Scrap Metal

Scrap Metal

Scrap metal is anything that is at least 80% metal. The type of metal does not matter. It can be steel, aluminum, copper, brass, bronze, or other metals. Common household scrap metal includes pots and pans, bicycle parts, grills, exercise equipment, lawn furniture, nails, nuts and bolts, bottle caps, and wire.

Large appliances, like refrigerators, stoves, washers, and dryers, are also scrap metal and are banned from the landfill in Vermont. Due to their size, they are collected separately at most waste facilities. Some appliances also contain environmentally harmful materials, like refrigerants, that facilities must remove and manage carefully. Large appliances are sometimes called “white goods,” because they were traditionally white. Appliances in good working order can be sold, donated, or given away to be used by someone else. Broken appliances and old, inefficient appliances can be dropped off at select locations.

Propane cylinders or pressurized tanks are prohibited. 

Ask your local transfer station if they accept white goods and other scrap metal.