scrap merchants

Metal recycling buyers

Scrap merchants are dealers who buy and sell scrap metal and other discarded materials for recycling or resale.

They operate yards where they collect, sort, and process items like old cars, appliances, and industrial waste.

The term is more common in British English; Americans typically say scrap dealers or junk dealers.

The scrap merchants paid cash for the old copper pipes.

Related

copper · reclaims · circular economy · iron · aluminum · steel · waste · rag and bone · waste management · junkyard · smelting · weigh station · weigh in · catalytic converters · resource conservation · rare earth metals · sustainable practices · lightweight metal

Opposites
material flow direction

scrap merchantsmanufacturers

Entities producing goods massively

producers · fabricators · steel mills · foundries · steelmakers

product condition

scrap merchantswholesalers

Bulk goods merchants

distributors · authorized dealers · factory outlets

value perception

scrap merchantsjewelers

Gem and precious metal merchants

antique dealers · purveyors

Family

scrap, merchant, scraps, scrapped, scrapping, scrappy, scrapyard, merchants, mercantile

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G