Recycling · copper · Poland

Copper scrap – Poland

Buyers of copper scrap in Poland according to the Companies register, and the copper scrap trade of the country in 2015–2025 (Eurostat Comext).

A picture of the market – not a commercial recommendation. No prices, ratings or rankings; ordered by straight-line distance or alphabetically. Contact through the company website; the register holds no personal data.

40
buyer plants
17
companies
26
plants with a documented grade

Data as of: · version 2.31 · verified at source up to · Dataset changes · Markdown · JSON

Buyers in the country

Map of scrap buyers in Europe – Poland Odylion sp. z o.o. sp.k. – Gdynia – non-ferrous metals purchasing branch, Gdynia (non-ferrous and stainless steel scrap recycling) Syntom Metal Recycling sp. z o.o. – Gdańsk – non-ferrous scrap purchasing branch, Gdańsk (non-ferrous scrap recycling) Odlewnia – Sobowidz foundry, Sobowidz (zinc die-casting foundry) Syntom Metal Recycling sp. z o.o. – Białystok – non-ferrous scrap buying branch, Białystok (non-ferrous scrap recycling) Syntom Metal Recycling sp. z o.o. – Szczecin – non-ferrous scrap purchasing branch, Szczecin (non-ferrous scrap recycling) Syntom Metal Recycling sp. z o.o. – Bydgoszcz – non-ferrous scrap buying branch, Bydgoszcz (non-ferrous scrap recycling) Elektrorecykling S.A. – Sękowo – WEEE processing plant, Sękowo (e-scrap and battery recycling) Syntom Metal Recycling sp. z o.o. – Warsaw – non-ferrous scrap purchasing branch, Warszawa (non-ferrous scrap recycling) Odylion sp. z o.o. sp.k. – Warsaw – non-ferrous metals purchasing branch, Warszawa (non-ferrous and stainless steel scrap recycling) Odylion sp. z o.o. sp.k. – Biała Podlaska – non-ferrous metals buying branch, Biała Podlaska (non-ferrous and stainless steel scrap recycling) Syntom Metal Recycling sp. z o.o. – Poznań – non-ferrous scrap purchasing branch, Poznań (non-ferrous scrap recycling) Odylion sp. z o.o. sp.k. – Otwock – non-ferrous metals purchasing branch, Otwock (non-ferrous and stainless steel scrap recycling) Tesla Recycling sp. z o.o. – Grodzisk Mazowiecki – e-scrap and non-ferrous metals processing plant, Grodzisk Mazowiecki (e-scrap and battery recycling) Odylion sp. z o.o. sp.k. – Gądki – non-ferrous metals purchasing branch, Gądki (non-ferrous and stainless steel scrap recycling) Odylion sp. z o.o. sp.k. – Łódź – non-ferrous metals purchasing branch, Łódź (non-ferrous and stainless steel scrap recycling) Syntom Metal Recycling sp. z o.o. – Konstantynów Łódzki – non-ferrous scrap purchasing branch, Konstantynów Łódzki (non-ferrous scrap recycling) Syntom Metal Recycling sp. z o.o. – Kalisz – non-ferrous scrap purchasing branch, Kalisz (non-ferrous scrap recycling) Syntom Metal Recycling sp. z o.o. – Tomaszów Mazowiecki – main non-ferrous scrap processing plant, Tomaszów Mazowiecki (non-ferrous and stainless steel scrap recycling) KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. – O/Huta Miedzi Głogów (Głogów I and II), Głogów (smelter) Syntom Metal Recycling sp. z o.o. – Lublin – non-ferrous scrap purchasing branch, Lublin (non-ferrous scrap recycling) KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. – O/Huta Miedzi “Cedynia”, Orsk (wire rod mill) Syntom Metal Recycling sp. z o.o. – Piotrków Trybunalski – non-ferrous scrap purchasing branch, Piotrków Trybunalski (non-ferrous scrap recycling) Maya Victory – Bogumiłów – WEEE processing plant, Bogumiłów (e-scrap and battery recycling) KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. – O/Huta Miedzi Legnica, Legnica (smelter) KGHM Metraco S.A. – scrap purchasing and deliveries to KGHM smelters (Legnica), Legnica (scrap recycling) Odylion sp. z o.o. sp.k. – Wrocław – non-ferrous metals purchasing branch, Wrocław (non-ferrous and stainless steel scrap recycling) MB Recycling sp. z o.o. Przedsiębiorstwo Gospodarki Odpadami sp.k. – Micigózd – WEEE processing plant, Micigózd (e-scrap and battery recycling) PPHU Stilmar Michał Dobrzyński – Częstochowa – processing of non-ferrous metals and aluminium dross, Częstochowa (non-ferrous scrap recycling) SK nexilis Poland sp. z o.o. – Stalowa Wola – folia bateryjna, Stalowa Wola (foil) Hemarpol sp. z o.o. – Kalety – cable and metal mixture recycling plant, Kalety (cable granulation and copper recovery) RADO sp. z o.o. – Ławnica – cable recycling, Ławnica (cable granulation and copper recovery) Odylion sp. z o.o. sp.k. – Będzin – non-ferrous metals buying branch, Będzin (non-ferrous and stainless steel scrap recycling) Metall-Expres Sp. z o.o. – Zaczernie – Cu-OFE wire casting plant (UPCAST) and profile extrusion (CONFORM), Zaczernie (bars and profiles) Walcownia Metali Nieżelaznych „Łabędy” S.A. – Gliwice-Łabędy – rolling mill, Gliwice (plates, sheet and strip) Syntom Metal Recycling sp. z o.o. – Zabrze – non-ferrous scrap purchasing branch, Zabrze (non-ferrous scrap recycling) MB Recycling sp. z o.o. Przedsiębiorstwo Gospodarki Odpadami sp.k. – Zabrze – non-ferrous metals recycling plant, Zabrze (non-ferrous scrap recycling) TELE-FONIKA Kable S.A. – cable waste recycling (Bukowno), Bukowno (scrap recycling) Syntom Metal Recycling sp. z o.o. – Sosnowiec – non-ferrous scrap purchasing branch, Sosnowiec (non-ferrous scrap recycling) Walcownia Metali „Dziedzice” S.A. – Czechowice-Dziedzice – bar mill, tube mill (suspended strips), Czechowice-Dziedzice (bars and profiles) Syntom Metal Recycling sp. z o.o. – Bielsko-Biała – non-ferrous scrap buying branch, Bielsko-Biała (non-ferrous scrap recycling)
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  1. Elektrorecykling S.A.

