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 the western suburbs
Our yard is right here 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, Western suburbs
A scrap metal recycling yard in the western suburbs, not just near them.
Metal Plus buys and recycles scrap metal at 159 Ashley St, Braybrook, in the middle of Melbourne’s west. Most of what comes through the gate is from around here: factory offcuts from Sunshine and Tottenham, depot clear-outs from Truganina and Laverton North, copper out of the old houses in Footscray and Yarraville, and builders’ offcuts from Point Cook, Tarneit and Melton.
Being this close changes how people sell to us. Plenty simply drive it in, with no appointment and no minimum at the gate. Factories and industrial sites have it collected, and trade sites that fill a bin have one swapped as it fills. Every load is graded where you can see it and paid on the spot.
Where the yard is
The yard is in the western suburbs, not near them.
Braybrook is not near the western suburbs, it is in them. A truck leaving our gate is in Tottenham, Sunshine, Footscray or Brooklyn in minutes, not in an hour, and that is the whole reason this yard is where it is.
What we see from here
Scrap metal we buy from the western suburbs.
Different regions produce genuinely different loads. This is what turns up from the western suburbs, and roughly who it comes from.
Factory and workshop
Production offcuts, drops, bar ends and swarf out of the manufacturing and engineering shops through Sunshine, Tottenham and Brooklyn. Regular quantity is worth a standing arrangement rather than one-off trips.
Freight and logistics
Depot and warehouse clear-outs, damaged racking, pallet cages, strapping and steel from the estates at Truganina, Derrimut and Laverton North.
Renovation and rewire
Copper pipe and cable out of the older housing through Footscray, Yarraville and Seddon. Roof sheeting, old gutters and downpipes.
Scrap copper, grade by gradeConstruction
Offcut reo, steel framing, ducting and conduit from the growth-corridor builds at Point Cook, Truganina and Werribee.
Demolition and site clearance
Structural steel, plant and machinery from industrial demolition across the west. Worth a call before the job starts rather than after.
Demolition scrap metalHousehold
The shed, the old trailer, the bathtub, the mower that has not started since 2019. There is no minimum at the yard, so a single boot load is fine.
How 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
Melbourne’s industrial half, and we are in the middle of it.
The west is where Melbourne still makes and moves things. The freight and logistics belt runs through Tottenham, Brooklyn, Truganina and Derrimut. Heavy industry and petrochemical sit at Altona. Port-adjacent industry fills Brooklyn and Yarraville, and the manufacturing corridor through Sunshine and Ardeer has been turning out metal for a century.
Over the top of that is one of the fastest-changing residential bands in the city. Footscray, Seddon, Yarraville and Maidstone are full of weatherboards being gutted and rewired, and Point Cook, Tarneit, Truganina, Werribee and Melton are still being built. Both ends of that produce metal constantly: one strips it out, the other offcuts it.
What that means practically is that we see every kind of load from this part of Melbourne, from a builder with a trailer of old copper pipe to a factory clearing a shed. Neither is unusual here and neither gets treated as an inconvenience.
Suburbs we cover in the western suburbs
- Footscray
- West Footscray
- Seddon
- Yarraville
- Kingsville
- Maidstone
- Maribyrnong
- Braybrook
- Sunshine
- Sunshine West
- Albion
- Ardeer
- St Albans
- Deer Park
- Tottenham
- Brooklyn
- Altona
- Altona North
- Laverton
- Truganina
- Derrimut
- Williamstown
- Newport
- Spotswood
- Werribee
- Hoppers Crossing
- Point Cook
- Caroline Springs
- Keilor
- Sunbury
- Melton
- Melton South
- Cobblebank
- Rockbank
- Aintree
- Fraser Rise
- Taylors Hill
- Hillside
- Diggers Rest
- Tarneit
- Wyndham Vale
- Manor Lakes
- Williams Landing
- Little River
- Taylors Lakes
- Keilor Downs
- Sydenham
- Delahey
- Kings Park
- Ravenhall
- Sunshine North
- Laverton North
- Burnside
- Werribee South
- Kealba
- Albanvale
- Seaholme
- Altona Meadows
- and the rest of the western suburbs
Somewhere else in Melbourne?
Questions
Scrap metal questions from the western suburbs.
The ones we get asked most from this part of Melbourne.
Call 0452 220 422How quickly can you get a truck to a site in the west?
Faster than anyone driving from the other side of town, because we are not driving across town. Ring and we will tell you what the day looks like rather than giving you a window we cannot hold.
Do you pick up in the western suburbs?
From factories and industrial sites, yes, and quickly, because we are already here. We do not collect from houses: the yard is open to you Monday to Saturday with no minimum at the gate, and from most of the west it is a short drive.
Where exactly is the yard?
159 Ashley St, Braybrook. Open 7am to 6:30pm on weekdays and 7am to 5pm on Saturday, and outside those hours by arrangement, so you are not taking a day off to sell scrap.
Do you buy from businesses out here on an ongoing basis?
Yes, and that is a lot of what we do. If metal is coming out of your site every week, a standing arrangement with a bin on the ground is easier for everyone than somebody running trailer loads down when it piles up.
Can I get cash for scrap metal in the western suburbs?
You are paid on the spot, as soon as the weight is agreed. That is usually what people searching for cash for scrap mean. How a scrap metal dealer may pay is set by Victorian law and is the same at every yard; our page on the law explains it.
Are scrap metal prices better at a yard in the west?
The rate is set by the metal, not the postcode: what it is, its grade, how clean it is and how much there is. Our prices per kg are published, and the same for every suburb. What being close does is save the trip. 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.