#1 and #2 Copper scrapCopper scrap, along with Bare Bright, are highly traded gradesGrade of copper scrapCopper scrap. There are widely used definitions for these gradesGrade, and newsletters regularly publish market price estimates. These gradesGrade allow some imperfections but still set boundaries to distinguish them from lower gradesGrade. Imperfections, while permissible, can be exceedingly difficult to quantify for acceptance criteria. Judgement and discretion are unavoidable. Opportunities exist for inconsistencies and differences of opinion between buyers and sellers. Unquantified and subjective criteria also make it challenging to establish standard operating procedures. Some acceptance criteria within published scrap gradesGrade are absolute and binary. Other criteria are qualitative, with no quantitative parameters. In addition, representative samplingSampling of #1 and #2 CopperCopper is difficult to achieve. Loads are often not homogenous, nor are they required to be. Commercially prepared scrap may involve significant human intervention and therefore cannot be presumed to be randomized, nor is scrap commercially required to be randomized. For these reasons, evaluationEvaluation of these gradesGrade of copper scrapCopper scrap often rests on rejection rather than acceptance, i.e., finding the non-conforming item. In practice, disposition practices are also subject to discretion. The aims of this presentation are to recommend practices, procedures and criteria that will promote consistent operationOperation, better enable training, and promote predictability and understanding between buyers and sellers.