    Sękowo – WEEE processing plant, Sękowo · Poland

    processor · Cu, Al · e-scrap and battery recycling

    Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents

    B Company website – home page · verified 2026-10-08

  2. Hemarpol sp. z o.o.

    Kalety – cable and metal mixture recycling plant, Kalety · Poland

    processor · Cu, Al · cable granulation and copper recovery

    Accepted grades: insulated copper wire and cable scrap, mixed copper-bearing scrap, aluminium wire and cable scrap, shredded aluminium fraction (including mixed non-ferrous metals)

    B Company website – contact and branches · verified 2026-10-08

  3. KGHM Metraco S.A.

    scrap purchasing and deliveries to KGHM smelters (Legnica), Legnica · Poland

    processor · Cu · scrap recycling

    Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents

    A KGHM Polska Miedź S.A., Management Board report on the activities of KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. and the KGHM Polsk... · verified 2026-10-06

  4. KGHM Polska Miedź S.A.

    O/Huta Miedzi “Cedynia”, Orsk · Poland

    smelter · Cu · wire rod mill

    Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents

    A KGHM Polska Miedź S.A., Management Board report on the activities of KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. and the KGHM Group... · verified 2026-10-08

  5. KGHM Polska Miedź S.A.

    O/Huta Miedzi Głogów (Głogów I and II), Głogów · Poland

    smelter · Cu · smelter

    Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents

    A KGHM Polska Miedź S.A., Management Board report on the activities of KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. and the KGHM Group... · verified 2026-10-08

  6. KGHM Polska Miedź S.A.

    O/Huta Miedzi Legnica, Legnica · Poland

    smelter · Cu · smelter

    Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents

    A KGHM Polska Miedź S.A., Management Board report on the activities of KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. and the KGHM Group... · verified 2026-10-08

  7. Maya Victory

    Bogumiłów – WEEE processing plant, Bogumiłów · Poland

    processor · Cu, Al · e-scrap and battery recycling

    Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents

    B Company website – our plants · verified 2026-10-08

  8. MB Recycling sp. z o.o. Przedsiębiorstwo Gospodarki Odpadami sp.k.

    Micigózd – WEEE processing plant, Micigózd · Poland

    processor · Cu, Al · e-scrap and battery recycling

    Accepted grades: copper-bearing electronic scrap (printed circuit boards, components)

