Scrap metal is waste metal collected to be melted and used again. Sell it for scrap metal.
Melting it takes a fraction of the energy of making the metal from ore. The price of scrap metal is why manhole covers and cabling get stolen when it rises.
1nounscrap metalWaste metal collected to be melted and used again.
“The old boiler went for scrap metal and paid for the new one's delivery.”
scrap metal is waste.
Practised in Materials & Substances