Weighed in front of you
You watch the load go on the scales and you see the reading yourself. Nothing gets weighed out the back.
Cash for scrap metal in Essendon
Renovation copper from Essendon and Niddrie, workshop and freight scrap from Airport West and Tullamarine. Weighed in front of you, paid on the spot.
- Open till 6:30pm weekdays
- Weighed in front of you
- Paid on the spot
We buy Copper, Aluminium, Brass, Stainless steel, Steel and heavy metal, Cable and wire, Car bodies, Lead, Batteries, Electric motors, Alloy wheels, Radiators, Catalytic converters, Offcuts, Site clearance.
Why people use this yard
Paid on the spot
Settled the moment the weight is agreed. No invoice to wait on and nobody to chase next week.
Open till 6:30pm weekdays
Two hours after most Melbourne yards shut, 5pm on Saturday, and after hours by arrangement if you ring ahead.
No minimum at the yard
A boot load is weighed the same way as a truck load. Factories and industrial sites, we collect.
Scrap metal recycling, Essendon
Scrap metal recycling for Essendon, Airport West and Tullamarine.
Metal Plus buys scrap metal from the renovators and trades of Essendon, Essendon North and Niddrie, and from the workshops, warehouses and freight businesses of the industrial estates at Airport West and Tullamarine. Copper pipe, cable and brass out of old houses, and offcuts, racking and worn plant out of the estates, are the regular loads.
Our yard at 159 Ashley St, Braybrook is over the Maribyrnong, and a boot or ute load is worth bringing in: no appointment and no minimum at the gate. Factories and industrial sites around the airports can have it collected, and a site that fills a bin can have one swapped. Graded in front of you, paid on the spot.
Where the yard is
Down the Maribyrnong from the airports.
The Maribyrnong ties these suburbs to the yard. Tullamarine runs down to the river, Braybrook sits on it further downstream, and Essendon and Airport West are on the far side. A boot of copper or brass is worth the run, and for the industrial estates by the airports, the truck comes to you. From a house, the yard takes any amount, Monday to Saturday.
What we see from here
Scrap metal we buy from Essendon.
This is what turns up from Essendon, and roughly who it comes from.
Renovation copper
Copper pipe, old wiring and brass tapware out of the period and interwar houses in Essendon, Essendon North and Niddrie. Small loads, high value per kilo.
What scrap copper is worthFreight and warehousing
Damaged racking, pallet cages, steel strapping and aluminium from the warehouses and freight businesses around the airports. Aluminium is graded apart from the steel, so keep it to one side.
Aluminium recyclingWorkshops and motor trade
Radiators, batteries, alloy wheels and old parts from the mechanical workshops of Airport West and the motor trade around Essendon Fields. Each is graded separately.
Scrap radiators, by typeHow it works
Four steps, and you are paid before you leave.
- 01
Ring us or send a photo
Tell us roughly what you have got. A photo from your phone is usually enough for us to say whether it is worth bringing in and what to expect.
- 02
Bring it to the yard
Drive it into the Braybrook yard Monday to Saturday, or at another time by arrangement. Any amount, and no appointment. Factories and industrial sites can book a pickup instead.
- 03
Weighed in front of you
Your load goes on the scales while you watch. You see the reading and you get the docket. Nothing is weighed out the back where you cannot see it.
- 04
Paid on the spot
Sorted the moment the weight is agreed. You are not waiting on an invoice and you are not chasing anybody next week.
Three ways to sell
However much you have got, there is a way to move it.
Drop off at the yard
Pull in, get weighed, get paid. No appointment and no minimum. We are open until 6:30pm on weekdays and 5pm on Saturday, and after hours by arrangement.
- No minimum quantity
- Weighed while you watch
- Paid before you leave
Industrial pickup
For factories and industrial sites across Greater Melbourne. Tell us what the site produces and roughly how much, and we will bring the right truck.
- Factories and industrial sites
- Right truck for the load
- Paid on collection
Bins for bigger jobs
Scrap bins dropped on site for jobs over a tonne. Factories, demolition, construction and site clearance. We swap them out as they fill.
- For loads over 1 tonne
- Swapped as they fill
- Ongoing contracts welcome
Weighing and payment
You watch the scales. That is the whole policy.
The single most common worry people have about selling scrap is that the weight will not be right and there is no way to check. So we took the question off the table.
- Your load is weighed where you can see it. Nothing goes out the back and comes back with a number on it.
- You get a docket with the weight on it. Written down, in your hand, before anything is settled.
- Grades are shown to you, not just quoted. If your copper is two different grades we will separate it in front of you and explain why.
- Payment is settled on the spot. Once the weight is agreed, that is it. No invoice, no waiting.
- 5+
- Years in the trade
- 4,000+
- Tonnes recycled each year
- 50
- Trucks and bins on the road
- 150+
- Collections a week
Reviews
What people actually say.
Every one of these is a real review on our Google profile, word for word. Click any of them and check.
See all reviews on Google- Tom Ison
Read Tom Ison's review on GoogleDawood is one of the nicest lads you’ll meet. Clearly communicated on the phone and was a pleasure to deal with. Had to get rid of these wheels asap and he took care of me with a fair payment.
