Metals have always been the most recycled material in the world. In fact, the making of steel requires recycled steel in the production of the raw material. Recycling metals saves energy and helps prevent the depletion of natural resources.
An entire industry has grown up around recycling metal. This is because everything that contains metal is intrisically valuable. It is in everything from the fillings in our teeth to the cars we drive. The key to effective recylcing is gather, sort, sell.
Metal Recycling Product Names
Recycled metals are devided into base metal categories such as aluminum, steel, cast iron, etc. These categories are further devided into specific products such as #2 copper pipe or lead batteries. This allows for specific prices for standardized scrap products throughout the industry. The definitions below include the Iron and Steel Recycling Institute (ISRI) code in parenthesis for reference. A more complete list of specifications can be located at http://www.isri.org
Metal Recycling businesses in your local area may not accept every category on the list. Sometimes, categories are combined to limit the separate storage areas for different materials, or may not be commonly seen in daily operations.
In general, recovered materials are most valuable when sorted according to base metal and grade. Mixed materals are generaly sold at the lowest rate material. So, for example, aluminum that contains screws and steel inserts will generally be purchased as iron/aluminum mix (at a significantly lower rate). In addition to sorting, workers must carefully remove any air bag canisters and sealed or pressurized items. These can include shock absorbers, tanks for propane and other gasses.
aluminum baseball/softball bats will be accepted. Canisters such as aerosol cans, fire extinguishers, propane tanks, beer kegs, freon tanks, oxygen and acetylene cylinders will generally not be accepted unless sheared in half so there no chance of explosionor contamination.
- auto air bag inflation cartridges and components are dangerous and must be kept out of recycled metals.
- detonators, butane lighters, CO2 cartridges, or similar dangerous objects will not be accepted.
- PCB’s or other toxic materials will not be accepted.
- Hypodermic needles or other biomedical waste will not be accepted.
- Ordnance scrap, ammunition cartridges or any type of munitions scrap will generally have to be negotiated with the buyer in advance.
Recovered Aluminum Products
- Aluminum Breakage [Tweak]
This is also called Fragmentizer Aluminum Scrap and consists of aluminum casting alloys containing less than 4% zinc, 1% magnesium, 1.5% iron. It should not contain more than 5% non-metallic foreign material. This item is commonly recovered from aluminum engines and transmission parts but is used in many other products as well. - Aluminum Cast [Tense, Trump]
Cast Aluminum shall consist of clean aluminum casting free of foreign material. Common products recovered are engine parts, transmission housings, pump housings and other cast products. - Aluminum Clips [Tooth, Tough]
Can be a mix of 1100, 3003, 3004, 5005, 5052, 6061 and 6063 this is most general aluminum products usually a sheet like appearance, free of any coatings, paint or foreign elements. This classification is further divided into new and mixed. - Aluminum Painted Sheet [Tale]
Any sheet or clip aluminum that has been contaminated with paint is included in this category unless the paint is unusually thick or contains other foreign material. Clean Painted Aluminum shall consist of clean aluminum siding scrap and must be free of insulating materials. - Aluminum Dirty Sheet
This is MLC but that contain a small amount of foreign element such as paint, screws, nails or a small amount of plastic including lawn chairs, rain gutter, siding and other sheet aluminum products. Many household aluminum products fall into this category. - Low Copper Aluminum, MLC (mixed low copper) [Taboo]
A common mix of 1100, 3003, 3004, 5005, 5052, 6061 and 6063 with a minimum thickness of 0.015 (0.38mm) is usually the thick solids instead of the thin clean sheets.Low Copper Aluminum shall consist of clean, uncoated aluminum plate, may include clips or punchings - Old Mixed Aluminium Scrap [Tabor]
