Auckland Tradie Scrap
Recycling: Best Copper Prices

If you want the best scrap metal prices in Auckland, Endless is the first stop every smart tradie makes. Bring your tradie scrap, offcuts, leftovers, and unwanted metal to our Onehunga or Wairau yards and turn it into instant value. We help builders, sparkies, plumbers, roofers, and demolition crews keep job sites clear, safe, and profitable with fast, efficient scrap metal recycling. From small offcuts to heavy metal items cluttering your ute, we take virtually everything, and we pay well for it.

Common Tradie Scrap We Accept:

Tradies across Auckland bring us scrap metal items such as:

Wiring
Copper cable
Copper piping
Brass fittings
Taps and faucets
Roofing steel & iron
Copper spouting
Hot water cylinders
Gutters
Aluminium sheets & offcuts
Switchgear
Hand tools
Mixed metal loads from site clean-ups

If it’s metal, we’ll almost always take it, and pay you competitive prices for it.

When it comes to copper prices in Auckland, Endless Metals prides itself on offering top copper prices in the city. Copper is one of the most valuable materials tradies bring in, whether it’s copper cable, copper piping, copper spouting, copper domestic, or stripped copper wire. Our pricing is transparent, competitive, and backed by certified scales so you always know you’re getting maximum value. If you’ve been Googling “best copper prices Auckland”, “scrap copper price NZ”, or “where to scrap copper in Auckland”, Endless should be at the top of your list every time.

What we cannot accept for scrap:

Don’t overthink it. If it’s metal, we’ll almost always recycle it.
The only exceptions are items that pose health or safety risks, including:

Pressurised cylinders
Gas bottles
Hazardous, corrosive, or explosive materials
Radioactive items

If you’re unsure, flick us a message and we’ll confirm it for you.

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Do you still have trade scrap questions?

Relax. We’ve got your back.

How do I find out your prices?

To get the latest pricing for your scrap metal, you can contact us by:

Calling 0800 44 88 99
Filling out a contact form on our website
Sending a message on Facebook messenger
Emailing a photo and brief description of your scrap metal to hello @endless.co.nz
Visiting your nearest Endless Scrap Metal yard drive thru
Remember, we are open on Saturdays – please see our locations page for information on our hours.

Is now a good time to sell or are the prices going up?

Our scrap metal prices are based on the international trade markets for metals and the NZD/USD exchange rate. This makes it very difficult for us to predict what prices may do in the future; only we had a crystal ball! We may not be able to see into the future, but we can and do offer you the best price available at the time of purchase.

Will we get a better price if we seperate our cable?

Yes. We pay a premium for your high-grade copper cable. To get top scrap copper cable pricing, we recommend you separate your high-grade copper cable from your regular electrical cable.

We grade bare copper cable as bright & shiny, copper #1, and copper #2. If you have any questions, please reach out to us at 0800 44 88 99 or hello@endless.co.nz.

Do we need to cut off the plugs or attachments?

If you want to get more money for your electrical cable, it pays you to cut off any plugs or attachments. You don’t have to, but the price you get paid will be reflective of how clean the material is.

Is it worth stripping my copper cable?

If you can strip your cable safely, you’ll get paid more for your cable when you bring it in to be recycled. We pay competitive prices for unstripped cable, but if your apprentice isn’t busy it’s worth making some extra cash by stripping your cable.

However, we do not support stripping wire if you don’t have the safety equipment or appropriate environment to carry it out.

How much will I get paid for a 135l and a 180l unstripped copper cylinder?

No need for you to hassle with stripping your hot water cylinders. We’ll take care of that for you, and pay you for the copper content inside. The average weight of copper inside is:

135l cylinder – 8kg copper (domestic)

180l cylinder – 10kg copper (domestic)

My tap fittings have some steel on them. How clean does brass have to be?

We generally purchase tap fittings as clean brass, as long as they contain only a small amount of steel. If your scrap tap fittings are deemed to have a larger than normal amount of steel, we will still be happy to buy them off you but we will need to pay you slightly less as they require more time and effort to process.

Do I need to remove the glass from my window frame before bringing it in?

For health and safety reasons, you will need to remove the glass from your window frames before bringing them to us. This will also make sure that you get the best price for your window frames as there is a direct cost to us to get rid of the glass and this would affect the amount we can pay you.

Can you collect roof sheeting from my site?

We don’t usually collect roof sheeting from a site because customers want more value for it than we can provide as the cost to remove it exceeds the value of the metal. You are welcome to bring it into one of our nearest drive-thru location and we’ll pay you top dollar for your roof sheeting. Remember, we are open on Saturdays if you want to swing by after the work week!