How much do scrap catalytic converters sell for

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What’s Inside A Catalytic Converter?
How To Sell Catalytic Converter?
Industrial Publications for Equipment Buyers
Purchase prices by car models and brands
Most popular spent catalytic converters
Buyer and recycler of catalytic converters
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How much is a catalytic converter worth in scrap? Pricing transparency results in best results for all sides. Read how prices are determined.

In catalytic converter recycling, the best recyclers know their numbers and partner with companies that educate. Knowing key metrics about your converter loads safeguards you against potentially misleading metrics.

Let’s talk about where the prices for catalytic converters come from and go from there.

What’s Inside A Catalytic Converter?

The inside of the catalytic converter is a honeycomb set of passageways or small ceramic beads coated with catalysts.

A chemical reaction takes place to make the pollutants less harmful.

There are many passages for the exhaust gases to flow, to allow for the maximum amount of surface area for the hot gases to pass.

There are three primary metals used inside of catalytic converters as well as other materials.

Platinum is the most widely used. You could also find palladium, rhodium, cerium, manganese, and nickel.

How much your catalytic converters are worth depends on a few factors: the market prices at the time of settlement for the Platinum and the other precious metals that can be reclaimed from your catalytic converters.

On average, there are between 3-7 grams of platinum group metals in a standard catalytic converter, but the amount varies based on manufacturer and model.

How To Sell Catalytic Converter?

Watch two primary markets, palladium and platinum. These are the two largest indicators for the market and how the recovery for catalytic converters will happen. It takes a recycling company with specialized equipment to extract and separate the platinum from the converter’s internal honeycomb.

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Purchase prices by car models and brands

Buyer and recycler of catalytic converters

Ecotrade is a leading purchaser of spent catalytic converters and we have been recycling catalytic converters for over the last 20 years. Thus, we have built up a huge database of knowledge from which we have developed a comprehensive catalog that lists more than 20000 items, and increasing almost daily. Specifically designed to enable you to easily identify, in real-time, the price for scrap cats and, always, the price you see is today’s price - we monitor the market prices for all precious metals and adjust the cat prices accordingly. In conjunction with this catalog, which is constantly updated to reflect market prices, our experienced and conscientious purchasers personally visit premises to sort and assess the worth of used catalysts. This ensures that the buying process is transparent, honest, and fair. We are always available 24/7 and no order is too small – although, of course, there are financial benefits associated with larger quantities. A personal quotation can be provided and, once prices have been agreed upon, we will organize the collection. We guarantee, as well, speedy and full payment for the agreed value. For large quantities, we offer toll refining using our state of the art sampling process. We are renowned for our efficiency, friendliness, and sense of fair play and we believe passionately in providing first-class customer service, unequaled in our industry.

We have also developed the most advanced mobile app to identify catalytic converters through their features (codes, pictures, brands, ..) . Through this online catalytic converter price book, which comes with over 20,000 color pictures, you can conveniently look up the value of scrap catalytic converters either by car brand or catalytic converter manufacturers.