    B Company website – our plants · verified 2026-10-08

  9. MB Recycling sp. z o.o. Przedsiębiorstwo Gospodarki Odpadami sp.k.

    Zabrze – non-ferrous metals recycling plant, Zabrze · Poland

    processor · Cu, Al · non-ferrous scrap recycling

    Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents

    B Company website – our plants · verified 2026-10-08

  10. Metall-Expres Sp. z o.o.

    Zaczernie – Cu-OFE wire casting plant (UPCAST) and profile extrusion (CONFORM), Zaczernie · Poland

    smelter · Cu · bars and profiles
    scrap intake inferred from the type of plant, not from a document

    Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents

    B Metall-Expres Sp. z o.o., company website – production of Cu-OFE copper wire (UPCAST) · verified 2026-10-08

  11. Odlewnia

    Sobowidz foundry, Sobowidz · Poland

    smelter · Cu, Al · zinc die-casting foundry
    scrap intake inferred from the type of plant, not from a document

    Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents

    B Sobowidz foundry, range of ZnAl castings and zinc anodes · verified 2026-10-08

  12. Odylion sp. z o.o. sp.k.

    Będzin – non-ferrous metals buying branch, Będzin · Poland

    processor · Cu, Al · non-ferrous and stainless steel scrap recycling

    Accepted grades: insulated copper wire and cable scrap, aluminium wire and cable scrap

    B Company website – branches · verified 2026-10-08

  13. Odylion sp. z o.o. sp.k.

    Biała Podlaska – non-ferrous metals buying branch, Biała Podlaska · Poland

    processor · Cu, Al · non-ferrous and stainless steel scrap recycling

    Accepted grades: insulated copper wire and cable scrap, aluminium wire and cable scrap

    B Company website – branches · verified 2026-10-08

  14. Odylion sp. z o.o. sp.k.

    Gądki – non-ferrous metals purchasing branch, Gądki · Poland

    processor · Cu, Al · non-ferrous and stainless steel scrap recycling

    Accepted grades: insulated copper wire and cable scrap, aluminium wire and cable scrap

    B Company website – branches · verified 2026-10-08

  15. Odylion sp. z o.o. sp.k.

    Gdynia – non-ferrous metals purchasing branch, Gdynia · Poland

    processor · Cu, Al · non-ferrous and stainless steel scrap recycling

    Accepted grades: insulated copper wire and cable scrap, aluminium wire and cable scrap

    B Company website – branches · verified 2026-10-08

  16. Odylion sp. z o.o. sp.k.

    Łódź – non-ferrous metals purchasing branch, Łódź · Poland

    processor · Cu, Al · non-ferrous and stainless steel scrap recycling

    Accepted grades: insulated copper wire and cable scrap, aluminium wire and cable scrap

    B Company website – branches · verified 2026-10-08

  17. Odylion sp. z o.o. sp.k.

    Otwock – non-ferrous metals purchasing branch, Otwock · Poland

    processor · Cu, Al · non-ferrous and stainless steel scrap recycling

    Accepted grades: insulated copper wire and cable scrap, aluminium wire and cable scrap

    B Company website – branches · verified 2026-10-08

  18. Odylion sp. z o.o. sp.k.

    Warsaw – non-ferrous metals purchasing branch, Warszawa · Poland

    processor · Cu, Al · non-ferrous and stainless steel scrap recycling

    Accepted grades: insulated copper wire and cable scrap, aluminium wire and cable scrap

    B Company website – branches · verified 2026-10-08

  19. Odylion sp. z o.o. sp.k.

    Wrocław – non-ferrous metals purchasing branch, Wrocław · Poland

    processor · Cu, Al · non-ferrous and stainless steel scrap recycling

    Accepted grades: insulated copper wire and cable scrap, aluminium wire and cable scrap

    B Company website – branches · verified 2026-10-08

  20. PPHU Stilmar Michał Dobrzyński

    Częstochowa – processing of non-ferrous metals and aluminium dross, Częstochowa · Poland

    processor · Cu, Al · non-ferrous scrap recycling

    Accepted grades: aluminium skimmings, drosses, spills and metallics

    B Company website – about the company · verified 2026-10-08

  21. RADO sp. z o.o.

    Ławnica – cable recycling, Ławnica · Poland

    processor · Cu, Al · cable granulation and copper recovery

    Accepted grades: insulated copper wire and cable scrap, mixed copper-bearing scrap, aluminium wire and cable scrap

    B Company website – recycling · verified 2026-10-08

  22. SK nexilis Poland sp. z o.o.

    Stalowa Wola – folia bateryjna, Stalowa Wola · Poland under construction

    smelter · Cu · foil
    scrap intake inferred from the type of plant, not from a document

    Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents

    A SK nexilis Poland sp. z o.o. (KRS 0000823566) – financial statements 2020–2025 (eKRS); capacity 57 kt per KIS... · verified 2026-10-08

