Ottawa, ON Scrap Metal Prices

As the days go by, there is an ever increasing interest in attaining and selling scrap metal in Ottawa. Around 1 million people live in Ottawa currently and more and more people are looking to sell scrap in the city. After all, it is a great way to earn some extra income and with the ever increasing cost of living in the city, it is a great way to offset some of the bills - whether you are an individual or a huge business, this applies. As with many other cites in Canada, there are various pieces of legislature in place which prevent the unlawful trade of scrap metal for cash in the city currently. This page has summarised most of these rules and so you should be able to get a decent amount of cash for your scrap metal in Ottawa today.

Firstly, it is important to recognise that you will be required to show ID ahead of any trade, this will then be copied by the dealer and you will then have to get a photograph taken of yourself and your metal too. This information is then stored on the local scrap yards IT servers and will remain there for a maximum of two years, this is made available to Ottawa's police department as they regularly investigate the sale of scrap metal as the city had many problems with it being illegally obtained in the past. Furthermore, all transactional information is kept on record for the same amount of time, for much the same reason. Typically smaller transactions are ignored and are not recorded, but almost every transaction for over $500 will be recorded. Unfortunately there is a law in place throughout every scrap metal yard in Ottawa currently that prevents cash being given for scrap metal, instead payment must be in the form of a check and so it can be a wait before you receive your money in the bank.

The scrap dealers who have the best prices per kilo in Ottawa are; CASH for TRASH Metal Recycling Centre (Stittsville), Palmer Recycling (Ottawa) and Junk Car Removal (Ottawa). The prices for metals here are often really good and we would highly recommend any of them.