Assorted clean aluminum scrap of two or more alloys. This product must be free of foil, window blinds, fine wire, screens, radiator parts, or airplane sheet. - Aluminum EC Wire [Tall]
Aluminum conductor found in different sized wire that is insulated with rubber or plastic. - Coaxial Cable
Shielded aluminum conductor found in different sizes. Primarily used for Cable TV, Communications, etc. Looks like wire that is insulated plastic and a layer of aluminum foil with a copper conductor at the center. - Aluminum Extrusion
Aluminum extrusions are commonly 6061 and 6063 alloys. These extrusions are commonly used in ladders, window frames and screen doors.Aluminum Extrusions shall consist of clean aluminum extrusions including window & door frames Must be free of iron inserts, screws and plastic, rubber or other foreign materials. - Aluminum Foil [Taint, Terse, Testy]
This can be found in industrial applications, as well as the familiar household product. It also includes such post consumer recyclables like beverage cans and baking pans. these are usually an 1100 series alloy and is mostly pure aluminum. Clean, unalloyed aluminum foil and must be free of paper, plastics, food residues and other foreign materials .Utensil Aluminum shall consist of aluminum sheet and sheet utensils including cooking pots, must be free of iron & foreign materials - Aluminum Litho Plate [Tabloid, Tablet]
This is commonly used in offset printing shops. The sheets are alloys of either 1100 or 3003 but most likely 3003. Litho Sheets shall consist of clean aluminum lithograph sheets (plates) with a higher grade for new, unused plates. Must be free of paper, plastic and excessive foreign materials such as ink. - Aluminum Radiators
You will find an aluminum radiator in most modern cars. These are purchased for recycling with or without the plastic ends, of course increasing the value by removing the plastic and Iron - Aluminium Auto Wheels
Clean, uncoated aluminum auto wheels of 356 alloy. Aluminum rims are found on most modern cars and light trucks. This product must be free of tires, inserts, valve stems and wheel weights. - Aluminum Turnings [Telic]
Turnings or shavings are usually scrap at machine shops and left after drilling holes into a block or sheet of aluminum. Likely to be contaminated with oil used for cooling the drilling tools Aluminum Turnings shall consist of clean aluminum turnings, borings or grindings. - Painted Aluminium Insulated Scrap
Painted Aluminum (Insulated) is found primarily in painted aluminum house siding. - Coated Aluminium Scrap [Talent]
Coated Aluminum shall consist of plastic/vinyl coated aluminum, may include venetian blinds - Used Beverage Cans (UBC) [Talap, Talc]
Loose whole or flattened aluminum beverage cans, free from excessive dirt, liquid or other foreign materials. - Shredded UBC [Talcred]
Shredded UBC shall consist of aluminum Used Beverage Cans that have been magnetically separated and shredded into uniform material handleable (pneumatic) state. The shredded UBC material shall have a minimum density of 12 LBS. (pounds) per cubic foot and a maximum weight density of 17 LBS. per cubic foot. It must be fee of excessive fine material under 4 mesh in size and must be free of other metals and foreign material. - Baled UBC [Taldon]
Baled UBC shall consist of magnetically separated Used Beverage Cans that have been compressed into bales. Baled densities must be a minimum of 14 LBS. per cubic foot. Bale dimensions can range from 24" to 40" x 30" to 52" x 40" to 84" - Briquetted UBC [Taldork]
Magnetically separated aluminum Used Beverage Cans compressed into briquettes with a minimum weight density of 50 lbs. per cubic foot. Briquettes sizes should be uniform and range from 12" to 24" x 12" to 24" x 8" to 48". Briquettes should be stacked and banded together to form uniform bundles with a maximum height of 48" and a maximum weight of 4,000 lb. - Remelt Aluminium Ingot [Throb]
Remelt Aluminum Ingot shall consist of remelted aluminum scrap from a sweat furnace operation & poured into a uniform pigs or ingot blocks with a minimum weight of 25 lb., and a maximum weight of 75 lbs. Must be free of slag or dross materials and prepared in a uniform material handleable form. - Mixed Irony Aluminium Scrap (Fe Al)
