If you have tried collecting aluminum cans for recycling purposes, there is actually a more profitable way of indulging your time in gathering scrap for extra income. That is salvaging scrap wire and cable. Plenty of contractors, particularly those involved in construction and electrical services usually produce scrap metal products such as wires and cables, cable trays, copper wires, and so on. If you are involved in this industry, you may not be able to realize the worth of these recyclable materials that can help improve your bottom line.
In order to get the highest price for these scrap items, you need to know how to properly collect them and where to bring them. While you can haul your collected scrap wire or cable to a scrap yard nearest you, be mindful to transact directly with a proper scrap processing facility and not just to a middleman. This recycling facility typically has specialized processors equipped with sophisticated high-tech machinery to efficiently process the scrap metals. Determining whether or not the particular operation of the scrap yard has the abilities and capacities to process the scrap materials on-site will make a huge difference in the price you get for your scrap items.
So, after finding the right processing or recycling facility, what then happens to the scrap wire and other materials you have dropped off? Most often, they will be properly sorted by material type and prepared into smaller pieces for further processing. But you can already separate your collected wire by type such as sorting high-voltage electrical wires from low-voltage cable wires. In this way, the scrap processor can quickly weigh and grade each of the wire you bring. This is important so that you get the right price which is unique for each type of scrap wire you have. Copper wire costs different from aluminum. So, eliminate the guesswork by bringing your items already sorted and classified.
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