860.848.3366

Sell Your Scrap Metal

Sell your junk! Scrap yards are busy and may seem intimidating at first but there is no cause for concern. Follow these easy tips and you’ll be well on your way to

1. GATHER ALL METALS. If you need help getting started, take a peek at the list on the left. If you have any questions about whether or not we accept an item please call 860-848-3366.

2. SORT YOUR METAL. If you can make a distinction between the different types of metals please separate them. If you can’t- no worries.

3. FIND A SCRAP YARD NEAR YOU.

4. ONCE IN THE YARD. Upon arrival at the scrap yard, look for signs directing you where to line up your vehicle. When it’s your turn, a traffic light will signal green and your vehicle is ready to be weighed on the scale- depending on the scrap yard you are at you will either back onto the scale or drive onto the scale.

5. While being weighed, ask the scale house operator for further directions.

6. After offloading material and weighing in again, sign the ticket, collect your receipt and your cash!

Sell or Donate
Time to smell the burnt rubber-your junk car is an eyesore, it takes up space and has begun to be a local hotel for wild animals and the neighbors are starting to complain. Junk your car today and put cash in your wallet while you are at it. Oh, did we mention that we’ll buy your junk car regardless of it’s condition? We don’t care if your junk car doesn’t run, is damaged, is used, is defective, shoots fire or smokes. We’ll pay you cash. Cars, trucks, vans- any junk vehicle- we will buy it. We’ll even pick up your junk car- yup that’s right, we’ll pay you cash and tow your junk car for free!
Scrap Metal Dumpsters

We have dumpsters and roll off containers for you to place your scrap metal material in. If you need a container that is not listed that doesn’t mean we can’t provide it. Please call 860-848-3366 if you have any questions.
Equipment Machinery & Labor

Connecticut Scrap Metal has the power to get jobs done promptly and efficiently. Decades in the industry has resulted in our impressive and expansive inventory. Years of experience is reflected in our extensive knowledge and effective utilization of our equipment and machinery. Our operators are vast in their expertise, sharp when it comes to safety and proficient in productivity. Contact us to create a long-term partnership and together we will determine a scrap removal plan that is best suited to your companies scrap goals.
Mulch, Soil, Sand, Stone

We also sell sand, stone, topsoil and mulch! Call 860-848-3366

What We Buy

Scrap Metal for Cash!
IMAGINE THERE IS A PLACE WHERE YOU BRING YOUR OLD METAL JUNK AND IN RETURN YOU GET A WAD OF CASH…
…well folks, there is a place it’s called a scrap metal recycling facility. And that is what we do. We are a scrap metal recycler and we take your has-beens and would-haves and replace them with money. The following is a list of items that you can bring to us and we give you cash in return.

We purchase both ferrous and nonferrous materials. Once the scrap metal enters one of our five scrap metal yards located in Connecticut, we have experts who can distinguish, identify and sort the scrap metal into various nonferrous and ferrous grades. Depending upon the amount, your material is then weighed on either our digital small or large scales. We want you to get the most for your scrap metal, to ensure this we monitor market trends to give you competitive prices. With every transaction you will receive a detailed certified weight scale ticket that will include the commodity, weight (gross, tare, net) and price.

Items We Pay For:

