Copper plays a central role in human progress, from simple tools to complex electronics. Because of its capability to be reformed and reused, humans have been recycling copper for as long as we have been developing new ways to use it.

The rapid pace of technology makes for an interesting copper wire scrap market. A constant stream of new products creates a high need for copper, keeping scrap yard copper prices at top dollar. And the use of copper wire in modern power and communication grids and electronic items creates an abundance of copper wire scrap as these systems and products get updated.

However, not all copper wire is the same. It’s important to know which types of copper wire scrap you have because copper wires vary in value. Sorting out your most valuable copper wire helps ensure the best scrap yard copper prices.

Whether you have collected bags of aluminum cans at home or stacks of sheet metal and copper wire at your manufacturing facility, an excess of scrap metals can feel like it’s taking over your space. Selling your scrap metals is a great way to clear out your garage or warehouse and make money in the process.

How much money you can make depends on the type of metals you have as well as the condition of those metals. For instance, aluminum scrap prices generally are lower than copper scrap prices. To find out how much your scrap metal is worth, the expert team at DP The Scrap Metal Collection and Merchant can provide current scrap metal prices for all your scrap.

When it comes to scrap metal selling, we always keep an eye on the prices in the market and throughout the world. We’ve received an optimistic outlook for scrap metal prices and analysts announced some of the world’s largest importers of scrap metal, is expected to continue purchasing large quantities of scrap metal from the U.K. through 2021.

More recently, Japan has seen an increased demand in scrap metal, as per the standards for scrap metal recycling prices and news. This is all good news for you, the avid farm scrap collector.