Current Prices Paid For Scrap Metal - Western Maryland

There hasn't been much to post about in the scrap metal industry. From 2003 to 2008 you could make a decent living scraping metal IF you were entrepreneurial enough and had enough ambition (and had the rapport of a salesman) to get warehouses to give you the stuff... I know because I did it!

Sadly this is no longer the case, the wear and tear on your pick up vs what you get paid is a whole lot less than it used to be.

Virtually NONE of the local Washington DC area/ Western Maryland area scrap metal recycling facilities post current prices on their websites. What you usually see is "call xxx-xxxx for current prices.

... I could only find one:

Most Recent List of Scrap Metal Prices Paid by Hagerstown Maryland's Conservit

Metal	Price	lbs.
5' & Under P&S	$10.00	100
Alum Cans	$0.50	1
Alum Condensor	$0.40	1
Alum Cu Cond	$0.90	1
Alum Siding	$0.50	1
Alum Wheels	$0.50	1
Bare Bright	$2.65	1
Bronze	$1.35	1
Bus	$8.00	100
Car / Shred	$8.00	100
Car Rims	$8.50	100
Carbide Tips	$0.10	1
Cars	$8.00	100
Cast Alum	$0.40	1
Catalytic Convertors	$4.00	1
Catv Cable (BLK)	$0.15	1
Catv Cable (WHT)	$0.20	1
Clean Alum	$0.40	1
Clean Motors	$8.00	100
Copper #1	$2.60	1
Copper #2	$2.45	1
Diesel Radiators, CLN Truck	$1.55	1
Dirty Motors (Gasoline)	$8.00	100
EC Wire Clean	$0.55	1
Electric Motor	$0.18	1
Extruded Alum	$0.55	1
Farm Machine	$7.00	100
Heater Cores	$1.30	1
Heavy Break	$7.00	100
Irony Alum	$0.10	1
Irony Diesel Radiators (Truck)	$0.85	1
Lead	$0.15	1
Light Copper	$2.30	1
Litho Sheet	$0.55	1
Mixed Alum	$0.40	1
MLC	$0.50	1
Old Sheet	$0.40	1
Prep#1	$10.00	100
Prep#2	$0.00	100
Radiators	$1.55	1
Random Rail	$8.00	100
Red Brass	$1.75	1
Shredder	$8.00	100
Stainless	$0.45	1
Truck	$8.00	100
Unprep Struct	$8.50	100
Unprep#1	$8.50	100
Yardcast	$8.00	100
Yellow Brass	$1.35	1
Zinc	$0.35	1