Ummm ... I don't know. There's a pretty big disparity between what new metal sells for and what you get paid at the scrap yard.

ie: I needed a 1/4" x 4" x 24" piece of flat aluminum for a job and that was over 42.00$. Don't know the weight, but probably not over five pounds ? Selling that piece as scrap might bring a couple of bucks ?



I -beam and channel might be running 10.00$ a linear foot new ? The scrap value would be pretty low.

There might be a middle way. If the heavy metal could be prepped for re-use it might have value to people doing metals fabrication projects. Sometimes you just have to use new and other times the old rusty stuff is better quality than what's generally available now.