Trash Picking Treasures, PC's, Copper Wire, Scrap Adventures 

I live in Chicago I'm amazed at how much stuff that is still left nobody just cuts cords here they take everything and just the amount of stuff laying out nothing thrown out lasts more than a couple hours

All your videos are worth its Wait in Gold ! Cheers Ben

Thanks for letting us ride along Good Karma came to you after you helped that elderly gentleman carry the sewing machine and vacuum cleaner out for him .after you found the OC and laptop...Stay safe in all you do

Better luck with the Wii's than I've ever had. Closest thing i got was a Wii box.My eyes lit up like hen's eggs when i noticed it.Opened it, and saw it was full of bird feed!! :)

I'm always a little confused when I find a cord cut that would easily just unplug. Not a lot of computer stuff, but you made out pretty good on the DVD/digital boxes and insulated copper, for sure!

I Love eletronics!!!😎

Thanks for sharing Ben

this is my calming stress reliever after watching saddening pbs documentaries lol

Hi, I'm from Iraq and live in Baghdad Your work is beautiful and I love you so much I hope to be with you in this beautiful work

I just came across this video.I have one of those stainless steel soaps.They take the onion,garlic,fish,etc.ofours off your hands.Use it under running water without soap.It's like magic

no fires, no hail, boring day :-)

I MADE IT!!! Last Aug. 22nd of 2018 I set a goal of watching from the beginning of the 1st E.Waste Ben video in the middle of 2015 to the current Aug. 22nd 2018 vid, for a 2nd time for each one. It was an education to catch up to the vid released on Aug. 22nd. I had already watch all of them once so this was a time to watch and learn the most I could from Ben's wisdom. It worked, I learned more the 2nd time around than the 1st. I also never made a RU-vid comment before Aug. 22nd last year (5+ months ago). I made a point to say something or at the very least give it a thumbs up emoji on each vid as well. Thanks for the the education and entertainment Ben! I'm going to continue to watch all your vids twice, with a few months to maybe a year in between. It's been a GREAT ride! 👍👍👍👍

in my country compters like you find it sell like that fo alot of mone. i whatch you videos and if i have what you find i will be a very rich person ... i have a pc know i't is so old and when i see you scrapping a computer i cry... :(( good job also!

a thought on the scrapped pc's (some not all) maybe the owners stripped em pre putting out. i know i keep the cards, drives, cooling fans (reuseable), processor and heatsink as i sometimes rebuild them (in a smaller case) but not for use as a pc! nice work with the old gent! he needed it (had his hip done?) as he would never managed alone! karma was good to you, regardless of lack of pc's! (be funny if you got a stack of unscrapped pc's (6+) from someone who needed to get shot of em! like an ewaste pickup but during street scrapping!) all those cords... you'll end up with music (sorry! lol)

Unbelievable how many vacuum cleaners are thrown out. It feels like every other pile.

WOW great day for cords ,, may be it will be PC day next time x

That monitor at 14:00 was a good one should have taken it for personal use.

Treasures Indeed!

Nice haul. Thought I recognised the area. I used to work just down the road from where you were turning.

In the UK you would get a £5000 fine for leaving stuff out like that unless it was on your driveway, it's called flytipping

Got yourself lot of wire there but i would have taken tho spools as well

Thanks for the videos Ben. Ur street scrapping adventures are a interesting as all get out. Seeing what gets thrown away is mind blowing. In one video u said people scrap their computers out because of porn 😂😂😂😂😂😂 too funny. Your most likely right too. But the majority of parts they take that make it look scrapped out is probably because they have no clue when they open it what part it is they need, so they take it all.

Things are definitely different in America. I have a truck and trailer, and if I had access to all the scrap you have available, I'd quit my day job

Thanks for the ride Ben I'm starting to getting addicted watching ur videos. I saw a sherrin footy looks in good condition. And a marijuana shredder lol easy 10 bucks to a pot head.

Nice junk brother, i love free electronic junk :

Nice

If those blowers still work, then you could make a waste-fuel burner for melting down large quantities of aluminum to get the breakage out before you scrap it.

At 4:50 those things are collectible. You may want to drop it at an antiques shop and ask them to sell it for you on consignment. I know the Mulgrave area, used to work in that area for two different companies, nice area of Melbourne. Nice scrapping day.

YAY! Singer!

cool video Ben big like from me

That's hilarious we call them grinders here I can't believe that was just thrown away like that

Bud buster is probly made of aluminum from my experience

Ben you're a fast cord cutter, u don't wast anytime out there even if other cord cutters

Would like to hear the story about your van. When you got it, new or used. Also what would your dream scrapping vehicle setup be? Van and trailer? Pickup and trailer? No trailer.

WOOT!

Nice haul in the end ! Great video as well ! Sometime in the future can You post local prices for scrap like the Scrap Vulture does...