  23. Syntom Metal Recycling sp. z o.o.

    Białystok – non-ferrous scrap buying branch, Białystok · Poland

    processor · Cu, Al · non-ferrous scrap recycling

    Accepted grades: insulated copper wire and cable scrap, aluminium wire and cable scrap

    B Company website – branches · verified 2026-10-08

  24. Syntom Metal Recycling sp. z o.o.

    Bielsko-Biała – non-ferrous scrap buying branch, Bielsko-Biała · Poland

    processor · Cu, Al · non-ferrous scrap recycling

    Accepted grades: insulated copper wire and cable scrap, aluminium wire and cable scrap

    B Company website – branches · verified 2026-10-08

  25. Syntom Metal Recycling sp. z o.o.

    Bydgoszcz – non-ferrous scrap buying branch, Bydgoszcz · Poland

    processor · Cu, Al · non-ferrous scrap recycling

    Accepted grades: insulated copper wire and cable scrap, aluminium wire and cable scrap

    B Company website – branches · verified 2026-10-08

  26. Syntom Metal Recycling sp. z o.o.

    Gdańsk – non-ferrous scrap purchasing branch, Gdańsk · Poland

    processor · Cu, Al · non-ferrous scrap recycling

    Accepted grades: insulated copper wire and cable scrap, aluminium wire and cable scrap

    B Company website – branches · verified 2026-10-08

  27. Syntom Metal Recycling sp. z o.o.

    Kalisz – non-ferrous scrap purchasing branch, Kalisz · Poland

    processor · Cu, Al · non-ferrous scrap recycling

    Accepted grades: insulated copper wire and cable scrap, aluminium wire and cable scrap

    B Company website – branches · verified 2026-10-08

  28. Syntom Metal Recycling sp. z o.o.

    Konstantynów Łódzki – non-ferrous scrap purchasing branch, Konstantynów Łódzki · Poland

    processor · Cu, Al · non-ferrous scrap recycling

    Accepted grades: insulated copper wire and cable scrap, aluminium wire and cable scrap

    B Company website – branches · verified 2026-10-08

  29. Syntom Metal Recycling sp. z o.o.

    Lublin – non-ferrous scrap purchasing branch, Lublin · Poland

    processor · Cu, Al · non-ferrous scrap recycling

    Accepted grades: insulated copper wire and cable scrap, aluminium wire and cable scrap

    B Company website – branches · verified 2026-10-08

  30. Syntom Metal Recycling sp. z o.o.

    Piotrków Trybunalski – non-ferrous scrap purchasing branch, Piotrków Trybunalski · Poland

    processor · Cu, Al · non-ferrous scrap recycling

    Accepted grades: insulated copper wire and cable scrap, aluminium wire and cable scrap

    B Company website – branches · verified 2026-10-08

  31. Syntom Metal Recycling sp. z o.o.

    Poznań – non-ferrous scrap purchasing branch, Poznań · Poland

    processor · Cu, Al · non-ferrous scrap recycling

    Accepted grades: insulated copper wire and cable scrap, aluminium wire and cable scrap

    B Company website – branches · verified 2026-10-08

  32. Syntom Metal Recycling sp. z o.o.

    Sosnowiec – non-ferrous scrap purchasing branch, Sosnowiec · Poland

    processor · Cu, Al · non-ferrous scrap recycling

    Accepted grades: insulated copper wire and cable scrap, aluminium wire and cable scrap

    B Company website – branches · verified 2026-10-08

  33. Syntom Metal Recycling sp. z o.o.

    Szczecin – non-ferrous scrap purchasing branch, Szczecin · Poland

    processor · Cu, Al · non-ferrous scrap recycling

    Accepted grades: insulated copper wire and cable scrap, aluminium wire and cable scrap

    B Company website – branches · verified 2026-10-08

  34. Syntom Metal Recycling sp. z o.o.

    Tomaszów Mazowiecki – main non-ferrous scrap processing plant, Tomaszów Mazowiecki · Poland

    processor · Cu, Al · non-ferrous and stainless steel scrap recycling

    Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents

    B Company website – branches · verified 2026-10-08

  35. Syntom Metal Recycling sp. z o.o.

    Warsaw – non-ferrous scrap purchasing branch, Warszawa · Poland

    processor · Cu, Al · non-ferrous scrap recycling

    Accepted grades: insulated copper wire and cable scrap, aluminium wire and cable scrap

    B Company website – branches · verified 2026-10-08

  36. Syntom Metal Recycling sp. z o.o.

    Zabrze – non-ferrous scrap purchasing branch, Zabrze · Poland

    processor · Cu, Al · non-ferrous scrap recycling

    Accepted grades: insulated copper wire and cable scrap, aluminium wire and cable scrap

