It’s true: your trash is someone else’s treasure. While your old household items may not sell for much at a yard sale, they will at a scrap yard. Common items like mini transformers, faucets, and door knobs are made from non-ferrous and ferrous metals, materials that are prized at scrap yards. (Many of them even pay up to $3 per lb.) If you’d like to make some extra pocket change but don’t know where to start, here’s a list of the top 5 items you can find in your home and sell at a scrap yard today!
Your Old Household Door
Got an old door lying around? Scrap it! Steel, iron, and copper doors are all worth something at a scrap yard. If you don’t have a spare household door, you can bring in an extra car door (if available).
Your Old Aluminum Pots and Pans
Your pots and pans are a great way to make an extra few bucks at the yard.
But keep in mind: depending on where you go, some scrap yards will require you to remove all of their handles before bringing them in, as they’re made of plastic.
Your Old Microwave
Microwaves are full of metals. Their transformers are usually made of copper or aluminum, their magnetron, magnets, and its circuit boards are made of gold. If you’ve got an old microwave hiding somewhere, you’re sitting on money.
Your Old Lawnmower
To increase your profit at the yard, you can disassemble your old lawnmower and separate its metals into two piles (ferrous and non-ferrous). Make sure to clean the parts before bringing them to the yard, as dirty parts are worth less.
Your Old Outdoor Grill
Chances are, you’re not going to be using the old grill you haven’t cleaned in years to cook something this summer. Instead, put it to good use by taking it to the yard. Most grills are made of steel, aluminum, or cast iron, and are worth something.
Ready to Sell Your Old Household Items? Bring Them to Second Street Iron & Metal, a Top-Rated Scrap Yard in Massachusetts!
At Second Street Iron & Metal, we offer some of the best prices in the city for your metal. Whether you’ve got old appliances, old doors, old electronics, or metals as-is, we’ll take it! We buy ferrous and non-ferrous metals, including cast iron and light iron, and aren’t picky about where it comes from. (To learn about our prices per pound, click here.) Along with our scrap metal purchasing services, we also provide roll-off containers for all of your commercial needs. To learn more about our services today, contact us on our website or call us at (617) 387-1188. We can’t wait to help you get scraping!
