Business scrap metal recycling in Brisbane
Business scrap metal recycling for Brisbane and South East Queensland: we buy the metal your work leaves behind, from tradies, builders, fabricators, factories and demolition crews. Send photos for a free quote, and we pick it up.
- We pick up from your site
- Quotes from your photos
- All common scrap metals and catalytic converters
- Brisbane, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast
Calls and messages 7am to 5pm
Get a free quote
Tell us what you have and add a few photos. We get back to you with a quote.
Scrap metal buyers for Brisbane trades and businesses
Forge Recyclers buys scrap metal from trades and businesses, and we collect it from your site. If your work leaves metal behind, we want to buy it. That might be cable offcuts from a switchboard upgrade, swarf drums from a machine shop or the steel from a knock-down. Send photos, and we reply with a free quote.
What we buy from each trade
Electricians
Cable offcuts, pulled-out wiring, old switchboards and busbar.
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Copper pipe, brass taps and valves, and copper hot water cylinders.
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Copper pipe, compressors and fan motors.
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Radiators, batteries, alloy wheels and catalytic converters.
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Steel, stainless and aluminium offcuts, plate and tube.
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Brass, steel and aluminium turnings, swarf and reject parts.
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Steel framing, roofing iron, aluminium windows and old shop fittings.
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Structural steel, rebar, pipe, cable and old plant.
See moreFleet and transport depots
Truck batteries, radiators and worn steel parts.
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Why trades and businesses choose Forge Recyclers
- Pick-up at your site. We take the metal from your workshop, factory floor or job site.
- Quotes from photos. You see the quote before anything leaves your site.
- Every metal, one buyer. Copper, brass, steel, aluminium, cable, batteries and converters go on one pick-up.
- Wherever you work. We cover the Sunshine Coast, Moreton Bay, Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan, the Redlands and the Gold Coast.
Commercial scrap metal recycling for every industry
We buy ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal from every industry on this page. The steel, copper and aluminium we collect goes on to recycling, and mills turn it back into new metal, over and over. That saves new mining and energy, and it keeps metal out of landfill. For your business, scrap stops being waste you pay to remove. It becomes metal we buy, at a price set by its grade, its weight and the market on the day. Whatever your trade, the process runs the same way: you send photos, we send a quote, and we collect.
Find the page for your work
Tradies, construction, manufacturing and workshops, and demolition and site clearance each have a page below. Each one lists the scrap we collect from that work and explains one-off and regular pick-ups.
For a factory, depot or warehouse with steady scrap, see commercial and industrial scrap metal. To see how a collection runs, read about scrap metal pick-up.
Pages in this section
More scrap metal services from Forge Recyclers
Scrap metal pick-up
We collect from your site, workshop or job. No trailer and no trip to a yard.
Commercial and industrial collection
One-off clean-outs and regular pick-ups for workshops, factories and building sites.
Catalytic converters
One converter or a stockpile, quoted from photos and the code stamped on each.
Free quotes from photos
Add photos to the quote form and see your quote before anything is collected.
Three steps to sell your business's scrap metal
Send photos and details
Call us, or use the quote form and add a few photos. Tell us what you have, roughly how much, and your suburb.
Get your quote
We reply with a quote. If you are happy with it, we book the pick-up.
We pick it up
We collect from your site and pay you for the metal.
Ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal we buy from businesses
Ferrous metals contain iron and non-ferrous metals don't. One pick-up can take both: tap a metal to see what we take.
Non-ferrous metals
No iron in them, so a magnet won't stick. They are worth more per kilo than steel.
Ferrous metals
Steel and iron, which a magnet sticks to, and stainless steel, an iron alloy graded on its own.
Mixed-metal items
Things made of more than one material, such as cable, motors and converters.
What Forge Recyclers can't take
For safety, we can't take these, even mixed in with metal. Not sure about an item? Ask us before the pick-up.
- Asbestos
- Explosives and ammunition
- Fuel and other flammables
- Sealed gas cylinders
- Corrosive or poisonous chemicals
- Medical or biohazard waste
- Radioactive material
- Household rubbish
Where we collect from trades and businesses
From the Sunshine Coast through Brisbane to the Gold Coast.
Questions from trades and businesses
Do you buy scrap metal from households?
Not right now. We buy only from trades and businesses, so every pick-up is from a workplace: a shed, a factory, a depot or a job site.
My trade isn't listed. Will you still buy my scrap?
Yes, if it's metal from your work. Send photos of what you have, and we tell you what we can buy and what it's worth.
How do you price scrap metal from a business?
Metal by metal, by weight. Each one has its own price, set by its grade and the market on the day. Sorted, clean metal is worth more than a mixed heap. Send photos, tell us roughly what the load weighs if you know, and we reply with today's price.
Can you collect from more than one of our sites?
Yes. Send photos and the address for each site, and we quote each pick-up. We cover Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan, the Redlands, Moreton Bay, the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast.
How does a regular pick-up work?
Ask about one when you send your first quote request. Tell us what builds up and how fast, and we'll talk through what suits. Our page for tradies walks through it step by step.
What scrap won't you take?
Sealed gas cylinders, asbestos, fuel and other flammables, explosives or ammunition, corrosive or poisonous chemicals, medical or biohazard waste, radioactive material and household rubbish.
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Got business scrap metal to sell?
Call us, or send a few photos and details with the quote form. We reply with a quote and pick it up from your site.