Carl's Recycling
251 Airport Rd, Wauchula, FL 33873
About Carl's Recycling
Among the scrap and recycling outfits in Wauchula, Florida is Carl's Recycling, which handles scrap metal recycling work. The site processes inbound material from individual sellers and small contractors, and acts as a turn-around point for local salvage volume. The site's accepted-material list is not posted in the directory entry for this yard at the time of the current snapshot. On a practical level, posted hours are available for visitors to check and a phone line appears in the listing. The directory carries what the yard chose to publish about its day-to-day inbound flow and contact channels, surfaced here as a working baseline for sellers planning a visit to the gate. Posted scrap prices move with the daily commodity market, so the intake quoted on a given day can differ from prices listed online or quoted earlier in the week. A short phone call before a drop-off pins down the day's number, and sellers can also use the same call to ask about minimum-load expectations, since some yards quote different rates depending on the inbound size.
Current Scrap Prices in Wauchula, FL
Regional averages — call Carl's Recycling for exact pay rates. Last updated May 7, 2026.
| Metal | Est. Price | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Bare Bright Copper | $3.88 | /lb |
| #1 Copper | $3.78 | /lb |
| #2 Copper | $3.03 | /lb |
| Copper Pipe (Clean) | $3.51 | /lb |
| Aluminum (Mixed) | $0.50 | /lb |
| Aluminum Cans | $0.66 | /lb |
| Aluminum Extrusion | $0.61 | /lb |
| Steel (Heavy Melt) | $291.84 | /ton |
| Light Iron / Sheet | $218.84 | /ton |
| Cast Iron | $0.17 | /lb |
| Stainless Steel (304) | $0.61 | /lb |
| Yellow Brass | $2.81 | /lb |
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