Mixed Irony Aluminum shall consist of assorted scrap aluminum contaminated with Iron, the aluminum content must be a minimum 70% and iron may not exceed 30% Must be free of excessive plastics, oils and other materials prohibitive in the sweat furnace operation. - Low Grade Irony Aluminium Scrap (Fe Al)
Low Grade Irony Aluminum shall consist of assorted scrap aluminum contaminated with Iron, the aluminum content must be a minimum 50% and iron may not exceed 50% Must be free of excessive plastics, oils and other materials prohibitive in the sweat furnace operation. - Scrap Auto Transmissions
Assorted automotive transmissions, free of torque converters. - Scrap Aluminium Auto Rads
Aluminum Auto Rads shall consist of scrap aluminum automotive radiators, free from iron, May not contain copper/brass tubing. - Insulated Aluminium Wire Scrap [Twang]
Insulated Aluminum Wire shall include plastic insulated aluminum wire, must be free of iron. - Supported Aluminium Cable Scrap
Supported Aluminum Cables shall include multi strand heavy gauge aluminum wire twisted around a single stand of steel wire. - Bare Aluminium Wire Scrap [Tassel, Taste, Talon, Tann]
Bare Aluminum Wire shall consist of clean aluminum wire free of iron or insulation. - Aluminium Nodules [Tall]
Aluminum Nodules shall consist of clean aluminum wire recovered from a chopping operation and must be free of iron, copper & brass wire, aluminum hair wires and free of dirt, oil and foreign materials - Paperbacked Alumifoil Waste
Paperbacked Alumifoil shall consist of aluminum foil laminated to paper or plastic may not include vacuum metalized films. - Aluminium Dross (Thirl)
Aluminum Dross shall consist of slags, drosses, skimmings and spilling from aluminum melting operations. - Mixed Auto Fragments ,Zorba
Mixed Auto Fragments shall consist of sorted auto shredder fragments that have been magnetically separated to remove the majority of iron and steel and a secondary seperation has been performed (such as eddy current or spacific gravity classification) to consolidate the non-ferrous metals content. The content shall be a minimum of 50% aluminum and a minimum of 80% total non-ferous metals unless otherwise stated.
Other aluminum alloys including 1100, 1200, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2024, 2036, 2117, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3102, 5005, 5052, 5182, 5252, 5454, 5457, 5657, 5754, 6009, 6010, 6022, 6053, 6061, 6063, 6082, 6111, 6262, 6463, 7003, 7004, 7021, 7072, 7116, 7129, A380.0, 383.0, 319.0, 356.0, A356.0 and B390.0
Recovered Brass Products
- Yellow Brass
This is the most commonly used brass - used in household plumbing including popular items such as your faucets and "under the sink" plumbing. Most your door keys will also be yellow brass. Plumbing Brass- chrome plated faucets and valves - Red Brass
Common uses are sprinklers and shut off valves but many other items can be found. - Semi-red Brass
Its common uses are similar to red brass that includes shut off valves, sprinkler's and other not as common items. - Mixed Brass & Bronze Scrap
Mixed Brass & Bronze shall contain assorted Clean Brass & Bronze solids - Scrap Refinery Brass [Drink]
Refinery Brass shall contain a minimum of 61.3% copper and a maximum of 5% iron and is to consist of copper, brass and bronze alloyed metal. Must be free of non-metallic materials - Scrap Red Brass Solids [Ebony]
Red Brass Solids shall consist of red brass solids scrap and may consist of valves, machinery bearings and other red brass solids consisting primarily of copper with tin/zinc/lead alloys - Red Brass Turnings [Enerv]
Red Brass Turnings shall consist of Turnings, Borings & Grindings from red brass solids - Old Yellow Brass Scrap [Honey]
Yellow brass solids including sheet, rod, tubing, castings, including plated materials. Must be free of aluminum bronze or manganese bronze. - New Brass Clips Scrap [Label]
New Brass Clips shall consist of unleaded yellow brass clipping including 70/30 clips. - Yellow Brass Turnings , [Nomad ]
Yellow Brass Turnings shall consist of yellow brass turnings, borings or grindings. - Scrap C Metal
C Metal shall consist of sorted red brass plumbing cocks. - Scrap C&F Metals (cocks & faucets) [Grape]
C&F Metals (cocks & faucets) shall consist of mixed clean red & yellow brass plumbing cocks & faucets, including nickel/chrome plated parts, must be free of zinc die cast & aluminum parts. - Clean Auto Radiator Scrap [Ocean]
