Common Household Scrap Metal That You can Sell to Your Local Metal Recycling Yard

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 Most of us have heard of recycling and reusing paper, plastic bottles, food waste and more, but there is another sector that hasn’t gained popularity is, scrap metal. This includes steel, copper, brass, and iron. These metals are found in your daily surroundings, but do you find yourself simply discarding it? Well, did you know that you could generate revenue by selling the waste, while benefiting the environment as well. 





Below are some common household places to find scrap metals which can be used for recycling.

  • Kitchen: Appliances like refrigerators, dishwashers and microwaves have copper wires. It may be a long time that you have cleaned your kitchen cupboards where you may find unused items like pots and pans made up of aluminum. Even an unused kitchen stove can be recycled, as well as all the stainless steel, iron skillet and aluminum foils. If you are someone who consumes soft drinks from a can or eats canned food, these cans can also be sold as scrap metal.

  • Living Room and Bedroom: Television sets and air conditioners are a great source for copper. If you are cleaning near your living room, you may find window sidings, lamps, frames and decorative items that are made from aluminum. Electronic chargers, DVD players’, laptops will have thin copper wires everywhere. Also, if you have a broken ceiling fan, you can remove the woods and blades as the electric motor is made of copper coil which can be scrapped.

  • Bathroom & Laundry: Stainless steel sinks and brass faucets can be used to scrap. Your bathroom will have fixtures like pipes, tubes, copper wires which are made up of copper. You will also have shelves to keep your toiletries which is again made up of metal.

  • Patio: In your backyard, you will find lawn chairs which are light weight but made from aluminum. And if your have kids in your house then there will be metal swings which can be scrapped if you don’t use it anymore.

  • Garage: In your garage you will always find rusty screws, power tools, nails, paint cans which can be sold off as scrap. If your kids have outgrown their bicycles and musical instruments – then that can be used as scrap metal too. Yet this is not it, you have the biggest source of scrap –an old unused car. 

Recycling scrap metal will not only generate revenue for you but also you will be contributing to the environment. The cost of scrap metal changes daily but Al Sifah Metal Scarp TR.LLC. is one the finest scrap buyers in UAE which will offer you the best price for the items that you feel is waste. So, do not throw away the household scrap, but recycle it to help the environment and produce something new out of it.

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