| Metal |
Used in |
Price |
| Aluminum |
Lawn furniture, car trim, hand rails, gutters and leaders, storm
doors, beverage cans, transmission housings, heavy electrical cable,
power tool housings, screening, hub caps, etc |
15 to 45 cents a pound |
| Iron |
Everything from cars to girder beams to pipes |
1 to 4 cents a pound |
| Stainless Steel |
Car trim, hub caps, hand rails, and beer kegs |
15 to 35 cents a pound |
| Lead |
Piping, as weights in scuba diving, it comes in ingots to be
melted for joining together iron pipes in sewer lines, and as fishing
sinkers |
8 to 15 cents a pound |
| Copper |
Wire, tubing, and plumbing fittings most commonly |
35 cents to $1.50 a pound |
| Brass |
Low pressure plumbing fittings, sink drains and fixtures door
knobs, car radiators, and in trim hardware |
25 to 90 cents a pound |
| Bronze |
Higher pressure functions such as high pressure water fittings,
fire hose couplings, and for similar purposes |
30 to 90 cents a pound |
| Catalytic Converters |
Worth money as the active ingredient in them are platinum pellets |
$5 a piece and less depending on how many of the pellets are left
in the converters |
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