Scrap metal pick-up for tradies in Brisbane

Sell your trade scrap without a trip to the yard

Every job leaves scrap metal behind: pipe offcuts, old cable, worn brass taps, an old hot water cylinder. Forge Recyclers buys scrap metal from tradies across Brisbane and South East Queensland, and we collect it from your yard, workshop or job site. Send photos of what you've got, and we reply with a quote.

Scrap we collect from tradies

• Electricians

  Offcuts from new cable runs, wiring pulled out in rewires, and old switchboards.

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• Plumbers

  Copper pipe offcuts, brass taps, valves and fittings, and copper cylinders.

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• Air-conditioning and refrigeration techs

  Copper pipe and line sets, compressors and condenser fan motors.

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• Mechanics and auto electricians

  Radiators, batteries, alloy wheels, starter motors and catalytic converters.

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• Roofers and fencers

  Old roofing iron, gutters, downpipes, posts and wire.

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• Glaziers

  Aluminium window and door frames from replacement jobs.

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No matter your trade, we accept ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal. Copper, brass, cable and aluminium are the non-ferrous side, and they earn the most. Steel and iron, from roofing to fence posts, make up the ferrous side.

Why tradies sell their scrap metal to Forge Recyclers

• No scrap runs after work. We collect from your yard, workshop or job, so the scrap never rides in your ute.
• Quotes from a few photos. Snap the pile on your phone, send the photos with the quote form, and we come back with a quote.
• Every bucket on one pick-up. Copper, brass, cable, steel, batteries and converters all go together.
• Straight answers on sorting. We tell you which sorting pays, such as whether stripping cable is worth your time.

One-off clean-outs and regular pick-ups

A one-off pick-up suits a yard clean-out, the end of a big job or a strip-out that leaves a heap of pipe and cable. Send photos of the lot, and we quote it in one go.

When scrap builds up week after week, ask about a regular pick-up. The process works like this:

1. Keep a drum or bucket for each metal at your yard or workshop: copper, brass, cable and steel.
2. When they fill up, call us or send a photo with the quote form.
3. We quote that load and come to collect it.

How we price trade scrap metal

We price trade scrap one metal at a time, on its grade and weight. Grade is the big lever. Bare copper pipe or bright stripped wire earns far more than copper with solder, paint or brass fittings left on. Brass has its own price, and so does insulated cable. Metal prices move with the market, so we quote today's price from your photos.

Trade scrap goes to metal recycling

Copper offcuts and old cable don't belong in a skip or the general waste. Everything we collect goes on to metal recycling, where it becomes new pipe, wire and fittings. Copper and brass go through that loop again and again without losing quality, so it saves new mining and energy. For a tradie, it means a cleaner van, a tidier shed and money back from metal you used to throw out. And when a builder asks how you handle site waste, you have a straight answer.

Getting more for your scrap

• Copper and brass look alike when they're dirty. Copper is reddish and brass is yellow, so give each its own bucket.
• Cut brass fittings off copper pipe when it takes a few seconds.
• Keep cable offcuts in their own bucket, away from bare copper.
• Drain old hot water cylinders before they go on the pile.

Each metal has its own page, such as brass and copper. For a site with a steady flow of offcuts, see commercial scrap metal collection.