🛠️ Heavy lifting involved! Some metal items are very heavy or have sharp edges. Ask our staff for help if you need a hand unloading.
What We Accept
Steel & Iron
All ferrous metals including structural steel, car parts, and household items. Magnets stick to these metals.
Examples:
Steel beams, car parts, old tools, steel furniture, metal roofing, bed frames
Copper
Pure copper wire, pipes, and fittings. High value metal that’s worth separating from other materials.
Examples:
Aluminium
Lightweight metal from window frames, guttering, and automotive parts. Doesn’t rust and very recyclable.
Examples:
Mixed Metal
Items with multiple metal types or small metal objects. We’ll sort them into the right categories.
Examples:
Vehicle Parts
Car parts, engine blocks, and automotive metal. Remove fluids and non-metal components where possible.
Examples:
Construction Metal
Building materials and structural metal from renovations or demolitions. Clean metal preferred.
Examples:
How to Prepare Your Metal
Follow these steps to make metal processing easier and safer
Remove Non-Metal
Take off plastic, rubber, wood, and other materials where possible. Clean metal is worth more.
Drain Fluids
Remove oil, fuel, coolant, and other liquids from car parts and equipment before bringing them in.
Separate Types
Sort copper, aluminium, and steel if you can. Different metals have different values and processing.
Load Safely
Metal is heavy and can have sharp edges. Load carefully and ask for help if you need it.
Free to Drop Off
Metal disposal is completely free. The scrap value covers our processing costs, so you pay nothing.
FREE
All metal disposal
Big Demolition or Renovation?
Lots of structural steel, roofing iron, or mixed construction metal? We’ll drop a skip at your place and collect it when you’re done.
What We Can’t Accept
These items contain hazardous materials or need specialised handling:
❌ Gas bottles
❌ Paint cans with paint
❌ Oil drums with oil
❌ Radioactive materials
❌ Asbestos-containing items
❌ Contaminated metal
❌ Pressurised containers
❌ Medical equipment
Environmental Impact
Every year, $10 million worth of recyclable metal gets buried in New Zealand landfills. Metal can be recycled indefinitely without quality loss, saving massive amounts of energy and raw materials.
200
tonnes recycled annually
100%
75%
Your scrap metal becomes new steel, copper wire, and aluminium products instead of requiring mining and smelting of new raw materials.
Questions About Metal?
Not sure if we can take your metal items? Give us a call and we’ll sort it out.
27 Lake Road, Devonport • Open 7 days