Scrap Metals Guide and ISRI Scrap Specifications

RecyclingMonster's scrap metals guide provides different types of scrap metal specifications, images, recycling centres and prices at scrap yards.
Copper/ Sealed Motors Scrap
Copper/ Sealed Motors Scrap
Copper/ Sealed Motors Scrap comprises of sealed electric compressor motors, mainly derived from refrigerators and freezers.
Copper/Aluminum BX Cable Scrap
Copper/Aluminum BX Cable Scrap
Copper/Aluminum BX Cable Scrap is made up of plastic insulated copper wire that is coated with aluminum casing.
Copper/Aluminum Radiator Ends Scrap
Copper/Aluminum Radiator Ends Scrap
Copper/Aluminum Radiator Ends Scrap shall consist of materials that are cut from the end of Copper/Aluminum Radiators. The ends usually consist of iron or steel.
Copper/Fractional Electric Motor Scrap
Copper/Fractional Electric Motor Scrap
Copper/Fractional Electric Motor Scrap consists of small electric motors less than 1 horsepower. It also includes small copper coil windings from such motors.
Copper/Steel BX Cable Scrap
Copper/Steel BX Cable Scrap
Copper/Steel BX Cable Scrap is made up of plastic insulated copper wire that is coated with Steel casing.
CPU Processors
CPU Processors
CPU Processors are the brain of the computer. They contain billions of microscopic transistors and hundreds of gold plated pins. The presence of precious metals such as gold, platinum, silver and palladium make it one…
Cu Yokes Scrap
Cu Yokes Scrap
Cu Yokes Scrap are a series of weaved copper wire with a plastic cone around. These are found on the back of tube televisions.
E.C Aluminum Wire
E.C Aluminum Wire
E.C Aluminum Wire shall consist of clean E.C. aluminum, chopped or shredded, free of screening, hair-wire, iron, copper, insulation and other non-metallic items. Further, it must be free of minus 20 mesh material and must…
Hard Drives
Hard Drives
Hard Drives are used to permanently store and retrieve data contents on a computer. It basically consists of one or more platinum-plated aluminum platters to which data is written using a magnetic head. In addition,…
Lead Battery Scrap
Lead Battery Scrap
Lead Acid Battery Scrap is the most commonly found Lead scrap.Lead Battery scrap is available in the form of Lead Battery Plates (Rails), Wet Whole Intact Batteries (Rink) and Drained/Dry Whole Intact Lead Batteries (Rains).
Lead Shot/Bullet
Lead Shot/Bullet
Lead shots are the small round pellets of lead used as projectiles in shotguns. Lead is the primary material for shots and bullets. Alloying with antimony makes them hard. For instance, premium lead shots normally…
Lead Wheel Weights
Lead Wheel Weights
Lead Wheel Weights are mainly used in automobiles as correction weight in order to ensure balancing of wheels. It may consist of lead tire balances with or without iron clips. In general, it must not…
Light Scrap Copper
Light Scrap Copper
This category of copper scrap consists of miscellaneous, unalloyed copper solids having a minimum of 88% copper content. It may also include sheet copper, gutters and similar scrap.
Memory Chips
Memory Chips
Memory Chips are among the several valuable components generated while scrapping an old computer system. Although they are most commonly found in Computers, they are also found in other devices such as Servers, Printers, and…
Mixed Aluminum Turnings
Mixed Aluminum Turnings
Mixed Aluminum Turnings consist of clean, uncorroded aluminum borings, turnings and grindings. Aluminum Turnings are extremely small shavings made of aluminum which are usually remains from various manufacturing processes.
Mixed Hard/Soft Lead
Mixed Hard/Soft Lead
Mixed Hard/Soft Lead shall consist of clean lead solids and lead shots, that are free of other materials such as drosses, battery plates, lead covered cables, collapsible tubes, type metals, aluminum, zinc, iron and brass…
New Zinc Die Cast Scrap
New Zinc Die Cast Scrap
New Zinc Die Cast Scrap consists of new or unused, clean, zinc base die castings. They must not be plated or painted and must be free from corrosion.