TradeScrap.au is an independent information resource built to help tradespeople and small trade businesses understand how tradespeople and small trade businesses should handle scrap metal generated on the job — ownership, sorting, storage, and turning offcuts into real income.
Why We Built This
Every electrician, plumber, and builder generates scrap metal on the job — offcuts, old pipe, removed cable — but most trade training never covers what to actually do with it: who owns it, how to sort it, and how to turn it into real income instead of landfill. We built this site to answer those exact questions.
Part of the ScrapTrade Network
TradeScrap.au is part of the ScrapTrade network — an online scrap trading marketplace connecting verified buyers and sellers of scrap metal, e-waste, batteries, and more. Where this site focuses on the practical, day-to-day questions tradespeople actually have, ScrapTrade is where the accumulated scrap gets turned into money: list your material, compare offers from business-verified buyers, and get paid through secure escrow with transparent weighing.
What We’re Not
We’re not a scrap yard, and we don’t buy, sell, or collect material directly through this site — this is an information resource for tradies, not a marketplace. For the actual selling, head to ScrapTrade.
Turn job-site scrap into real business income. ScrapTrade connects tradies and small businesses with verified buyers through transparent weighing and escrow-protected payments.
List or Find Scrap on ScrapTrade →