Iron free mixed copper/brass automotive radiators, may not include aluminum radiators. Typical composition is 70% Copper, 3-3.5% Tin, 10-11% Zinc and 7-8% Lead. - Unclean Auto Radiator Scrap
Unclean Auto Rads shall consist of mixed copper/brass automotive radiators with iron frame or supports still intact, (iron not to exceed 4% of total weight), may not include iron finned Rads or aluminum Rads. - Heater Core Scrap
Heater Cores shall include clean copper/brass automotive heater core radiators. - Scrap Aluminum Bronze Solids
Aluminum Bronze Solids shall consist of aluminum bronze alloy solids with a typical analysis of 78-90% Copper, 8.5-11.5% Aluminum, 1.0-5.0% Iron and may contain up to 5% Nickel. - Aluminum Bronze Turnings
Aluminum Bronze Turnings shall consist of aluminum bronze alloy turnings, borings or grindings. - Scrap Nickel Silver Solids [Malic]
Nickel Silver Solids shall consist of clean nickel/silver alloys, including sheet, rod, castings, may not include other alloys or foreign materials. Please note that this material contains no Silver (Ag) and is also called German Silver. It is typically made of an alloy of 60% Copper, 20% Nickel and 20% Zinc (usually non-magnetic.) - Nickel Silver Turnings [Neice]
Nickel Silver Turnings shall consist of nickel/silver alloy turnings, borings & grindings. - Scrap Manganese Bronze Solids [Parch]
Manganese Bronze Solids shall consist of manganese bronze alloy scrap with a minimum of 55% copper and a maximum of 1% lead. The typical chemical composition is 58% Copper, 39% Zinc, 3% Iron. - Manganese Bronze Turnings
Manganese Bronze Turnings shall consist of turnings, borings or grindings of manganese bronze alloy scrap. - Brass Wire Nodules
Brass Wire Nodules shall consist of clean brass wire nodules, from a chopping or shredding operation. Free of aluminum wire and foreign isolation materials. - Clean Brass Wire Scrap
Clean Brass Wire shall consist of clean brass wire free of aluminum and other foreign materials. - Insulated Brass Wire Scrap
Insulated Brass Wire shall consist of plastic insulated brass wire. - Mixed Wire Connector Scrap
Mixed Wire Connectors shall consist of mixed coated (plated) & uncoated electrical wire connectors. - Brass & Bronze Dross
Brass & Bronze Dross shall consist of brass & bronze slags & skimmings from melting operations. - Scrap Irony Brass & Bronze
Irony Brass & Bronze shall consist of brass & bronze solids with a maximum iron content of 10%.
Other types of brass are known as Naval Brass, Machinery Brass and 85/15.
Recovered Copper Products
- #1 Heavy Scrap Copper [Candy]
Heavy Scrap Copper pieces consisting of clean unalloyed copper solids. Pieces must be free from paint, heavy oxidation or other coatings. Sources include copper clippings, punchings, bus bars, commutator segments, - #2 Scrap Copper
Clean unalloyed copper solids. Items may include clean, oxidized, coated or plated copper clippings, punchings, bus bars, contact bars, clean oxidized copper pipe or tubing free of excessive solder and light gauge clean, oxidized, coated or plated copper wire that is free of fine gauge hair wire. Scrap should be free of excessive oxidation, scale, ash or brittle burnt wire. - #1 Copper Pipe
This is copper pipe that has a "new appearance look" without any solder, paint or corrosion visible and no other foreign material. - #2 Copper Pipe
This is copper pipe that contains any solder, paint or visible corrosion. These are usually recovered household and commercial copper plumbing components. Soldered copper pipe consists of assorted copper pipe (of any length) with soldered joints or ends. It must be free of brass, bronze or non-copper fittings. - Beryllium Copper Scrap
Beryllium Copper scrap consist of clean beryllium alloyed copper solids, These may consist of clippings, punchings; Lengths of bar or pipe; as well as tubing and elbows from high temperature plumbing. Beryllium Copper can be found in non-sparking tools used on aircraft and munitions. The dust is toxic to humans. - Light Scrap Copper [Dream]
Light Scrap Copper Shall consist of miscellaneous, unalloyed copper solids. May include sheet copper, gutters, downspouts, kettles, boilers and foil. Light copper scrap includes any thin gauge, high surface area solid copper that has surface oxidation only. The minimum copper content is 88% remelt recovery rate. - Copper Turnings
