https://copperrecyclingcorp.com/blog/ Sorting scrap, selling at our yards, and scrap recycling for contractors. en-us Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://copperrecyclingcorp.com/blog/number-1-vs-number-2-copper/ https://copperrecyclingcorp.com/blog/number-1-vs-number-2-copper/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 The CRC team What we buy and how to sort it #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. https://copperrecyclingcorp.com/blog/whats-the-highest-paying-scrap-metal/ https://copperrecyclingcorp.com/blog/whats-the-highest-paying-scrap-metal/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 The CRC team Scrap prices and the market 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.