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 Sunshine
Our yard is next door in Braybrook. Drive it in with any amount, weighed in front of you and 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, Sunshine
Scrap metal recycling for Sunshine, from the yard next door.
Metal Plus buys scrap metal from Sunshine’s fabrication shops, engineering works and automotive businesses, and from the builders knocking down its postwar houses for units. Roofing iron, copper pipe, old cable, offcuts, radiators and batteries all come in from here every week.
Braybrook shares a border with Sunshine, so our yard at 159 Ashley St is an easy place to drive it in: no appointment and no minimum. Factories in the estates can have it collected, and a workshop filling a bin can have one swapped as it fills. Graded in front of you, paid on the spot.
Where the yard is
Next door, in Braybrook.
Braybrook and Sunshine share a border, so the yard is a short run from anywhere in Sunshine, Sunshine North or Sunshine West. For most people here that makes driving in the easy option: load the trailer, come in, and be weighed and paid while you wait. For a factory in the estates, we collect.
What we see from here
Scrap metal we buy from Sunshine.
This is what turns up from Sunshine, and roughly who it comes from.
Knock-down rebuilds
Roofing iron, gutters, copper pipe and old cable out of the postwar houses being replaced with units. Pull the copper and the cable out before the skip arrives.
What scrap copper is worthFabrication and engineering
Offcuts, drops, bar ends and turnings from the shops in the Sunshine West and Sunshine North estates. Steel, stainless and aluminium, usually already separated by the shop.
Automotive and trade
Radiators, alloy wheels, batteries, brake parts and engine blocks from the workshops. Batteries and radiators are graded on their own, so keep them out of the steel.
Car battery recyclingHow 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
Been in and had a good run? A review takes a minute and it genuinely helps. Leave one here, or just ring 0452 220 422.
Where we go
The suburb that was named after a harvester.
Sunshine was called Braybrook Junction until July 1907. It was renamed that year after H.V. McKay’s Sunshine Harvester Works, which had moved here from Ballarat and by the 1920s was among the biggest industrial works in the southern hemisphere. Metal has been made and worked in this part of Melbourne for more than a century.
The harvester works are long gone, but the industry never left. Sunshine North and Sunshine West carry big manufacturing and trade estates: fabrication shops, engineering works, automotive businesses and warehouses, most of them producing offcuts every working day.
Around them are streets of postwar houses, and a lot of them are being knocked down for units and townhouses. Every one of those jobs produces roofing, copper pipe and old wiring, and nearly all of it is worth more sold than skipped.
This page covers
- Sunshine
- Sunshine North
- Sunshine West
- and the rest of the western suburbs
More of the western suburbs
Questions
Scrap metal questions from Sunshine.
The ones we get asked most from Sunshine. Anything else, ring and ask.
Call 0452 220 422Can I just bring it in from Sunshine?
Yes. The yard is next door in Braybrook, there is no appointment and no minimum at the gate, and we are open 7am to 6:30pm on weekdays and 7am to 5pm on Saturday. A trailer load is weighed and paid while you wait.
We are knocking down a house in Sunshine. What should we keep out of the skip?
The copper first: pipe and cable, because that is where most of the money is. Then the roofing iron, the gutters and any steel. Whatever you pull out before the skip arrives is money rather than skip space, and on a bigger knock-down a bin on site keeps the metal out of the skip altogether.
Do you collect from the estates in Sunshine West and Sunshine North?
Yes, and it is a short run from the yard. For a shop producing offcuts every week, a bin on site that we swap as it fills is usually easier than booking pickups. Ring and tell us what comes out and how often.
Can I bring a car battery and a radiator in with the rest?
Yes. Keep them to one side on the trailer rather than buried in the steel. They are graded separately, and they are worth more that way than thrown in with everything else.
Can I get cash for scrap metal in Sunshine?
You are paid on the spot the moment the weight is agreed, and from Sunshine that usually means at our gate in Braybrook. That is what most people searching for cash for scrap are after. How a scrap metal dealer in Victoria may pay is set by state law, the same at every yard, and our page on the law explains it.
What is scrap metal worth from Sunshine?
It depends on what it is. Copper and brass pay the most, then aluminium, with steel and roofing iron at the other end. Clean, sorted metal is worth more than a mixed heap. Ring or send a photo of the load and we will tell you what to expect before you hitch the trailer.
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.