Copper turnings consist of unalloyed copper turnings grindings or borings, may be contaminated with cutting oils. - #1 Bare Bright Copper Wire Scrap [Barley]
#1 Bare Bright Copper Wire shall consist of bare, uncoated, unalloyed copper wire, not smaller than 16 gauge with the exception that no green wire is allowed. and is free from tarnish or any other impurities that keeps it from being "bright and shiny" in appearance. - #1 Copper Wire Scrap [Berry]
#1 Copper Wire shall consist of clean, uncoated, unalloyed copper wire, not smaller than 16 gauge. - #2 Copper Wire Scrap [Birch]
#2 Copper Wire shall consist of clean unalloyed copper wire, free of brittle burnt wire and excessive oils minimum copper content of 94% remelt recovery rate. - #1 Copper Wire Nodules [Clove]
#1 Copper Wire Nodules shall consist of #1 bare, uncoated, unalloyed copper wire nodules, from a chopping or shredding operation, not smaller than 16 gauge (B&S) minimum copper content of 99% remelt recovery rate. - #2 Copper Wire Nodules [Cobra]
#2 Copper Wire Nodules shall consist of #2 unalloyed copper wire nodules, from a chopping or shredding operation. Loads must contain a minimum copper content of 97% remelt recovery rate. - #1 Insulated Copper Wire Scrap
#1 Insulated Copper Wire shall consist of plastic insulated unalloyed, unplated copper wire not smaller than 16 gauge. This also includes common size MCM copper wire ranging from 100 MCM to 1000 MCM. - #2 Insulated Copper Wire Scrap [Druid]
#2 Insulated Copper Wire shall consist of assorted plastic insulated, unalloyed copper wire, free of heavy or double insulation. 10 and 12 AWG solid strand wire. - #3 Insulated Copper Wire Scrap [Druid]
#3 Insulated Copper Wire shall consist of assorted plastic insulated, unalloyed copper wire, includes heavy or double insulation, plastic insulated telephone cable. Most all other wires that has smaller strands than a 12 AWG solid wire or a less recovery than #2 insulated. Including 8 through 12 AWG stranded and any 14 through 30 AWG wire plated. This category also includes telecommunication wire cat4, cat5, cat6 ,110 stranded power cords and standard phone cords. - Copper/Aluminum BX Cable Scrap
Copper/Aluminum BX Cable shall consist of plastic insulated copper wire, armor coated with an Aluminum casing. Very common electric cable used in wiring homes. The copper wires are contained in a wound aluminum sheath - Copper/Steel BX Cable Scrap
Copper/Steel BX Cable shall consist of plastic insulated copper wire, armor coated with an steel casing. Very common electric cable used in wiring homes. The copper wires are contained in a wound steel sheath - Copper/Fractional Electric Motor Scrap
Copper/Fractional Electric Motors consists of electric motors & small copper coil windings from motors less than 1 horsepower in size. - Copper/Large Electric Motor Scrap
Copper/Large Electric Motors consists of electric motors & large copper coil windings from motors larger than 1 horsepower in size. - Copper/Sealed Motor Scrap
Copper/Sealed Motors shall consist of sealed electric compressor motors derived from common Refrigerators & freezers. must be split and drained - Copper/Aluminum Radiotor Scrap [Talk]
Copper/Aluminum Rads shall consist of unalloyed copper tubing surrounded by aluminum cooling fins derived from typical heat exchange radiators. Auto radiators these usually are a combination of copper and brass. The copper is the "fins" of the radiator but the rest usually is brass. - Copper Content Scraps
Copper Content shall consist of assorted materials that have a copper content of not less than 30% by weight, may include plating racks, armatures, comutators, laminated items, irony copper, electronic breakage, brittle burnt wires and copper scale. more on electronics
Recovered Lead Products
- Lead - Common Lead products
Hard lead, soft lead, wheel weights, pewter (mostly black tin), 10/90 solder (10% tin), 30/70 solder (30% tin), 40/60 solder (40% tin), 50/50 solder (50% tin), 60/40 solder (60% tin and 63/37 solder (63% tin) - Lead Batteries
auto, deep cycles, ups backup and medical batteries. - Mixed Lead Scrap [Radio]
