Christmas lights contain copper, glass, plastic and other recyclable materials.

Brass is an alloy created through mixing copper and zinc. It’s primarily broken into two types, yellow brass and red brass, with the classification being determined by the copper and zinc percentages. Because brass is an expensive alloy to create as well as it being a dense copper-based material, it has good value when it is recycled through scrapping.

Wire is everywhere and there are more varieties of wire than we'd ever be able to talk about. However, these are some of the more common wires we purchase and a little bit about them!