They always treat you with dignity and they try their hardest to keep every pound or ounce in your best interest. I believe that they favor aluminum, brass, copper, siding,so on, over scrap metal. Correct me if I'm wrong. They'll take bottles and paper but it is worth nothing except for taking it off of your hands. Oh, they give great value for car batteries also. It's kind of like getting paid back for saving all your cans.