Scrap Metal Prices Johannesburg

Here are a useful link that will provide you with lots of information regarding scrap metal  and it's history. Or if you would like to read a pdf of the South Africa Scrap Metal Dealers Act which all scrap metal dealers in Johannesburg have to adhere to by law. So you can read exactly what laws a scrap yard in Johannesburg has to follow please do so below.

Scrap Metal Prices Per KG Johannesburg

During recent years scrap metal prices in Johannesburg and across the world have expanded extensively, prices are usually recorded by the kilo or ton in Johannesburg, however some of them can be sold to scrap yards by the Pound. To guarantee that you are getting the best possible price per Kilogram for all types of scrap metal, you have to you know the value of scrap metals before taking it to a local Johannesburg Based scrap yard.

You should remember that you can find a range of scrap metal materials within various pieces of electronic equipment and take note that many scrap yards in Johannesburg will not accept this type of scrap metal.

Reusing scrap metal has many benefits; financially, beneficently and ecologically as well. Not just is the benefit of recycling scrap metal seen in Johannesburg but the whole of South Africa. While many may just want to make some money from their scrap metal, they forget about the advantages that reusing scrap metal offers for our planet. Metals that are not required without anyone else's input ruin the globe so by recycling them you will basically be keeping further materials from being extricated from our planet which causes many problems to our environment. This eventually will avert promote contamination of the planet and end lethal gasses from being discharged into the climate.

Scrap Metal Types - Scrap Metal Prices Johannesburg

There are many types of scrap metal that you can sell for top prices per kg in Johannesburg. Scrap Copper, Aluminium, Lead, Steel, Iron, Brass and Tin are the most popular types of scrap metal that are sold every day in Johannesburg. In order of getting the best prices for your scrap metal you need to separate your scrap metal by type, if your scrap metal has non metal items attached to it we would highly recommend that you remove them. Scrap yards in Johannesburg will reduce the prices that they offer if you leave non metal items attached to your scrap metal items. If you do not remove them, the scrap yard that you visit will more than likely estimate the weight of the non metal items and deduct it from the total weight of your items. They actually deliberately over estimate the weight of non metal items so they don't lose money on the deal themselves. So the tale is, remove all non metal items to get a better price per kg for your scrap metal in Johannesburg.

Scrap metal recycling as previously mentioned lessens the necessity for mining metals on our planet and the interest for ferrous and non ferrous metals. Also, recycling scrap metals means less landfill being used in our country. These are just a couple of benefit points that recycling metals have. And on top of helping keep our planet green you can line your pockets with cash in the process.

You won't be offered higher prices for scrap metal when you offer it in the form of a car or machine in any part of Johannesburg. Due to the fact the scrap metal dealer/yard needs to destroy the vehicle or machine to get to the metals that they require. You'll more than likely be offered a lower than their base price for a car and truck than you would for normal types of scrap metal from all scrap yards in Johannesburg.