Scrap metal FAQs

Every common scrap metal. Non-ferrous metals such as copper, brass and aluminium; steel, iron and stainless; and items like cable, motors, radiators, car batteries, white goods and catalytic converters. What we buy lists the items and grades.

We pick up from your site. We do not have a drop-off yard at the moment, so there is no trailer to hire and no queue.

No, not for now. Our pick-ups are for businesses and trades, such as a plumber with a van of offcuts or a factory with a skip of swarf.

All of South East Queensland between Noosa and the Gold Coast, with Brisbane, Moreton Bay, Ipswich, Logan and the Redlands in between. Check your postcode on the areas we cover page.

Call us, or tell us what you have in the quote form, which sits on every page. Add your photos before you send, and our reply is your quote.

By the metal, its grade and the weight. The grade depends on how clean and sorted the metal is. Metal prices move with the market, so we quote each load on the day. Our prices page explains what lifts a price.

You can send it mixed. Sorted metal earns a higher grade, though, so if there is time, split the copper and brass from the steel before we arrive.

Yes, one at a time or in bulk. Send photos and the code stamped on each converter. See catalytic converters.

Ask us. Workshops and sites that produce scrap every week can arrange pick-ups that suit their volume. See commercial and industrial scrap metal.

Asbestos, explosives and ammunition, fuel and other flammables, sealed gas cylinders, corrosive or poisonous chemicals, medical waste, radioactive material and general rubbish.

They hold refrigerant gas, which a licensed technician must recover before the unit is scrapped. Tell us if yours still has gas in it when you ask for a quote. See white goods.

Queensland has rules for buying and selling second-hand metal. Our blog guide to selling scrap metal in Queensland explains them.