Ceramic converters
The most common type: a ceramic honeycomb coated with platinum, palladium and rhodium inside a steel shell.
Sell Your Catalytic Converters in Johannesburg
PGM Recycling buys catalytic converters and DPFs from any make, petrol or diesel, at our branch at 14 John Street, Unit 1, Selby. Every unit is priced on the day's platinum, palladium and rhodium prices in front of you, and paid in cash or by EFT on the spot. Can't come in? We collect for free.
What we buy
Catalytic converters, DPFs and substrate we buy
From cars, bakkies, taxis, trucks and buses. OEM and aftermarket. Damaged, cut-open and partly empty units too.
Metallic converters
Converters built on a metal foil substrate instead of ceramic. Bought and priced on their metal content.
DPFs
Diesel particulate filters from diesel bakkies, SUVs, taxis, trucks and buses.
Substrate & bulk lots
Loose honeycomb substrate and bulk lots from workshops and yards, XRF-tested for an exact price.
Transparent pricing
How PGM Recycling prices your catalytic converter
Two converters that look the same can hold very different amounts of precious metal. That's why every unit is identified and priced individually, in front of you:
- Identify: the converter's reference number (stamped on the shell or heat shield) is matched against a database of more than 35,000 catalytic converters.
- Test: loose substrate, bulk lots and any unit the reference number can't resolve are XRF-tested to measure the platinum, palladium and rhodium.
- Weigh & price: the unit is weighed and priced on the day's platinum, palladium and rhodium prices.
- Get paid: cash or EFT on the spot, with an invoice. Nothing is deducted for transport, testing or handling.
No reference number? No problem. Send a clear photo of the whole unit to 084 306 6660 on WhatsApp for an estimate before you come in.
Workshops & trade
For exhaust fitters, workshops, scrapyards and fleets
- Scheduled, regular collections at no cost
- On-site identification and testing at your workshop, yard or depot
- Paid by EFT with an invoice for every transaction, before the collection team leaves
- No minimum quantity: one converter or a full bakkie load
- PGM Recycling buys for its own account, so there's no middleman margin taken off your price
Legal & safe
A registered, legal catalytic converter buyer
Catalytic converters contain precious metals, so buying them is regulated in South Africa. PGM Recycling is registered with the South African Diamond and Precious Metals Regulator (SADPMR) and identifies every seller as the law requires. Bring your South African ID, driver's licence or passport when you sell.
Catalytic converter buyers for all of Gauteng
The Selby branch is just south of the Johannesburg CBD, close to Ophirton and Booysens. Sellers come from Soweto, Roodepoort, Randburg, Sandton, Midrand, the East Rand (Germiston, Alberton, Boksburg, Benoni, Kempton Park), the Vaal and Pretoria, and collection is free anywhere in South Africa.
Also selling old electronics? See e-waste recycling in Johannesburg. Full details on pgmrecycling.co.za/catalytic-converters.
Ready to sell your catalytic converters?
14 John Street, Unit 1, Selby, Johannesburg · Free collection · Paid on the spot.