6 Types of Scrap Metals You Probably Have No Idea About

In matters of recyclable materials, metal takes the medal. You can recycle and reuse scrap metal countless times. The thing is, most people do not know how valuable waste metal is, so they leave it lying in their yard. Those who know are making money by selling it to scrap metal recycling companies. However, it all depends on the type of metal it is. 

Generally, non-ferrous metals like aluminium are more valuable than pure ones, which have iron. Either way, it is important to know the various waste metals there are before recycling.

Brass

Brass metal is easy to spot because of its gold colour when clean. If you have any metal objects in your home with this colour, chances are they are brass. Some of the places you can spot brass to take for recycling include doorknobs, bed frames, candlesticks and plates.

Copper

Of all the quality metals you will read about, copper is easier to find as it is used on most electrical and plumbing parts. It is also ever in demand. So if you have stray metal, check for these metal parts and make some cash from them.

Silver

Silver is commonly used to make valuable antiques, jewellery, medals, and silverware and is quite expensive. Scrap metal recyclers will be willing to offer good money for such metal, so if you own some old jewellery you are not using, you should sell them off.

Gold

Everyone knows how valuable gold is and how hard it is to find it. Just like silver, gold is also used for making jewellery and antiques. You can also find considerable amounts of gold in some old coins and electronics. Once the recycling company identifies how to extract the gold from these items, you can make some good money compared to any other metals mentioned here.

Aluminium

As for aluminium, you can find it on most electrical machines like old computers, game consoles, bike frames and car parts. They are commonly used for manufacturing soda cans too, which is what most people know. Either way, aluminium is also a quality metal that you can recycle.

Stainless Steel

Australia owns loads of stainless steel scrap metal. Though not so valuable because of the tedious extraction process, it has other valuable metals like nickel molybdenum, chromium, and iron, changing the costs. Generally, the prices will go up depending on the levels of nickel in it.

You can trace stainless steel elements in white goods, car parts, kitchen appliances and factory machines. The price you will get for this scrap metal is also dependent on the grease amounts on it.

If your yard has any of the mentioned scrap metals, you should collect them and see how much you can get from recycling them.