  • Air Conditioners (refrigerant must be removed prior to delivery)
  • Alternators/Starters
  • Aluminum Awnings
  • Aluminum Cans
  • Aluminum Gutters
  • Aluminum Ladders
  • Aluminum Siding
  • Aluminum Signs
  • Any wire (insulated, coated, striped)
  • Automotive parts (engines, rotors, rims, engine blocks, batteries)
  • Barrels-Aluminum, Steel
  • Basketball hoops (metal)
  • Bathtubs-Cast IronBatteries (car and truck batteries also steel encased batteries)
  • BBQ Grills
  • Bed Frames
  • Beverage Cans
  • Bicycles
  • Blenders (not glass part)
  • Blinds (metal blinds)
  • Blowers-Leaf, Other
  • Boats-Metal/Aluminum Only
  • Brass/Bronze-All Types
  • Brass Light Fixtures
  • Cables
  • Cages (metal cages)
  • Cans-Aluminum, Steel
  • Cars (call 860-848-3366 for more info)*
  • Cast Iron
  • Catalytic Converters
  • Chain Saws-Drained
  • Chairs (metal)
  • Christmas Lights
  • Coat Hangers-Metal
  • Compressors
  • Computers (Not Monitors)
  • Conduit-Pipe-Aluminum/Steel
  • Copper-Pipe, Tube, Wire, Gutters
  • Curtain Rods
  • Demolition Scrap
  • Diesel Engines/Blocks
  • Dishwashers
  • Drink Cans
  • Dryers/Washing Machines
  • Duct Work
  • DVD players /VCR players ONLY
  • Electric Meters
  • Electric Motors
  • Electric Wire-Stripped/Unstripped
  • Engines-Drained-Car, Mower
  • Exercise Equipment (Most)
  • Extension Cords
  • Fans (metal fans)
  • Fencing-No Concrete
  • Fire Extinguishers-With Holes Or Cut
  • Fireplace Grates, Doors (No Glass)
  • Forklift Trucks
  • Freezers (refrigerant must be removed prior to delivery)
  • Fuse Panels
  • Furnaces
  • Futon Frame (must be metal)
  • Gas Tanks-Cut In Half Only
  • Gates (metal)
  • Generators
  • Grills
  • Gutters-Aluminum, Copper, Steel
  • Hardware (Nails, Screws, Bolts, Hinges, Door Knobs, etc.)
  • Headboards (metal)
  • Hedge trimmers
  • High Chairs (not wooden)
  • Hooks
  • Hot Water Heaters
  • I-Beams-Steel
  • Iron-Cast, Other
  • Insulated Wire-Copper, Aluminum
  • Kegs
  • Kennels (metal kennels)
  • Kitchen Utensils
  • Ladders-Aluminum, Steel
  • Lawn Mowers-Gas/Oil Drained
  • Lawn/Deck/Patio Furniture
  • Lead-Weights, Shields, Etc.
  • Leaf Blowers-Gas Out
  • Light Fixtures-With & W/Out Ballasts/Transformers
  • Mattress Springs
  • Metal Bats
  • Metal Cabinets
  • Metal Pool Frames, decks and ladders (metal)
  • Misc. Metal-Galvanized, Sheet, Iron, Cast, Etc.
  • Mixers
  • Motors & Blocks-Elec. & Gas-With Gas/Oil Out
  • Nails
  • Office Furniture (metal desks, chairs, filing cabinets)
  • Oil Tanks (MUST be certified emptied)
  • Ovens-All Types (ranges, stoves)
  • Plumbing Fixtures
  • Pipe-Copper, Galvanized, Steel
  • Poles-Aluminum, Steel
  • Pop Cans
  • Pots & Pans (metal or cast iron, even if they have plastic handles)
  • Propane Tanks (valves must be off)
  • Propellers
  • Radiators-Auto, House
  • Rebar
  • Refrigerators (refrigerant must be removed prior to delivery)
  • Registers (metal)
  • Rims-Steel, Aluminum
  • Roof Vents, Roof Metal
  • Scooters
  • Screen Doors/Windows
  • Shelving (metal)
  • Shopping Carts (metal)
  • Siding-Aluminum
  • Silverware/Kitchen Utensils
  • Sinks-Stainless, Cast Iron, Metal
  • Snow Plows
  • Starters/Alternators
  • Soda Cans
  • Stainless Steel-All-Including Sinks
  • Steel
  • Steel Bor’gs, Turn’gs, Stampings
  • Strollers
  • Stoves-Electric, Gas, Wood
  • Stove Tops
  • Structural Steel
  • Swing Sets
  • Tanks-Alum, Stainless, Steel-Cut In Half Or Large Holes
  • Tent poles & pegs (must be metal)
  • Tin
  • Tin Foil-Clean
  • Toasters
  • Tools-Hand, Power-Electric, Gas, Hydraulic
  • Tractors-Farm, Lawn, Other
  • Trailers*
  • Trash Cans (must be metal)
  • Trampolines
  • Transformers-Oil Free
  • Transmissions-Drained
  • Triplex-Wire
  • Trucks & Truck Parts (call 860-848-3366 for more info)*
  • Vacuum Cleaners (metal)
  • Vehicles – cars, trucks, vans (call 860-848-3366 for more info)*
  • Vending Machines (w/o glass)
  • Washing Machines/Dryers
  • Water Heaters
  • Weed Wackers-No Gasoline
  • Weights, bars, metal weight benches
  • Wheel Chairs
  • Wheel Rims-Steel, Aluminum
  • Wheel Barrels
  • Wire-Copper, Alum, Steel, Triplex; Stripped/Insulated
  • Wrought Iron

*Accepted at all of our yards except for CT Scrap in Uncasville, CT.

Uncasville, CT
Clinton, CT
Hartford, CT

North Stonington, CT
Preston, CT

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New London, CT
Putnam, CT
Exeter, RI

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