What do we buy?
We buy a variety of different types and grades of scrap metals.
Each grade or category has a different price. The purpose of this guide is to help you determine what type or category you may have and how to best prepare it for recycling.
Copper |
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Bare Bright/Mill Berry
Copper wire that is not corroded or burned and must be shiny in its appearance. No contamination in any form. Must be thicker than a pencil lead. (10 Ga.)
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#1 Copper
Clean uncontaminated with no paint, solder, insulation, dirt, etc. Can be tubing or wire. Wire must be bare and thicker than a pencil lead.
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#2 Copper
Copper that has paint, dirt, solder, corrosion, etc. Insulated copper is not accepted as #2 copper. Can be tubing or wire. Bare wire under pencil lead thickness is accepted.
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Aluminum |
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Aluminum Cans
Any aluminum beverage container that has been emptied of its contents and is uncontaminated in any form.
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Aluminum Extrusion
Consisting of window frames, door frames, structural type aluminum, with no contamination i.e., nails screws, staples, putty, paint, weather stripping, foam, etc. Must be 6063 series aluminum.
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Painted Alum Extrusion
Same as regular extruded aluminum, however, may contain small amounts of paint, caulking, weather stripping, dirt, etc.
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Clip Aluminum (MLC)
Most common grade of aluminum. Mixture of various alum alloys. Consists of plate, bar, solids, chunks or machined parts. Must be free of contamination, paint, nails, screws, etc.
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Painted Clip Alum
Same as regular clip, however, may contain small amounts of paint, caulk or coatings.
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Aluminum Siding
Thin aluminum house siding, rain gutters, fascia, ect… May have paint but must be free of staples, nails or other contaminates.
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Aluminum insulated wire
Insulated Aluminum Wire shall include plastic insulated aluminum wire, must be free of iron.ISRI code TWANG may be included in this grade.
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ACSR
Aluminum Conductors (Cable) Steel-Reinforced
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Brass |
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Yellow Brass
Brass that has a yellowish look in appearance. Commonly valves, meters, faucets. No Contamination. Free of iron, paint, plastic, washers, glass, etc.
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C Metal
Brass that looks reddish in appearance. Has a higher copper content. Commonly valves, meters, faucets. No Contamination. Free of iron, paint, plastic, washers, glass, etc. (78% – 82% Copper)
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Wire |
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Insulated #1 Wire
Insulated Copper wire that is 16 gage or thicker (1/16 inch). If wire is stranded, each wire must be 1/16” or thicker. Must have a copper recovery of 70% or more.
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Insulated #2 Wire
Insulated Copper wire smaller than 16 gage (1/16 inch) and has a copper recovery of 55% - 69%. The copper wire may be coated by tin or nickel. All stranded wire smaller than 1/16”.
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Copper/Steel BX Cable
Copper/Steel BX Cable shall consist of plastic insulated copper wire, armor coated with a steel casing.
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Communication Wire
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Radiator |
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Clean Radiator
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Dirty Radiator
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PC Parts |
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PC
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Power Supply
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Hard Drive
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Mother Board
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Finger Board
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CD Room
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Auto Parts |
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Motor
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Compressor
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Cu Transformer
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Aluminum Rim
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Battery
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Balance
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Stainless Steel |
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304 SS Pure Clean
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304 SS Dirty
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Metal we buy: |
Wire/cable: |
- #2 Insulated wire (Cu 50%)
- #2 Insulated Wire (Cu 55%)
- #1 Insulated Wire (Cu65%)
- #1 Insulated Wire (Cu70%)
- Aluminum wire
- Extension Wire
- Car Harness wire
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- ACSR/ Insulated Aluminum Cable
- Small Tech Cable (Cu 30%, Al 20%)
- Large Tech Cable (Cu 50%, Al 15%)
- Large Tech Cable (Cu 65%, Al 8% )
- Jelly Cable (Cu 53%)
- Coaxial Cable
- Computer Cable
- Elevator Cable
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BX Cable |
- Alu/Cu BX cable
- Steel BX Cable (Cu 20%)
- Steel BX Cable (Cu 50%)
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Radiator |
- Clean Cu/ Al Rad
- Clean Car Rad
- Clean Al Rad
- Cu/ Al Radiator End
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- Dirty Cu/ Al Rad
- Dirty Car Rad
- Dirty Al Radiator
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Meter |
- Electric Meter
- Gas Meter (Al 55%)
- Gas Meter (Al 70%)
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PC part |
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Copper/Brass |
- Irony Yellow Brass (YB 45%)
- Irony Yellow Brass (YB 60%)
- Brass
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- Mill berry
- Copper #1
- Copper #2
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Aluminum |
- Cast Al-New
- Old cast Al 2% impurity
- Al Extrusion
- Cast Al- BBQ
- Dirty Extrusion (Al 70%)
- Dirty Extrusion (Al 85%)
- Carburetor/Irony Die-Cast
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- Iron Aluminum (Al 30%)
- Iron Aluminum (Al 40%)
- Iron Aluminum (Al 50%)
- Iron Aluminum (Al 60%)
- Aluminum Shell
- Aluminum swing
- Aluminum shingles
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Stainless steel |
- 304 SS pure Clean
- 304 SS Dirty
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Auto Part |
- Motor
- DC Motor
- Shredded Motor
- Cu Transformer
- Balance
- Transmission
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- Compressor
- Ballast
- Aluminum Rim
- Car AC Pumps
- Starter
- Battery
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Each grade or category has a different price.
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Each grade or category has a different price.
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Metal We Buy
We buy a variety of different types and grades of scrap metals.
Each grade or category has a different price. The purpose of this guide is to help you determine what type or category you may have and how to best prepare it for recycling.
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