Assorted clean lead solids, may contain soft or hard lead materials but is to be free of, wheel weights, battery plates, drosses and type alloys. - Battery Plate Scrap [Rails]
Battery Plates shall consist of clean sorted lead/lead oxide battery plates and may not contain foreign materials such as plastic, or glass. - Battery Lug Scrap [Rakes]
Battery Lugs shall consist of solid lead recovered from used batteries or battery production, must be free of oxide material and may not contain foreign materials such as plastic or glass. - Lead Wheel Weight Scrap [Ropes]
Lead Wheel Weights shall consist of lead wheel balancing weights, May contain steel clips. - Remelt Lead Ingot
Remelt Lead Ingot shall consist of recovered, remelted metalic lead scrap that is free of slag, dross and oxides. Size and weight of the ingot or sow should be clearly stated. - Mixed Common Babbitt Scrap [Roses]
Mixed Common Babitt shall consist of lead bearings Shall contain a minimum 8 % tin. - Lead Solder Scrap
typical common solder consists of 60% tin and 40% lead - Linotype Scrap
Linotype shall consist of clean lead based line type, shall be free of dross. - Type Dross
Type Dross shall consist of the dross, skimmings or spillings from Linotype melting. - MonoType Scrap
MonoType shall consist of clean lead based solid Mono or Block Type and may include, letter, logo or graphic type blocks. May not include laminated engravings - Lead Dross [Rents]
Lead Dross shall consist of slag, dross, skimmings or spillings from lead meting operations. - Lead Oxide Residue
Lead Oxide Residue shall consist of recovered oxides and fine powders containing high percentages of non-metalic lead (Pb), Should be free of larger pieces or clumps of metalic lead and may not contain raw dross or skimmings.
Recovered Precious Metals
- Gold
U.S. jewelry is usually found in 10k gold (.416%), 14k gold (.583%) and 18k gold (.750%). Bullion gold, gold coins and gold plated items. In fact if it contains gold it has value. - Silver
silver coins, silver jewelry, electrical silver contacts, sterling silver (92.5 % or .925 %) and other silver items. - X-Ray Film
medical film containing silver - Platinum
Platinum jewelry and other platinum items - Catalytic converters
automobile smog devices
steel recycling Products
- Sheet Iron Scrap (Sheet Tin)
Sheet Iron (Sheet Tin) shall consist of miscellaneous iron & steel and may contain galvanized sheet , painted & coated materials, whole machinery & equipment containing other metals provided Iron is the main content. - Scrap White Goods
Major household appliances including stoves, fridges, freezers, clothes washers, dryers & dish washers. All refrigerators are required by the Environmental Protetion Agency (EPA) to have been drained of all the refrigerant. - Mixed Steel Can Scrap
Flattened or whole steel cans.This material is typically generated from food cans from municipal recycling programs. May contain Bi-Metal (aluminum/steel) beverage cans. CAUTION May not contain aerosol cans.
- Bundled Steel Can Scrap
Bundled Steel Can Scrap shall consist of compressed assorted flattened or whole steel cans with a minimum weight density of 75 lb./cubic foot. This material is typically generated from food cans from municipal recycling programs. May contain Bi-Metal (aluminum/steel) beverage cans. CAUTION May not contain aerosol cans. - Oil Filter Briquettes Oil Filter Briquettes
shall contain used or spent automotive or industrial oil filters that have been saturated with motor oil and shall have been compressed to a minimum weight density of 75 lb./cubic foot. - Mixed Scrap Iron & Steel
Assorted iron & steel scrap up to any maximum size, must be free of white goods & light gauge materials under 1/8" in thickness. - #1 Steel Scrap (HMS1)
#1 Steel shall consist of clean iron & steel with a minimum thickness of 1/4", and a maximum size of 60"x24", material handling compatible to feed a furnace charge box. This grade may include ISRI code 200. HMS Heavy Melting Steel - #1 Steel Scrap (2 foot)
#1 Steel (2 foot) shall consist of clean iron & steel with a minimum thickness of 1/4", and a maximum size of 24"x18", material handling compatible to feed a furnace charge box. This grade may include ISRI code 201. - Special Steel Plate Punching Scrap
