If you’re a TradeHelp member, you’ve likely already heard about the partnership between TradeHelp and ScrapBays — a free bin, delivered to your site or yard, for collecting scrap as it accumulates across your jobs.
How the scheme works
- Request your free bin through the TradeHelp partnership page
- Fill it as you work — cable offcuts, old fittings, pipe, whatever your jobs generate
- Post it in the app once it’s full — a photo and a few details is all it takes
- 200+ verified buyers quote and bid on your listing
- Collected, weighed, and paid — a buyer collects, weighs on-site, and you’re paid directly
Why this matters for TradeHelp members specifically
As an electrician, plumber, or heating engineer, scrap from your jobs is usually inconsistent in timing — some weeks generate a lot, some barely any. A bin on-site means you’re not making special trips to a yard for small amounts, and not letting material accumulate indefinitely because there’s no obvious moment to deal with it. It just fills up, and you post it when it’s ready.
The bidding difference
Rather than a single yard setting the price, having 200+ buyers able to see and quote on your listing means you’re getting a competitive rate, not a take-it-or-leave-it offer — a meaningful difference on genuinely valuable material like copper cable.
No cost, no obligation
The bin itself has no ongoing cost to keep on-site, and there’s no requirement to fill and post it on any particular schedule — it’s there for whenever your jobs generate enough to make posting worthwhile.
Getting your bin
If you’re a TradeHelp member and haven’t requested a bin yet, it takes a couple of minutes to set up, with delivery straight to your site or yard.
Electrician, Plumber, HVAC engineer who regularly generates scrap metal? Request your free bin →