🆕 Updated for Eco 14 — “Garbage & Recycling” — this server and these numbers now reflect the new version. What changed →
  • Byproducts: nearly every recipe now leaves waste behind, so recipe pages list byproducts alongside ingredients.
  • Garbage & recycling: waste sorts from mixed garbage down to pure materials, and can be recycled back into stock.
  • Pollution has four kinds: acid rain, chemical, soil and heavy mineral, each settling into the ground differently. Pollution guide →
  • Modules reworked: upgrades are now Basic / Advanced / Modern / Specialty, one per slot, driving the same bonus system as talents. Module guide →
  • Fresh water: machines need it — water drawn from the ocean has to be desalinated first.

The character calculator has been updated for these changes. Read the garbage & recycling guide →

Copper Scrap

Copper Scrap

Recovered copper scrap from a sorting process.

Weight15000 gMax stack10Carried on back

Notes

Copper Scrap is a recoverable byproduct of sorting mixed waste, appearing as a solid, diggable block that can be carried on the back and stacked up to 10. This material fits into the waste-management and recycling loop introduced in Update 14, transforming garbage into a useful ingredient. A practical tip: Copper Scrap feeds directly into crafting Recycled Copper Bars, so saving and processing this scrap at a sorting station recovers a valuable metal rather than letting it sit as a polluting waste block.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

As a block

SolidDiggableWall

Recycling & waste

As a garbage material
FamilyMixed Metal ScrapSorter catalystSulfuric AcidPollutes while mixedSoil · 0.1/unit

Recycled from (40 of 120)

How garbage, sorting & recycling work

Categories

Used in

See also

Bio ResidueCeramic ScrapChemical PollutantChemical WasteCompostCrushed Mixed Rock