3 Popular Scrap Metal Finds During Spring Cleaning 

​Spring cleaning is a great way to declutter and get rid of accumulated junk from your home and your life. It’s a great way to de-stress, purge, and organize your space. You can find items you though you had lost during spring cleaning, and you can also find garbage. Is everything deemed garbage necessarily junk? Maybe there is a little bit of money to be made from perceived junk you have found during your spring cleaning. You could earn a bit of cash with these three scrap metal finds.

Gold

Old electronics are things that many folks hold on to, even after they have been replaced by a new model. These old electronics, such as laptops, computers, TVs, cell phones, DVD or VCR players, and cameras may have electric motors inside that you can scrap. While there are thin copper wires in these electronics, for example, copper wires are attached at the base of a TV monitor, VCRs, CD Players and DVD players, and old stereo components, like amplifiers and receivers, contain printed circuit boards with gold. You could be lucky and find a scrap dealer that takes not just circuit boards, or individual component, but whole computers and servers as well.

Copper

Air conditioners are common scrap metal items and you can take it apart for the scrap metal
inside. Copper, steel, and aluminum are all materials found inside, and a whole window air
conditioning unit can earn you between $4-6. If you found a couple units during your spring
cleaning, you could make a few extra dollars scrapping them for their copper, which is popular to
recycle as scrap metal.

Aluminum

In your garage, you could have valuable scrap metal just laying around and collecting dust when
you could earn some money from it. If you work on your own car, chances are you have an old
engine or aluminum rims ready to be thrown out. Before you do, consider scrapping them. Both
can be salvaged for their aluminum; the engine has aluminum with steel running throughout it
and aluminum rims can fetch a decent price. Prices vary depending on the quality of the rim and
where you live, but aluminum rims can go for 50 cents per pound or a little higher.

Taking your scrap metal to professionals is a better option than throwing them away because you
could be throwing money away, and it also significantly benefit the environment by being
disposed of properly. If you are interested in our scrap metal services, contact us today! 

While it might be easy to find any random piece of metal and bring it to a scrap metal recycling center, you should do some preparation before going out the door. Although you might not want to invest a bunch of money into buying expensive equipment, it pays to be a bit more prepared. Before you decided to give scrap metalworking a try, here are few things you should consider.
 
Magnet
A magnet would be your most helpful tool in helping you to identify and assess the value of a metal. This is helpful in determining whether you're dealing with a ferrous or nonferrous metal. Ferrous metals will stick to your magnet whereas nonferrous will not. Generally, ferrous metals will not be worth a lot because they are more commonly available whereas nonferrous metals would be more valuable.
 
Containers
Having several containers would be helpful in sorting every type of metal you have collected. It is generally best to separate your metals because the scrap dealers would often tell you to do so and if you do not, they will generally pay you based on the price of the least valuable metals in the bunch.
 
Durable Gloves
Working with rough material, especially sharp metal can be hazardous if you're not careful. To prevent cuts and the possibility of other injuries, wear durable gloves when handling scrap metal. Leather gloves are an excellent option to consider.
 
Some Basic Knowledge
Having the basic level of knowledge to be able to tell the metals apart would be very helpful to you. Without this, it would be very difficult and time consuming for you to try to estimate the value. Simply knowing the most common forms of ferrous metals (such as steel and iron) and nonferrous metals (such as aluminum, copper, and brass) would help your search go much more smoother.
 
Second Street Iron & Metal is a fourth generation family business that has been serving the greater Boston area for over 100 years. Because of our experience and high level of standard, we are highly respected and earned a strong reputation among the recycling industry. With locations in Chelsea and Everett, we are open Monday to Saturday. Contact us at (617) 387-1188 or visit our website for more information.

Although winter seems to be lingering like an unwanted house guest this year, we promise you, Springtime will soon be here for real. A common household task during the Spring is “Spring cleaning”. The process of opening your windows, airing out your home, and giving it a good clean.

During this task, home owners typically take stock of the items around their house and do away with those deemed no longer necessary.Many items that take up unnecessary space and are no longer needed in a home or property can be scraped for some pocket change. 

For example, copper and steel outdoor decorations or furniture is a popular item that is scraped this time of year. Many people put this off for years, not knowing they can drop it off at our Everett Scrap Yard.

Another popular area in the Spring time to clean our is the garage. New England is notorious for having garages with no cars in them. That’s because that’s where many homeowners store no longer needed materials from their home. A typical old New England home may have old appliances, no longer used vehicles, various rusted old tools, and a plethora of scrap-able materials.  

Second Street Iron & Metal in Everett, Massachusetts is here to help you with your spring cleaning! We accept a large amount of household appliances and goods. Items such as filing cabinets and other outdoor furniture are typically made from recyclable metals.

​If you have any questions about the house hold items we accept, contact us here today to find out. 

​At Second Street Iron & Metal in Everett, Massachusetts we provide dumpster services for large scrap recycling jobs. With a 24-hour request period, our drivers can drop off a dumpster for your large scrap haul. We offer three sizes of dumpsters currently. They are:

• 15 Yard Dumpsters
• 30 Yard Dumpsters
• 40 Yard Dumpsters

Additionally, these dumpster services are free of charge for customers with a metal load above 600 pounds.

Metal Recycling for Schools & More

Second Street Iron & Metal is available to help schools, government buildings, or any other entities remove their old metal products that may not use anymore. For schools going through spring cleaning, getting rid of old desks, filing cabinets, and other metal based products is an ease with our dumpster program.

This is a great way to minimize the time it takes to remove metal waste, and took generate revenue from the process.

For more information about our dumpster program, contact us today at 617-387-1188.