Simple Steps To Get More For Your Scrap Metal

Getting more for your scrap metal is easy when you know what to do. Calbag Metals will work with you so your company can get the most from your scrap metal. We understand that some companies want to spend very little effort in managing their scrap. That’s why Calbag will work with you to identify opportunities on our end that could increase the value of your scrap metal. We do recommend that our industrial customers discuss with us the options for increasing the price we can pay for your scrap.

Our pricing is determined by the current market value for the type of scrap metal you are generating. However, there are several ways to increase the value of your scrap:

Getting more for your scrap – reduce theft of metal scrap
It’s a little obvious, but the easiest way to get more for your scrap is to sell us all the scrap you generate. Preventing internal theft and outside theft from your drop box clearly increases your scrap revenue. For more, see the section of our website Reducing Theft of Metal Scrap.

Getting more for your scrap – sorting your metal scrap
If your facility generates more than one type of scrap metal, there may be an opportunity to get more for your scrap by sorting the metals. If one metal has a higher scrap value than another, the payment for your scrap will be greater if the metal is priced separately, rather than mixed together in one large container.

Sorting scrap is a time-consuming and dirty job if you have to separate two or more kinds of metals. It’s far more labor efficient to sort the metal at the point of origin, never mixing one scrap with another. Our scrap metal professional will work with your company to determine a Scrap Management Plan that minimizes your labor in sorting your scrap, if sorting makes economic sense.

Getting more for your scrap – cleaning your metal scrap
Scrap prices on the open market – the price that our consumer customers will pay for scrap – depends in part on how "clean" the scrap is. The more "clean" the more they will pay, and the more we can pay you. Removing attachments such as steel pieces, rubber, plastic, etc. makes the scrap more valuable. The more homogenous (or clean) the scrap metal, the more it is worth.

Getting more for your scrap – sell your metal scrap to Calbag Metals
Choosing Calbag Metals is another way to get you more for your scrap. We’ve been in business for 100 years and have extensive customer contacts with consumers of scrap. We monitor commodity pricing on a daily basis, so that we can react immediately to market changes. Particularly in today’s market, there is significant volatility in the prices of scrap metal. We can provide daily price updates. When the price difference is only a penny a pound, those pennies add up!

In addition to closely monitored market pricing, Calbag Metals provides additional services that reduce your costs and/or improves your profits:

• Honest weights
• Timely pick-ups
• Timely payment
• A highly knowledgeable staff to answer any questions or to look at new opportunities

Contact Calbag Metals today and start getting more for your scrap!