Identifying what you have
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The seven plastic codes, and which ones a dealer will actually buy
What the triangle number on a plastic item means, which grades have a real resale market in India, and which ones nobody wants.
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Ferrous vs non-ferrous: telling them apart, and why the price gap is so wide
A magnet, a file and a scratch test will sort most of a mixed pile. Here is how, and what each metal is roughly worth relative to the others.
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Copper or aluminium? Sorting wire before you sell it
A clean cut, a scratch and a magnet tell you what is inside a cable. Why copper-clad aluminium is not copper, and when stripping is worth the time.
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Brass scrap: yellow, red, turnings and why they are not one price
How to recognise brass, the grades a buyer separates, and the steel screws and oily turnings that quietly pull your rate down.
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Where your PET bottles go, and why clean ones are worth more
Sorting, flaking and washing explained, why clear bottles beat coloured ones, and what spoils a load.
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Cardboard and paper: the grades that change your rate
Corrugated, office paper, newspaper and mixed paper, and why moisture and coatings cost more than you think.
Getting a fair price
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How scrap dealers actually arrive at a price
Commodity index, minus processing, minus contamination, minus transport, minus margin. Once you see the arithmetic, a low quote stops being mysterious.
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Selling industrial scrap: weighing, paperwork and common mistakes
How a sale should run from first call to payment, the paperwork that keeps it clean, and the errors that quietly cost factories money every month.
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Sorting scrap at the machine, not in the corner
A practical bin layout for small factories and workshops, labels that actually get followed, and the habits that keep material sellable.
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Selling old tyres: why the rate is lower than you expect
What is inside a tyre, why truck casings are worth more, how to prepare a load, and where your tyres should end up.
Rules and compliance
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E-waste rules in India: what a business is actually required to do
Who counts as a bulk consumer, what you must hand over and to whom, and the records you are expected to keep.
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Old batteries: how to store, move and sell them safely
Safe storage for vehicle and inverter batteries, what never to do, and why the buyer you choose matters.
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Old office computers: clear your data before you clear the room
Wiping drives properly, deciding what to reuse or recycle, and handing office e-waste to the right buyer.
A note on rates. We deliberately do not publish a price list. Scrap prices move with global commodity markets and change with grade, cleanliness and quantity — any number we printed would be wrong within a week and would mislead you more than it helped. For a real figure, send us photographs and a rough weight.
Have material to move?
We buy across Thiruvallur and the surrounding towns, and arrange pickup for reasonable loads.