Steel Recycling at Endless Metals

Steel and stainless steel are the backbone of construction, manufacturing, and everyday life, turning up in everything from structural beams and roofing to kitchen benches, appliances, and machinery. Because these metals are strong, versatile, and endlessly recyclable, recycling steel scrap and stainless steel scrap is one of the most effective ways to reduce waste and recover value.

Endless knows a thing or two about paying competitive steel scrap prices and stainless steel scrap prices across Auckland, with fast service at our Onehunga yard near Penrose and our Wairau Valley yard in Glenfield. We accept heavy plate, demolition steel, offcuts, stainless tubing, and food-grade stainless, all weighed on certified scales for total transparency. Whether you’re a tradie cleaning up a worksite, a business shifting bulk loads, or a household clearing space, Endless makes recycling steel and stainless steel simple, honest, and rewarding, with instant payment every time.

Interior view of a steel car body.

Car Bodies

Clean vehicle
shells or panels

Pile of broken down cast iron.

Cast Iron

Heavy cast
iron pieces

A large section of cut up HMS insize.

HMS Insize

Heavy melting steel
cut to <1m lengths

Long piles neatly stacked showing HMS oversize.

HMS Oversize

Heavy melting steel requiring shearing or cutting, lengths >1m

A man using a tool on a large piece of HMS Oxy

HMS Oxy

Torch-cut heavy
melting steel

Pile of sheets of light gauge 1 steel.

Light Gauge 1

Thin steel scrap (<3mm)
with minimal contamination

Whiteware light gauge 2 steel sitting on the ground.

Light Gauge 2

Mixed thin steel scrap with higher contamination, whiteware

LMS bales of steel stacked on each other.

LMS Bales

Compacted bundles of light
mixed steel

Reinforcing Bar pile of steel in the yard.

Reinforcing Bar

Steel rebar offcuts commonly recovered from construction / demolition

Steels cans in a pile.

Steel Cans

Clean recycled
food and drink cans
made of tin

Box filled with steel swarf.

Steel Swarf

Machining shavings and turnings from steel manufacturing

Stainless Steel Recycling

Stainless Steel
304

Stainless alloy used widely in fabrication

Stainless Steel
304 Swarf

Turnings and shavings of 304 stainless steel

Stainless Steel
316

Premium stainless with highly corrosion-resistant grade

Stainless Steel
316 Swarf

Swarf shavings from 316 stainless machining

Irony Stainless Steel

Stainless steel scrap mixed with attachments or contamination

Quick Facts on Steel

  1. Steel is considered “infinitely recyclable” because it can be recycled repeatedly without losing structural integrity.
  2. In New Zealand’s building and infrastructure sector, about 85% of steel waste is estimated to be recycled, helping reduce construction-related waste.
  3. At an 85% recovery rate, recycling steel scrap in NZ can save around 1,249 kg CO₂-equivalent per tonne compared to sending steel to landfill.
  4. When one tonne of steel is recycled, it conserves approximately 1,133 kg of iron ore, 288 kg of coal, and 54 kg of limestone that would otherwise be consumed.
  5. The estimated national recovery rate for steel scrap in NZ is around 74%, reflecting stronger performance in construction but lower in appliances and whiteware.
  6. Globally, steel scrap use has represented around 55–57% of crude steel production in recent years, highlighting the critical role scrap plays in modern steelmaking.

 

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