Materials We Recycle

Aluminum - Brass - Copper - Electronic Scrap - Lead - Stainless Steel - Steel, Tin, Iron - Batteries  - What we don't recycle

Aluminum

Characteristics and info

• Clean aluminum that is in good condition without steel, paint, or rust.
• Aluminum breakage is the dirtiest form of aluminum. The percentage of steel to aluminum on the breakage is about 20% aluminum to 80% steel.  These normally come in the form of transmissions and other car parts.
• Old sheet aluminum is considered dirty aluminum meaning that it is bare sheet aluminum that has steel or plastic with it.
• Aluminum extrusion is any material that has been used as framing. For example, some door framing and window sills are aluminum as well.
• Aluminum cast is aluminum that has been melted down and formed into a finished product commonly used to make car parts.
• Aluminum shavings

• Aluminum cans - soda pop cans
• Extruded aluminum - most common form of extruded aluminum is window frames.
• Car and truck wheels
• Kitchen utensils
• Engine blocks with oil removed
• Transmissions
• Painted aluminum - signs must have a legal document to sell.
• Aluminum window frames
• Radiators
• Aluminum wire - insulated or bare

Aluminum cans

Aluminum signs

Aluminum wheels

Aluminum/copper radiator

Bare aluminum wire

Engine block

Plaque

Radiators

Brass

• Clean yellow is the most common form of brass.
• Red brass is found normally where you have a combination of copper and yellow brass.
• Semi-red
• Hard brass
• Refinery brass is a type of yellow brass that is dirty meaning it contains some parts of steel.

• Musical instruments
• Doorknobs and locks
• Valves
• Ornaments
• Trophies
• Gears

Brass instruments

Fired brass shells

Gears

Plumbing fixtures

Trophies & plaques

Copper

General

• Copper bare bright is the cleanest copper. We normally get if from stripping wire.
• Copper #1 is clean copper tubing and clean stripped wire.
• Copper #2 is copper tubing that is not clean. Meaning the material contains rust or glue on it as well as a tiny amount of steel and solder.
• M.C.M wire is the highest grade of copper wire.
• Insulated #1 wire is the normal PVC insulated wire.
• #2 wire - There are three different types of #2 insulated wire. The first is 60% wire which is the larger diameter of stranded wire. The second is 40% which is the smaller diameter of insulated wire. The third type of wire has the connector plugs on the ends and it typically pays less.

• Electric motors
• Copper radiators
• Sealed units
• Piping
• Sheet metal
• Copper content -an example would be the outlet plug ends on copper wire that have been cut off.

Computer radiator

Copper radiator

Copper sheet

Copper wire

Electric motors

Insulated copper wire

Electronic Scrap

• Circuit boards
• Computer CPU
• Hard drives
• Floppy drives
• Power supplies
• Processing chips
• Memory chips

Electronic scrap

Lead

• Lead pipes
• Plumbing materials and pipes
• Lead ammunition
• Lead batteries

Lead battery

Lead bricks

Stainless Steel

• Silverware, cooking utensils
• Pots and pans
• Medical and dental equipment
• Exhaust systems
• Trophies and plaques

Breweries, wineries

Kitchen utensils

Medical equipment

Plaques

Restaurant kitchens

Sinks

Stainless steel pipes

Steel, Tin and Iron

• Wheels
• Plates
• Tin cans (soup, paint) - liquids removed
• Filing cabinets
• Vehicles - Cars and trucks must have the engine, transmission, gas tank, and all fluids removed. Titles must be presented with vehicles.
• Washers
• Dryers
• Ranges (gas and electric)
• Microwaves
• Propane, oil, gas tanks - they must be emptied and cut in half to ensure that they are not a hazard to us because they may contain explosive content
• Toaster ovens

Automotive parts

Cast iron drums / rotors

Scrap metal

Steel

Steel bars

Steel plates

Tin cans

Wheels

Batteries

Automotive batteries

Materials We Don't Recycle

• Refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, or any material that contains Freon gases
• catalytic converter
• Kegs - it is against the law for us to accept and recycle them unless they have the correct legal documentation. We recommend that you contact a liquor store and ask if they can handle it or possibly get the paperwork to have them scraped.
• Plastics - all
• Paper
• Glass
• Wood
• Paint - we recommend you visit a hardware store and purchase a paint hardener which makes paint trashable.
• Car oils - most automotive supply shops will take used oils.
• Paint thinner
• Fire extinguishers
• PCB's 
• Computers and peripherals:
  • Printers
  • Fax machines
  • Mobile devices - cellphones
  • Laptop computers
  • Computer monitors
• Televisions