One of those things people often under estimate until they’ve got some actual junk to sell is scrap metal prices. Especially if it’s been piling up for a while. A heap of scrap in the back of a truck or just sitting in the corner of your workshop may well be worth a lot more than most people would think. But the tricky bit is knowing where to take it and what you’re going to get when you get there.
The thing is, Davenport’s scrap metal prices tend to track the global commodity market pretty closely. Steel iron, copper, and aluminum prices all go up and down in step with seasonal trends, factory demand and supply, and so on. We keep a close eye on all that and update our prices as often as we can so that when you come to see us, the price we quote you is what the market’s actually doing on the day.
Because the type of metal you’re bringing in has such a big impact on its value we at Eco Way Recycle sort our incoming material by type. Clean, insulated wire is worth a lot less than nice clean copper pipe. And the value of dirty and bare aluminum varies too. When you pull up to the weighbridge, we go over everything with a fine tooth comb so you’re not left with any surprises. And every customer leaves knowing exactly how much they’re getting and why.
Renovation projects are a pretty common source of scrap for householders. Replacing old plumbing, re-wiring a room or an entire house, swapping out an old appliance, or taking down that metal fence you’ve been meaning to get round to all generate a load of valuable material that could be worth a lot more than you think. Instead of just chucking it in the skip or paying to have it taken away, bringing it to a scrap yard actually puts cash in your pocket. And the amount you can earn depends on the type and weight of metal, but making regular visits can easily add up to a tidy sum over the course of a year.
Scrap metal gets produced in huge quantities by contractors and tradespeople. Plumbers, electricians, people who work on heating and air con and demolition teams all pull metal out of buildings all the time. For that sort of customer we offer a container service, where we drop a bin at the job site and come back and pick it up when it’s full. It makes it a lot easier to keep the site tidy and get the scrap sorted without having to make a bunch of extra trips.
The weight of what you bring in gets weighed on our calibrated and regularly checked scale. Then our team goes through the lot, identifies what’s what, and works out how much you’ll get paid based on the prices we have today. And before you leave we’ll pay you out, and we’re more than happy to walk you through how we arrived at that number.
If you’re feeling curious about scrap metal prices in Davenport, that’s a good start, but the real value in a scrap yard is, at the end of the day, about trust. You want to know that the people weighing your stuff are on the up-and-up with you. That’s the way we try to run things at Eco Way Recycle in Davenport. The town has been good to us, and we show our appreciation by treating every customer with fairness, no matter if they’re bringing in a few pounds worth or a whole truck-load. So if you have some metal to recycle we’d be happy to see you during our opening hours.