Just started scraping myself, on foot. I wish I could find that much cables... Hi from Israel...

If that antenna wire is quality RG8-U you can get over $1.00 per foot for it.

While did u leave behind the de humidifier

will u be able to do a2 or 3 hour scraping stuff and sorting it

Its called co-ax cable. Only one use is for antennas. You don’t need wire as thick as that for antennas.

why don't you bring one of those tubs along when you go out and put all the scrap cords and wires in one place in your van?

never seen stuff like this in the street where I live )-: in Essex

Just curious Ben, you said that the black and white TV's are worth more than the old color TV's. Why is that? Great day scraping even though not that many PC's.

Leaving those aluminum cookware still i noticed.

Cordcutter Ben lol

Wow Wii you sure cigarettes are the only smoking you do lmfao did not think you would guess what the chopper was even tho it had the iconic logo nice keep on trucking

Do you get stainless prices for magnetic s/steel in Melbourne? Up here s/steel appliances are paid as light gauge m/steel as the stainless is martensitic so its magnetic.

The items that you cut the cord off, their motors inside don't have wires or something to recycle? I just found your channel today, I love this, I know it's a lot of work but this is exciting to me.

I sure hope u check the diff centre to see if it from a Ford maybe 9" worth more than scrap if it is 👍

most vacuum cleaners break down because people use it for things is not supposed to use it on. building material, water, burned coal etc.

The wire spools are 10 bucks each well in qld it is

I got an air conditioner the other day. How would you get the Freon out of it? Just cut the tube and let it leak?

34:51 still cords , if its a dollar a kilo, then you would have 3-4 dollar, thats more then 2 kilos i guess, no? 41:25 next 24 hours Ben scrap challenge 🤩

Hey man hope all is well. When the new videos coming out. Think I've seen em all

what cutters are they mate kingcrome maybe

Why do you take the cords? Can you sell them for the metals inside or turn them into an extension cord?

What are those boxy stainless pieces with the blue coating? You seem to get a lot of them.

When does hard rubbish end?

Can you explane something? The piles is this a town by town once a month thing or every week. Where I live you never see piles like that except if you order a special pick up. If not it must be bagged or in a can.

Check kids power cars to they have some hefty batteries I scrap them all the time I see their is a lot of them being thrown out

I'm interested in the blower will u ship to America? I'll pay shipping and buy the unit off u. Hope it will run off out wimpy 110 power. I'll use it for my oil burner

I was here watching

19:24 was a toilet roll paper holder

A dollar a kg for antenna wire?? WOW! Here in Europe is worth steel value!

jeeezus for me silly polish guy, the vintage stuff which australians throwing away is heartbreaking... theres really no second hand market there?

Surprised you didn't take those reels of antenna cable, free ready dosh?

Hello scrappa's!

Ever found an anvil or something similar in weight?

But u left the sensor bar....

u cut the cord off the wii platform ben.... (big plastic white thing)

Why didn't you take all the steel disks? Looked like at least 8.

I would have a truck load in no time with all the stuff you left behind.

Hey I’m from Canada. And I have never seen piles of junk like this before.. Is this a thing where you live? Or am I just really unlucky?

When you said, sell IBM -M keyboard for 100. Do you mean you sell it online because someone can use it for their computer?

Why destroy an electrical item that someone might grab and use for a piece of cable with a few cents of copper in it?

uh, at 33:15 your pulse went to 210 😃

Great vid mate are you getting close to doing the copper bars ?

Hey ben what area are you doing at the moment

Question where can I buy that little blue furnace u have that u used to melt copper in ur videos if u could send me a like that would be awsome

Im going fry basket Stanless get the fry basket Then you drive off 😳

Why do you just pick up the wires?

In which city ? Sorry

4:36 Are those amazon echos?

Can't believe the amount of garbage people put out. Is this typical average?

I bet 10 beers Ben WILL reply

can i buy that dell pc ??????? or u can give the hp one that u found at last.

i never see so many items thrown out - even on garbage day in the wealthy neighborhoods

just saying man you shouldnt pass them speakers up they have decent amount of copper in them

Cord food mmmmmm

lol i just bought a wii

Ben you are one tinny bugga.,when I come that way I'm gunna give you some $$ to buy me a xlotto ticket ... .. lololl .... It really pays to look in every box & bag .. Ben with your cords do you cut the plugs off them & put them to light weight scrap?..I hear you get more $$ if the plugs are cut off?..

or just have unplugged it from the Wii. 3:07 lmao

I'll buy the Wii. How much?

if you was in the us you would not find that here on the streets

still the H UMAN GUY IS HERE

No no no hehehehehe

24:12 Sounds like people drive like idiots in Australia too, eh?

It’s a wii fit. No one uses them

I don't think that you should keep the dope grinder in most country's it is illegal