Short answer: The most common sources are plumbing pipe and fittings, electrical cable and wire, electric motors and transformers, air conditioning and refrigeration coils, hot water cylinders and heat exchangers, and each source gives a different grade and a different amount of work to recover, so knowing the sources helps you decide where to look and what is worth your time.
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List Free →Pipe and plumbing
Offcuts and old pipe are clean copper and easy to handle, making them one of the most valuable and simple sources.
Cable and wire
Cable contains a lot of copper but needs stripping or selling as insulated cable, depending on the type.
Motors, coils and transformers
These contain copper in windings and tubes that takes more effort to recover but can be worth it in volume.
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ScrapTrade buyers quote on each of these forms, so you can see which is worth recovering.
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