Even if you are new to scrap metal recycling, you can still receive a profit if you know what you're doing. Unfortunately, many amateurs waste time transporting items of little value and disassembling worthless items. Miamitown Auto Parts & Recycling, the premier metal salvage yard in Cleves, OH, offers the guidelines below for efficient scrap metal recycling.

The friendly, courteous experts are available to accept your salvageable materials, weigh the scrap metal you bring in, and offer a fair and equitable price for metals, auto parts, car batteries, used tires, and more.

Guidelines for Scrap Metal Recycling

Computer Towers

Because they are very common, disassembling a computer tower for its components is not usually cost effective unless you have ten or more of them. In that case, it might make sense to remove the hard drives, motherboards, and power supplies instead of scrapping the units as a whole.

Televisions & Monitors

Few scrap yards accept screens and monitors, so simply remove the cords for the insulated copper wire. Remove any copper wire from the case, and pull off the copper yoke (a plastic cone wrapped in the wire) from the back of the unit.

Microwave Ovens

Worn out microwaves are often disposed of with the trash, and you can frequently find them sitting on the curb awaiting pickup. To make some money, ask permission to take it, and remove the cord. Add it to your insulated copper wire pile. Then, disassemble the unit and remove the transformer, fan motor, circuit board, and interior copper wire. This will garner you a bit of spending money at the salvage yard.

Washer & Dryers

Washers, dryers, and dishwashers are valuable finds and can garner you some cash. The electric motors, internal copper wiring, tubing, and sealed units are valuable; plus, you can scrap the rest as steel or iron.

Miamitown Auto Parts & Recycling, the most experienced metal salvage yard in Cleves, OH, offers great prices on salvaged materials, including scrap metals and auto parts. For contact and location information, visit the company online, or call (513) 353-1111 to speak with a friendly representative about your scrap metal recycling needs.