scrap merchant
Buys discarded metal
A scrap merchant buys and sells scrap metal and other recyclable materials—old appliances, car parts, industrial waste, construction debris.
The term is more common in British English; Americans typically say scrap dealer or junkyard owner.
The scrap merchant offered fifty quid for the old radiators.
- junkmanSeller of salvaged items
- salvageRecovering damaged goods
- scrapperPugnacious combatant
- scrapmanOne who trades salvage
- recyclingReprocessing used materials
copper wire · trader · waste · steel beams · rag-and-bone man · totter · buyback · reclaim · wholesaler · circular economy · broker · waste disposal · dealer · supplier · aluminum sheets · appraiser · shredder · junkyard
material lifecycle position
scrap merchantmanufacturer
One who produces goods
producer · fabricator · mining company · industrialist · steel mill
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