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.
- If you wish to support us you can bring small amounts of brass & copper to The Green Centre at Brighton Open Market. More details here. We will weigh it in and the funds raised will go towards our volunteer costs.
- 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 different local companies;
- Argyle Metals Ltd which is a family run company. Their number is 01273 680559.
- 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.