Does Custom Recycling buy copper & brass scrap?

Yes. We buy copper & brass from industrial and commercial accounts across the Carolinas, including bare bright and #1 / #2 copper, insulated wire and cable, copper tube and fittings, red and yellow brass. Material is weighed on certified scales and graded before settlement.

Which industries do you collect copper & brass from?

Most commonly electrical contracting, hvac and plumbing, motor rebuilding, utilities and telecom. If your process generates it as a by-product, there is almost certainly a container configuration that captures it cleanly.

Should I strip insulated copper wire before selling it?

It depends on your labor cost and the gauge. Heavy cable is often worth stripping; fine wire usually is not. We buy both stripped and unstripped and will tell you honestly which way the numbers fall for the wire you actually generate.

Materials we buy

Copper & Brass

The highest-value stream on most plant floors - and the one most worth securing. We place lidded and sealed containers so it leaves with you, not without you.

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Weighed on: Certified scales
Class: Non-ferrous

Forms we accept

What counts as copper & brass

Bare bright and #1 / #2 copper
Insulated wire and cable
Copper tube and fittings
Red and yellow brass
Electric motors and alternators
Transformers and windings

Industries we collect it from

Electrical contracting
HVAC and plumbing
Motor rebuilding
Utilities and telecom

Insulated copper wire prepared for processing

Red and yellow brass fittings and valves

Sealed roll-off container used to secure high-value non-ferrous

How we collect it

The container decides the grade.

Material that gets mixed on the floor cannot be un-mixed at the scale. Placing the right container at the point of generation is the single highest-return change most facilities make.

Self-dumping hoppers

Forklift-handled hoppers that empty into a larger container without manual handling.

4x4 Gaylord boxes & pallets

Corrugated bulk boxes for clean, high-value non-ferrous right at the machine.

IBC totes

Contained handling for turnings, borings and fines.

55-gallon drums

Point-of-generation separation for small, high-value streams.

Specialized containers

Custom metal bins built to your footprint, weight and process. Special order.

See the full container lineup

Questions

Copper & Brass — the questions we get

Does Custom Recycling buy copper & brass scrap?: Yes. We buy copper & brass from industrial and commercial accounts across the Carolinas, including bare bright and #1 / #2 copper, insulated wire and cable, copper tube and fittings, red and yellow brass. Material is weighed on certified scales and graded before settlement.
Which industries do you collect copper & brass from?: Most commonly electrical contracting, hvac and plumbing, motor rebuilding, utilities and telecom. If your process generates it as a by-product, there is almost certainly a container configuration that captures it cleanly.
Should I strip insulated copper wire before selling it?: It depends on your labor cost and the gauge. Heavy cable is often worth stripping; fine wire usually is not. We buy both stripped and unstripped and will tell you honestly which way the numbers fall for the wire you actually generate.

Other materials we buy

Where we collect

Generating copper & brass? Let us look at it.

A free site visit, an honest grade, and a container plan that keeps this stream out of the mixed pile.

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