Copper
Copper is a reddish orange color. It is non magnetic, and an excellent conductor of electricity and heat.
Copper’s primary users are in electrical wiring and piping of plumbing application. Its also used for platting of eaves trough, printed circuit boards, and in the main ingredient in brass.
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#1 COPPER PIPE

#1 Copper pipe is clean copper with little to no oxidation or corrosion. It should have no brass, solder or oil.

 

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#2 COPPER

#2 Copper is copper with solder, oxidation, corrosion, oil or thin platting. Stripped insulated wire with individual strands smaller then a paperclip is also considered # copper 2.

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#3 COPPER

Generally refers to roofing copper with tar, nails and a bit shingles. It also includes lead coated copper. As well as any copper that has significant contamination.

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BARE BRIGHT

Bare Bright is stripped copper wire. It should be bright and shinny and each individual strand should be a little thicker then a paperclip. (Dark oxidized or corroded stripped copper wire can go with regular # 1 copper)

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SCRAP COPPER

Recyclable pieces of copper from any source. Miscellaneous, unalloyed copper scrap having a nominal 92% copper content as determined by electrolytic assay and shall consist of sheep copper, gutters, downspouts, kettles, boilers, and similar scrap.

Recycling Copper: What You Need to Know

Most of us have the tendency to see trash… and simply throw it away. The waste is then taken to landfills, covered with earth and sadly, forgotten.

Landfills across the country are running out of space and most of them are filled with items that can easily be recycled. Most consumers know about basic recycling such as paper, plastic and aluminum – but what many of us do not realize is that copper can be recycled too.

Copper and related alloys have been recycled for centuries. Copper is a reddish orange colour, is non-magnetic, and an excellent conductor of electricity and heat. Its primary users are in electrical wiring and piping of plumbing application.

It is also used for platting of eaves troughs, printed circuit boards, and is the main ingredient in brass. In fact, everyday consumer products still use copper and it is a critical component in electronics. While scrapped copper cannot be used right away, after proper preparation, companies can reuse copper to create new and different products.

What Are The Benefits of Recycling Copper?

There are numerous economic and environmental benefits to recycling scrap metals. Some of the benefits of recycling copper include:

  • Limiting Impact on the Environment – During mining and refining of metals, dust and waste gases are emitted into the environment. While metal producers work hard to minimize these gases, any amount of harmful gas emitted is a cause for concern.
  • Landfill Costs are Reduced – For example copper is in more products than consumers realize; from cell phones to rice cookers to steamers, and more. Copper products that are not discarded into a landfill can reduce how much waste landfills deal with each year and trim down the costs associated with running these landfills too.
  • Conservation – While there is an abundance of copper resources, copper ore is considered a finite resource; therefore, it makes more sense to conserve it than mine it.
  • Cheaper – It is cheaper to recycle copper than it is to extract and refine new copper ore. In fact, recycled copper is almost as high in value as recently extracted copper, but without the costs of mining and refining, which helps keep the costs of creating consumer products down.
  • Saves on Energy – Recycling takes much less energy and leads to the conservation of all energy reserves (including oil, gas and coal). It also reduces how much carbon dioxide is released into the air.

Recycling copper will reduce your carbon footprint. Metal recyclers not only recycle copper products, but purchase them from those that wish to recycle, encouraging consumers even more to improve sustainability.

As a leading Canadian recycler, Manville Recycling accepts and collect all of your recyclable material. Contact us today to learn about your options for recycling your copper materials.