Hello, I'm sorry to deliver this bad news but scrap yards will not buy solder. Solder is made of tin and lead and even though yards will buy lead my yard does not buy solder. I am the non-ferrous manager at our yard. Solder is usually around 60% tin and 40% lead. Sometimes it will have a higher lead content but either way no good. When people scrap copper pipes with solder on them usually at the joints, the copper is downgraded to #2. The reason for this is when the copper foundry melts scrap copper they have to remove the impurities and solder is considered a contaminant. I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news but hopefully I saved you a trip to the scrap yard and some gas money. Keep scrappin!
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