COVID-19 Safety
Please see our post on the safety practices that we are following and our new hours.
About Us
Always Buying Scrap is Durham, North Carolina’s premiere and oldest scrapyard and scrap metal recycling facility. As a family-owned business, we serve contractors, towing companies, sanitation companies, industrial and commercial accounts, environmental contractors, auto wreckers, demolition contractors, homeowners and anyone with scrap metal to sell. We also provide a convenient roll-off container service.
We are conveniently located in Durham, NC, just minutes from I-85 and I-40.
What we buy - and don't
Please take a look at the long list of items that we buy and those that we don't.
Your first time?
If this is the first time you have ever been to a scrap yard and you are unsure of what to do, please take a look at our step-by-step guide from arrival to being paid to help you when you visit us the first time. You can follow it on your phone.