#1 vs #2 copper: cleanliness sets the price
Copper recycles without losing its properties and stays the best-paying metal per pound. We buy it in every form: clean or soldered pipe, bright stripped wire, shop offcuts. Grading comes down to #1 copper, clean, free of solder and paint, versus #2, which carries those traces. Removing brass fittings and bringing a sorted lot directly raises your payout. Professional weighing and payment on the spot at our Longueuil yard, no appointment, no minimum.
Clean or “ferrous”: steel hardware changes the grade
Aluminum rarely arrives alone: screws, glass, and plastic decide its grade. A bare extrusion, a stripped door or window frame, earns one of the best prices; the same piece with its hardware becomes ferrous aluminum and pays less. We also buy alloy rims, sheet, cast aluminum, and clean mixed aluminum. A few minutes of sorting before your visit turns into dollars at the scale, paid on the spot in Longueuil.
Value follows the copper under the insulation
No need to strip your wire to sell it: we grade it by type. Heavy cable with a clean copper core is the top grade, thin or tinned wire the second, and BX and network cable each have their own. The thinner the insulation relative to the copper, the better the return. One absolute rule: burnt wire is refused, it's illegal and dangerous. Bring your sorted cable to our Longueuil yard, paid on the spot.
Yellow or red, the magnet exposes the steel
Brass hides in faucets, fittings, valves, and casings, and is worth far more than the steel it's often bolted to. Red brass, richer in copper, generally beats yellow; chrome plating and steel parts lower the grade. A quick magnet pass separates true brass from the rest in seconds. Bring your pieces as-is, or stripped for a better grade: weighing and payment on the spot in Longueuil.
If the magnet doesn't stick, that's a good sign
Sinks, commercial kitchen equipment, industrial piping: stainless steel is worth notably more than ordinary steel. The magnet test does the first sort, common 304 and 316 stainless is non-magnetic, and our team confirms the grade at the yard. 316, more corrosion-resistant, generally pays better. Strip plastic and faucets from your pieces for the best grade, and come see us in Longueuil, no appointment needed.
A dead battery is worth as much as a new one
A car battery's value comes from its lead, not its charge: dead or working, it recycles at the same price. We buy lead-acid batteries from cars, trucks, motorcycles, machinery, and alarm systems, intact and leak-free, plus lead in all its forms. No lithium batteries are accepted. Transport them upright, terminals up, and stop by our Longueuil yard: weighed and paid on the spot.
Sold whole, by weight: don't take them apart
From appliance motors to large industrial units, everything sells by weight, as-is: the copper winding inside carries the value. Disassembly isn't required and rarely pays for an individual. A motor still bolted to its pump or mount is sellable, removing large steel parts simply improves the return. Gather your motors and bring them to our Longueuil yard, no appointment, no minimum.
A quarter inch: the line between heavy and light
Iron and steel are the everyday metals: appliances, structural steel, machinery, car parts. Thickness makes the grade, steel ¼ inch and up grades as heavy scrap, thin metal as sheet, and clean busheling earns the top price. No time to sort? Mixed lots are accepted as-is. Pull out the copper, aluminum, and stainless: sold separately, they're worth much more. Paid on the spot in Longueuil.