Where Does Your Old Copper Pipe Actually Go? A Look at Scrap Metal Recycling in Adelaide?
If you've ever pulled a tangle of old copper wire out of a switchboard, ripped a dead air conditioner off a wall, or finally decided to move that rusted car out of the driveway, you've probably wondered the same thing most Adelaide households and tradies do: is this worth anything, and where does it even go? The short answer — almost all of it is worth something, and very little of it needs to end up in landfill. Non-ferrous metal is more valuable than most people realise Copper, brass, aluminium and lead are classified as non-ferrous metals, meaning they don't contain iron and don't rust. That's exactly why they hold their value so well in the recycling market — copper in particular can be melted down and reused indefinitely without losing quality, which is a big part of why global demand for it stays strong. In a typical home or trade job, non-ferrous scrap turns up in places people don't expect: Offcuts of electrical cable left over from a rewire Ol...