How to Recycle Bronze & Aluminum

Recycling your metals and other reusable materials is helpful for keeping the amount of garbage in landfills down, and a way to conserve resources. Bronze and aluminum are considered non-ferrous metals, which means they do not contain iron and are worth more at recycling centers. Listed below are tips on how to recycle bronze and aluminum and receive the highest value.

Things You'll Need

• Cleaning cloth
• Metal polish

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Instructions

• 1

  Clean your scrap metal and items. For bronze, pour a dime-sized amount of the metal polish onto the cleaning clothing and wipe down the bronze. In general, clean bronze pieces are worth more. Rinse the aluminum scrap pieces or cans with water or wipe the pieces down with a cleaning cloth and a dime-sized amount of metal polish, or enough polish until the scrap piece is clean.

• 2

  Sort your items. Separating your bronze and aluminum from other recyclables makes it easier at the recycling center to weigh your items based on the type of metal.

• 3

  Visit your local recycling center. Scrap metal is treated differently than plastic and paper recyclables, as it may not be picked up by your city's recycling trucks and will require you to drop it off. You can drop off scrap metals at your local recycling center, and can easily find one by going to Earth911.com.

• 4

  Have your items weighed. You receive more money depending on the weight of the items, which are priced by the pound.