Materials Accepted

Capital Scrap Metal accepts the following grades of Ferrous and Non-Ferrous metals:

Restricted Regulated Materials : This facility cannot purchase for cash, the following list of items:
1. Utility ground cover
2. An electric light pole or other utility structure and its fixtures, wires, and hardware
3. A guard rail
4. A street sign, traffic sign, or traffic signal and its fixtures and hardware
5. Communication, transmission, distribution, and service wire, including, copper or aluminum busbars, connectors and surrounding plates or grounding wire
6. A funeral marker or Funeral vase
7. A historical marker
8. Railroad equipment, including, but not limited to, a tie plate, signal house, control box, switch plate, E clip, or rail tie junction.
9. Any metal item that is marked with any form of the name, initials, or logo of a governmental entity utility company, cemetery, or railroad
10. A copper or aluminum condensing or evaporator coil, including tubing or rods, from a heating or air conditioning unit
11. An aluminum or stainless steel container or bottle designed to hold propane for fueling forklifts.
12. Stainless steel beer kegs
13. A catalytic converter or any part of a catalytic converter
14. Metallic wire that was burned in whole or in part to remove insulation
15. Brass or bronze commercial valves or fittings, referred to as “FDC valves” that are commonly used on structures for access to water for the purpose of extinguishing fires
16. Brass or bronze commercial potable water backflow preventer valves that are valves commonly used to prevent backflow of potable water into municipal domestic water service systems from commercial structures
17. A shopping cart.