    B Company website – branches · verified 2026-10-08

  37. TELE-FONIKA Kable S.A.

    cable waste recycling (Bukowno), Bukowno · Poland

    processor · Cu · scrap recycling

    Accepted grades: insulated copper wire and cable scrap

    B TELE-FONIKA Kable S.A., company site – plants Bydgoszcz, Kraków, Myślenice; cable waste recycling in Bukowno · verified 2026-10-06

  38. Tesla Recycling sp. z o.o.

    Grodzisk Mazowiecki – e-scrap and non-ferrous metals processing plant, Grodzisk Mazowiecki · Poland

    processor · Cu, Al · e-scrap and battery recycling

    Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents

    A Decision of the Starost of Grodzisk No. 1/2022 – amendment of the waste processing permit · verified 2026-10-08

  39. Walcownia Metali „Dziedzice” S.A.

    Czechowice-Dziedzice – bar mill, tube mill (suspended strips), Czechowice-Dziedzice · Poland

    smelter · Cu · bars and profiles
    scrap intake inferred from the type of plant, not from a document

    Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents

    A Walcownia Metali „Dziedzice” S.A., company site and Management Board Report for 2025 (Strip and Disc Division... · verified 2026-10-08

  40. Walcownia Metali Nieżelaznych „Łabędy” S.A.

    Gliwice-Łabędy – rolling mill, Gliwice · Poland

    smelter · Cu · plates, sheet and strip
    scrap intake inferred from the type of plant, not from a document

    Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents

    A Walcownia Metali Nieżelaznych „Łabędy” S.A. – financial statements (eKRS) · verified 2026-10-08

Scrap trade

Imports and exports of scrap (total: within the EU and with non-EU countries), balance and unit value from trade declarations.

Copper scrap trade – Poland, 2015–2025 Poland – copper scrap: imports 68,972 t in 2015 and 165,799 t in 2025; exports 64,239 t in 2015 and 86,659 t in 2025. 0 50 k 100 k 150 k 200 k 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 exports 2015: 64,239 texports 2016: 83,002 texports 2017: 71,823 texports 2018: 92,392 texports 2019: 96,310 texports 2020: 87,495 texports 2021: 100,639 texports 2022: 94,488 texports 2023: 85,102 texports 2024: 94,679 texports 2025: 86,659 t imports 2015: 68,972 timports 2016: 79,281 timports 2017: 83,530 timports 2018: 113,638 timports 2019: 137,768 timports 2020: 150,021 timports 2021: 161,005 timports 2022: 171,916 timports 2023: 153,570 timports 2024: 152,393 timports 2025: 165,799 t
imports exports tonnes (scrap mass)
Table of years (chart data)
Copper scrap trade – Poland, 2015–2025
Year Imports (t)Exports (t)Balance (t) Import unit value (EUR/t)Export unit value (EUR/t)
2015 68,97264,239-4,733 4,2173,651
2016 79,28183,0023,720 3,3972,616
2017 83,53071,823-11,707 3,6123,880
2018 113,63892,392-21,246 3,1714,299
2019 137,76896,310-41,458 3,0014,118
2020 150,02187,495-62,525 3,4593,856
2021 161,005100,639-60,367 5,1435,465
2022 171,91694,488-77,428 6,0796,094
2023 153,57085,102-68,468 5,7245,572
2024 152,39394,679-57,714 6,4145,952
2025 165,79986,659-79,141 6,7446,379
2026 incomplete year: 2026-01/2026-08 118,91053,219-65,691 8,7208,040

Largest scrap suppliers (2025)

  1. Germany 72,398 t
  2. United States 16,875 t
  3. France 11,642 t
  4. Czechia 11,252 t
  5. Italy 6,317 t

Largest scrap destinations (2025)

  1. Germany 30,870 t
  2. Slovakia 19,885 t
  3. Japan 5,034 t
  4. India 4,820 t
  5. Italy 4,270 t

Unit value (EUR/t) – value divided by mass from trade declarations (Comext); an approximation of the price level, not a market price. CN codes: 7404 00 10, 7404 00 91, 7404 00 99 . Source: Eurostat Comext – EU trade by CN8 (DS-045409), as of 2026-10-20. Balance = exports − imports. Comext

Straight-line distance (great circle) from the shipping point – not road distance. The description of the shipment procedure is general and does not constitute legal advice. Legal status as of 20 October 2026: Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments of waste. The classification of the waste and the obligations of the parties are determined case by case.

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