to same state).
CFA study book set sold for $98.
Tested printer printhead sold for $92.
Vacuum hose sold for $55 a few miles away.
Ninja blender top sold for $50 within a day of listing.
Vacuum base motor part sold for $50.
Stroller ride-on board sold for $38.
Printer ink from printhead above sold for $28, just seconds after I initially posted this. Yes, people throw out printers with full ink. Perfect for testing the units and flipping as well. Thanks, guys!
Dyson vacuum part sold for $21.
Small vacuum part sold for $20.
Vacuum canister clips sold for $15 within a few hours of listing. You can always find something worth selling!
Please ask questions or share your examples.
Figures above are before fees and shipping costs. As all of these are free inventory, it's still a solid win.
Try to find and sell one thing and see how easy it is, or learn the ropes so it gets easier over time.
Other Recent Recycling:
- Recycled Sales for $1,275
- Recycled Sales for $724
- Recycled Sales For $740
- Recycled Sales For $507
- Recycled Sales For $1,269
- Recycled Sales For $609
- Recycled Sales For $845
Recent Thrifting: (sales are good, just not posting on this much)
Do what you can to reject waste.
Thanks for your interest and support,
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Good work bud. It is amazing how our culture has become more of a "throw it away" and buy a replacement, instead of trying to fix it. Good to see you doing your part to help the environment and making a few bucks while you're at it.
Thank you. Exactly! I've also learned so much about fixing/troubleshooting from this stuff. It's satisfying to have an outlet for problem solving when there's a fiscal reward attached to it if I succeed. If I don't, then the task is to salvage as much as possible that's valuable and make money from those elements, which can often/ironically be worth more that the entire thing in working order. For example, a complete and working printer can sell for $100, but its printhead will sell for $95. Go figure.
It's depressing, but mostly comical to see why people throw some stuff out when I find and resolve an issue. Many things are actually perfect and were tossed for a replacement as you said, so it's like a 1 inch putt.
Love seeing these. Always so impressed at not only what you find, but how much some of these treasures goes for.
Welcome back and thank you very much.
Keep in mind that even the special toys you toss out may even have some resale value. There's a buyer for everything.
This is awesome! People throw away anything these days it’s crazy! Lots of stuff in my new york apartment was rescued from the streets since I had no money as a student so it helped me a lot! Now where I live I don’t find anything useful, because t at least I’m reusing and fixing everything I can at home
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You've seen the worst of it then in the wasteful capital of the world. While most places don't have anywhere near that much volume or high quality on every corner, carrying that mentality with you to preserve/be efficient with what you do already is just as good! Kudos. Thanks for catching my post and leaving your comment.
you're welcome, Matt! It's awesome that you're doing this =)