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Turn ESU Copper Cords into Cash


copper recycling HIDDEN TREASURE Transform copper into cash by recycling the cords off your used ESU grounding pads.

RECYCLING
Turn ESU Copper Cords into Cash

Rather than throwing our disposable ESU grounding pads away, we cut the copper cords off of them and save the copper in a big cardboard box. When the box is full in a month or 2, we take it to a local recycling facility and they pay us by weight. Last time we got $87. That may not sound like a fortune, but it's enough for a couple of pizza parties, and those make everybody happy.

Martha Taylor, RN
Endoscopy Center of Southwest Virginia
Roanoke, Va.
[email protected]

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