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Wounded Bear

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3. I know of at least one place locally...

Reply to Gidney N Cloyd (Original post)

Tue Dec 9, 2014, 12:21 PM

Dec 2014

that sells re-conditioned appliances. So some of them get repaired/rebuilt and resold at least.

There's actually quite a bit to get out of old appliances if you're willing to dismantle them. Most big wholesalers and retailers won't bother, though. But there's steel in the frames/cases and a lot of copper in the motors and wiring.

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When you buy a new big appliance and they haul away the old ones, what happens to the old ones? [View all] Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2014 OP

My guess is the ones worth repairing are probably salvaged and resold. In_The_Wind Dec 2014 #1

They put it Turbineguy Dec 2014 #2

I know of at least one place locally... Wounded Bear Dec 2014 #3

Many are sold for scrap and sent overseas for recycling Auggie Dec 2014 #4

My brother got new washer and/or dryer. He left the old ones applegrove Dec 2014 #5