Check this list of items that contain the Ferrous and Non-Ferrous metals we can purchase. If you don’t see the item(s) listed here that you’re wishing to scrap, please contact us before bringing the item(s) in.
Ferrous metals
| * Household Appliances | Other Track Material |
| Busheling | Prepared # 1 & # 2 Heavy Melt |
| Cable | Prepared Plate & Structural |
| Cast Iron | * Propane Cylinders |
| Construction Equipment | Sheet Metal |
| Demolition Scrap | Structural Beams |
| Farm Machinery | * Tanks |
| Fence | * Transformers |
| * Gas Tanks | Wire |
| Lawn Mowers | * Vehicles |
| Industrial Scrap Steel |
Non-ferrous metals
| Aluminum Cans | Heater cores |
| Aluminum Extrusions | Insulated Copper Wiring #1 & # 2 |
| Cast Aluminum | Mixed Insulated Copper Wire |
| Aluminum & Copper Radiators | Painted Aluminum Siding |
| * Aerosol Cans | Radiators |
| * Barrels, Drums, Pails, and Buckets | Scrap Lead |
| * Batteries | Sheet Aluminum |
| Brass Plumbing, Fixtures, Faucets & Fittings | Stainless Steel |
| Catalytic Converters | Tin Cans |
| Copper # 1 & # 2 | Transmissions |
| Electric motors |
* Denotes a Conditional Material. See Conditionally Accepted Materials for more information on this type of item.
These items are acceptable if the following conditions are met:
Aerosol Cans:
- Must be empty (no pressure and no liquids).
Appliances:
- Must have fluid filled capacitors removed.
- Must have certification that CFCs have been properly removed.
Barrels, Drums, Pails and Buckets:
- Must be triple rinsed, dried and lid removed
- Must have be free of liquids or sludge and top removed or drum is crushed.
Batteries:
- Lead acid, not cracked and only accepted at the non-ferrous scale.
- Only accepted at the non-ferrous department scale.
Compressed Gas Cylinders:
- Must be devalved and cut in half.
Gas Tanks:
- Must have visible 8” x 8” hole and be dry.
Propane Cylinders:
- Must be de-valved and only accepted when presented at the front scale.
Tanks:
- Above ground & underground storage tanks must be drained with a 6” hole, have no liquids or sludge, and no combustible vapors
- Larger than 100 gallon must have 3 ft. hole
Transformers:
- Must be drained and have a letter verifying no PCBs are present.
Vehicles:
- Title required
- Must have certification that CFCs have been properly removed.
- Must have lead acid battery and mercury switches removed.
- Must have accessible wheel weights removed.
- Must have fuel tank removed or drained with a 6” hole visible.
- Must have antifreeze, oil, and transmission fluid removed.
The following items are considered unacceptable – we can neither purchase nor recycle:
- Acetylene cylinders
- Asbestos containing material (i.e. insulated pipe and transite concrete fiber board)
- Backup power supply units
- Ballasts
- Borings
- Capacitors
- Cathode ray tubes
- Closed compressed gas cylinders
- Closed containers of any kind
- Computer Monitors, Parts or Accessories
- Containers with free-flowing liquids inside or outside (tar, oil, gasoline)
- Household Electronic Scrap
- Items containing Mercury
- Flammable or combustible material
- Fluorescent light bulbs
- Fluorescent light ballasts
- Material containing refrigerants
- Munitions, bullets, military target range scrap, explosives
- Microwave ovens
- Oily Scrap
- Paint cans
- Pressure regulating valves
- Radioactive material
- Thermometers
- Thermostats
- Trash
- Turnings
- TV’s
- Wood
If you don't see the item(s) listed on our listing of Acceptable Items to Recycle, please contact us before bringing the item(s) in.
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