Would highly recommend his service, easy and straightforward.
- Ben Salads
Read Ben Salads's review on GoogleGood experience, good customers service, best prices for scrap coppers in Melbourne. On the spot payments.
Good people
- Luc Tran
Read Luc Tran's review on GoogleGreat service, fast service, no issues, good pricing, They paid instantly and much better rate than other metal recyclers yard across Melbourne,
- Nathan Barca
Read Nathan Barca's review on GoogleWas looking for a scrap metal place and couldn’t find one that dealt with small amounts, Dawood from Metalplus was very quick honest and helpful, i am definitely coming back.
- Syafiq Azroy
Read Syafiq Azroy's review on GoogleI recently had an old accident-damaged car that I needed to get rid of while I was in Bendigo. After searching on Google, I found MetalPlus in Melbourne, and I’m really glad I chose them.
The whole process was smooth and hassle-free. They were professional, easy to deal with, and offered me a fair price for my car. When I dropped the car off, everything was handled quickly, and I received my payment without any issues.
I’m very happy with the service I received and would definitely recommend MetalPlus to anyone looking to sell a scrap or unwanted car. Great experience overall!
- Joseph Robinson
Read Joseph Robinson's review on GoogleGreat service, best copper price in the market Dawood helped heaps Will be back
- Max Bruton
Read Max Bruton's review on GoogleGreat service, great prices with reliability and easy to work with attitude. Will definitely be back for future business.
- Arthur Lamaris
Read Arthur Lamaris's review on GoogleGreat service. Efficient and payment received on the spot. Couldn’t recommend higher.
- Mark Killmister
Read Mark Killmister's review on GoogleFriendly staff extremely helpful good money paid for Scrap!!! highly recommend
- Benji Hibberd
Read Benji Hibberd's review on GoogleVery good service top bloke looks after his customers great experience
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Where we go
Melbourne’s first airport, and its second.
Essendon was gazetted as a town in 1852, probably named after Essendon in Hertfordshire, and its football club was formed in 1873. In 1921 the Commonwealth bought land to the north for Melbourne’s aerodrome. In the late 1940s it was the busiest airport in Australia, and it became an international airport in 1950.
Then Melbourne Airport opened at Tullamarine in 1970, and Essendon turned mainly to freight and light aircraft. Tullamarine, thought to be named after Tullamareena, a Wurrundjeri boy, had been hay and grazing country; the freeway built to the new airport between 1967 and 1970 cut it in two, and west of the freeway grew a large industrial estate. Airport West, a triangle of houses and industry against the old airport’s western boundary, filled in from the mid-1950s.
Today the old airport land is Essendon Fields, with businesses, car showrooms and a shopping centre around a working airfield, and Essendon itself is mostly houses from the Victorian era to the postwar years, many of them being renovated. Between them, the area produces two kinds of scrap: copper, cable and brass out of the houses, and offcuts, racking and old plant out of the estates.
This page covers
- Essendon
- Essendon North
- Airport West
- Niddrie
- Tullamarine
- and the rest of the northern suburbs
More of the northern suburbs
Questions
Scrap metal questions from Essendon.
The ones we get asked most from Essendon. Anything else, ring and ask.
Call 0452 220 422Do you collect from the Tullamarine and Airport West industrial estates?
Yes. A factory or industrial site there can have a load collected, and one producing over a tonne can have a bin, free on industrial and workshop sites, swapped as it fills. Ring with the metal, roughly how much, and where a truck can get to it.
What should we keep out of the skip on an Essendon renovation?
The copper first: old pipe and cable. Then brass tapware and fittings, any lead flashing off the roof, the gutters and the roofing iron. All of it is worth more sold than skipped, and a ute load of copper and brass is well worth the run to the yard.
Do you take old racking and pallet cages?
Yes. Damaged racking, pallet cages, steel shelving and strapping all go as steel. A warehouse clear-out is usually a collection, or a bin if the metal is going to keep coming.
Can you pick up from a house in Niddrie or Essendon North?
No. Pickup is for factories and industrial sites, so from a house, bring it in: there is no minimum at the gate and no appointment, and we are open 7am to 6:30pm on weekdays and 7am to 5pm on Saturday.
Can I get cash for scrap metal in Essendon?
You are paid on the spot as soon as the weight is agreed, whether you bring a load from Essendon to our gate or we collect from a site in Tullamarine. That is what most people searching for cash for scrap want to know. How a scrap metal dealer in Victoria may pay is set by state law, the same for every yard, and our page on the law explains it.
What are scrap metal prices like in Essendon and Tullamarine?
Every load is priced on the metal, its grade, how clean it is and the weight, at the prices per kg we publish, so a kilo from Essendon is worth the same as a kilo from anywhere else. What you control is the sorting: copper, brass and aluminium kept apart each go at their own grade. Ring or send a photo and we will tell you what to expect.
Got metal sitting there doing nothing?
Ring us and we will tell you what it is worth and whether it is worth bringing in. Takes two minutes and it costs you nothing to ask.