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.
Painted Sidings
Painted Sidings consist of clean, low copper aluminum siding painted on one or two sides. They must be free of plastic coating, iron, dirt, corrosion, fiber, foam, fiberglass backing or other non-metallic items. Moreover, they…
Power Supplies
Power Supplies are units used to supply power and provide cooling to a computer. It can contain wires and circuit boards attached to it. It may also consist of capacitors, transformers and aluminum heat sink…
Red Brass
Red Brass is an alloy comprised of more than 80% copper, 8-10% of tin, 2-4% of zinc and a very small quantity of lead. The huge quantity of copper content gives the metal a reddish…
Romex Wires Scrap
Romex Wires Scrap are non-metallic wires that are commonly used for electrical wiring in homes. Romex consists of copper wires, a neutral conductor and a ground wire.
Scrap Motherboard
Scrap Motherboards may be found in computers, servers, laptops, networking equipment etc. Motherboards usually have other materials such as memory, chips and wires connected to it. The motherboard contains several components that are rich in…
Sheet Metal
Sheet Metal may consist of thin, flat steel pieces generated by an industrial process. It can be bent and cut into a variety of shapes using different tools such as Snips, Hacksaw, Nibbler, Jigsaw, Band…
Soft Lead
Soft Lead shall consist of clean soft scrap lead, free of other materials such as drosses, battery plates, lead-covered cable, hard lead, collapsible tubes, foil, type metals, aluminum, zinc, iron and brass fittings, dirty chemical…
Soldered Copper Pipe Scrap
Soldered Copper Pipe Scrap is a category of scrap copper that consists of assorted copper pipe with soldered joints or ends.
Starters Scrap
Starters Scrap are found in cars, trucks and other vehicles. They are filled with copper wire inside. The copper wire content offers scrap metal value to them.
Used Beverage Can (UBC)
Aluminum Used Beverage Can (UBC) is a packaging container made primarily of aluminum. It is widely used for packaging carbonated soft drinks, fruit and vegetable juice, tea, sports drinks and beer. UBC Scrap must be…
Wire Harness
Wire Harness is an assembly of electrical wires that are commonly found in electrical parts of automobiles. Normally, it contains a lot of wires sheathed in a plastic outer covering.
Xmas Lights Scrap
Xmas Lights or Christmas Lights are those strands of electric lights that are used to decorate trees, houses or commercial buildings during Christmas season.
Yellow Brass
Yellow Brass is a copper alloy that comprises of about 60-70% copper, 30-40% of zinc, tin and lead in traces. It must be free of iron, paint, plastic, washers, glass, etc. The presence of more…