It's not illegal. It's not illegal.
General personal use items, scrap can be sold. The items of the unit and the scrapping of public facilities need to be proved, otherwise the acquisition is a crime. You have the right to dispose of what has been legally returned to you, as long as you have not used it to commit a crime. Many people are engaged in electronic components recycling work, is a reuse of resources, otherwise it is a great pollution to the environment but the use of old electronic components as a good new electronic components sales to deceive consumers is illegal