Scrap Metal
Yes scrap metal can be recycled.
RECYCLED
Where?
- Please take your scrap metal to the Brighton Household Waste & Recycling site on Wilson Avenue or the Hove Household Waste & Recycling site on the Old Shoreham Road. See here for exact locations and opening times. For more details contact City Clean on 01273 292929.
- You can take small amounts of brass & copper to the Free Shop at Brighton Open Market. They are open Thursday, Friday, Saturday from 10am to 4pm. The Free Shop is the first unit on the left hand side as you enter Brighton Open Market from the London Road end.
- Alternatively you can weigh it in yourself at a local scrap metal company. You will need to contact them first to discuss arrangements. The Green Centre uses 2;
- Geo.E.Richardson & Sons Ltd. Their number is 01273 570246.
How?
- Scrap metal can include;
- aluminium
- brass
- chrome
- copper
- copper wire
- ferrous metal
- lead
- stainless steel
DID YOU KNOW?
- If you test your metal with a magnet and it is magnetic it is ferrous metal and worth very little BUT non-magnetic metal is worth significantly more.
- Metal recycling conserves natural resources by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and using less energy than making metal from virgin ore.
- Using scrap metal in lieu of virgin ore generates 97% less mining waste and uses 40% less water.