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PRICES ARE FLUCTUATING RAPIDLY.
PLEASE CALL FOR CURRENT PRICES.
All Prices Subject To Change!
Buying Prices
* Be sure to review our information about the
Non-ferrous Scrap Metal Recycling Law! *
If the total amount of your transaction for non-ferrous metal is more than $30, we pay the first $30 in cash and issue a check for the remaining amount at the time of the transaction.
*We only pay up to $30 cash once per day*.
Special payment rules apply for business customers – ask for more information.
Aluminum cans are exempt from the $30 rule. Batteries and Catalytic Converters are included in the recycling law.
All prices are in cents per pound unless noted.
| Aluminum Cans: |
| Cast, clean |
| Contaminated Cast (at least 65% aluminum) |
| Heavily Contaminated Cast (at least 35% aluminum) |
| Aluminum Foil |
| Aluminum Wire: |
| EC Wire (clean, bare, aluminum wire) |
| ACSR (aluminum wire with steel strands) |
| Poly-triplex (aluminum wire with insulation) |
| Extrusions: |
| 6063 Painted |
| 6063 Unpainted |
| 6061 Painted |
| 6061 Unpainted |
| 95% aluminum, less than 5% contamination, painted or unpainted |
| Aluminum Shavings (Call Jim for prices) |
| Irrigation Pipe |
| (Legally we can only buy irrigation pipe from farmers and/or businesses. Please call for more details). |
| TIE (Thermal Insulated Extrusion) |
| Sheet: |
| Painted |
| Unpainted |
| Irony or Contaminated (65% aluminum or higher) |
| Heavily Contaminated (35% aluminum or higher) |
| Litho Aluminum |
| Aluminum Wheels/Rims (car, truck) No CHROME plated |
| Chrome Plated Aluminum Wheels/Rims |
| Vehicle (each, see notes below) |
| For over and undersized batteries, we pay (call for current price) cents per pound. Ask about bonuses over 500 pounds.
The average car or pickup battery typically weighs 35 pounds. |
| Yellow Brass |
| Contaminated Brass (80% or more brass) |
| Brass Shavings (Call Jim for prices) |
CATALYTIC CONVERTERS (See Info) |
| Bare Copper: |
| #1 Bright & Shiny wire |
| #1 Regular wire, Tubing, Solids |
| #2 Tubing & wire |
| Insulated Wire: |
| #1 Wire – 85% recovery |
| #1 Wire – 65% recovery (example: Romex) |
| #2 Wire – 85% recovery |
| #2 Wire – 70% recovery |
| #2 Wire – 55% recovery |
| #2 Wire – 45% recovery |
| #2 Wire – 35% recovery (example: Power cords/Extension cords) |
| #2 Wire – 25% recovery (example: Christmas Lights, phone cords) |
| Microwave Cable (60% recovery or higher) |
| Aluminum BX Wire |
| Steel BX Wire |
| Die Cast |
| Contaminated (including carburetors) |
| MOTORS
STARTERS/ALTERNATORS |
| Electric Motors |
| Starters/Alternators |
| Sealed Units (Must have a hole drilled in them and be completely drained) |
FILM |
| Printer or Litho film |
| X-ray film – (price depends on year/use) |
| Clean Iron and Steel |
| Appliances: we do charge for some appliances. For more details, please visit our appliance page. |
| Clean/soft |
| Lead w/ iron or contaminants |
| Lead wheel weights |
PALLETS (see the pallet page for sizes and prices) |
| Light Colored Ledger paper |
| White Ledger/copier/computer paper |
| Corrugated Cardboard (loose) |
| Corrugated Cardboard Bales |
| Phone Books |
| Newspaper |
Name brand moving boxes in good shape and flattened. Must be separated from other corrugated cardboard to receive bonus. |
| Magazines and Slick Catalogs |
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| Clean Aluminum Copper Radiators |
| Contaminated Aluminum Copper Radiators |
| Clean Brass/Copper Radiators |
| Contaminated Brass/Copper Radiators |
| Clean Aluminum Radiators |
| Contaminated Aluminum Radiators |
| Stainless Steel |
| Call about over-sized pieces 3 1/2′ & larger |
| Contaminated (80% Stainless Steel) |
| Contaminated (60 to 80% Stainless Steel) |