All guides
2 guides from the team at Copper Recycling Corp., newest first.
What we buy and how to sort it
#1 vs #2 copper: how to tell them apart
#1 copper is clean, bare, uncoated copper. #2 is still plain copper, but with some solder, paint or coating, and runs about 96% copper. Here's how to sort it.
Scrap prices and the market
What's the highest paying scrap metal right now?
Of the metals most people bring in, copper pays the most per pound, and bare bright wire is the top grade. Here's how copper, brass and wire rank, and why prices move daily.