Special Plate Punchings shall include clean, dry, uniform plate punchings suitable for ballast material or high density furnaces charging. Material must be free flowing and no piece shall be larger than 2" in any direction and a minimum of 1/4" in any direction. May be any shape provided that there are no protruding edges. - #2 Steel Scrap
#2 Steel shall consist of clean iron & steel with a minimum thickness of 1/8", and a maximum size of 60"x18", material handling compatible to feed a furnace charge box. - #2 Steel Scrap (2 foot)
#2 Steel (2 foot) shall consist of clean iron & steel with a minimum thickness of 1/8", and a maximum size of 24"x18", material handling compatible to feed a furnace charge box. - #3 Steel Scrap (Unprepared Bushling)
#3 Steel (Unprepared Bushling) shall consist of clean, uncoated steel clippings, stappings & sheet skeletons under 1/8" thick - #4 Steel Scrap (Silicon Bushling)
#4 Steel (Silicon Bushling) shall consist of clean silicon bearing steel scrap with a maximum thickness of 1/8" - #4 Shredded Steel Scrap
#4 Shredded Steel shall consist of course shredded steel scrap - Mixed Cast Iron Scrap
Mixed Cast Iron shall consist of assorted iron castings - Sorted Machine Cast Scrap
Sorted Machine Cast shall consist of sorted broken or unbroken cast iron machinery scrap, not to exceed 18"x18" - Sorted Automotive Cast Scrap
Sorted Automotive Cast shall consist of sorted broken or unbroken cast iron automotive scrap, not to exceed 18"x18" - Unclean Motor Block Scrap
Whole or particle cast iron auto or truck engines. Transmissions may or may not be attached. - Clean Motor Block Scrap
Clean Motor Block shall consist of stripped cast iron motor blocks, free of oil pan, pistons, and all foreign attachments. - Whole Prepared Scrap Car Bodies
Unflattened car bodies, with tires, radiator and battery removed, gas tanks acceptable but must be removed and punctured, (no propane tanks allowed). Engine and transmission may or may not be included. - Flattened Scrap Car Bodies
Flattened Car Bodies shall consist of prepared car bodies that have been flattened & stacked for transportation as auto shredder feedstock. Tires, radiator and battery removed, gas tanks acceptable but must be removed and punctured, (no propane tanks allowed). Engine and transmission must be removed. - Scrap Steel Wheel Rims
steel automotive rims without tires. - Mixed Steel Turnings & Borings
Mixed Turnings & Borings shall consist of assorted cast iron or steel turnings, borings or grindings. - Short Shoveling Borings
Short Shoveling Borings and Turnings shall consist of clean free flowing cast iron borings or steel turnings. Must be free of fluffy, tangled, springy turnings and free of lumps or clumps. - Steel Mill Scale
Mill Scale shall consist of magnetic iron surface scale produce while working steel. - Iron Oxides
Iron Oxides shall consist of clean sized iron and iron oxide particles or powdered material. Maximum particle size of -10 mesh. - Manganese Steel Scrap
Manganese Steel Scrap shall consist of non-magnetic manganese/steel alloy materials. May include Manganese Grinder Plates. - Other Scrap Iron & Steel
Other Scrap Iron & Steel shall include any iron & steel materials not covered in the other iron & steel grades.
Recovered Stainless Steel Alloys
- Mixed Magnetic Stainless Steel Scrap
Mixed Magnetic Stainless Steel Scrap shall consist of assorted solids of magnetic stainless steel. May contain common chrome steels and 400 series alloys including AISI types 403, 405, 410, 414, 416, 420, 430, 440. Chrome content to range from 12 to 16%, nickel content may be up to 2%. - Magnetic Stainless Steel Turnings
Magnetic Stainless Steel Turnings shall consist of assorted turnings, grindings or borings of magnetic stainless steel. - Mixed Non Magnetic Stainless Steel Scrap
Assorted Non-Magnetic stainless steel solids. May Contain common 18-8 alloy or 300 series alloys including ASIS types 302, 303, 304, 305, 308, 316, 321, 347, 17-7PH, PH15-7MO. Nickel content will range from 7 to 13% and Chrome will range from 17 to 19%. - 309 Stainless Steel Scrap
sorted AISI type 309 stainless steel solids. (also referred to as 25-12 alloy) - 310 Stainless Steel Scrap
sorted AISI type 310 stainless steel solids. (also refereed to as 25-20 alloy) - 316 Stainless Steel Scrap
sorted AISI type 316 stainless steel solids and shall have a chemical composition of 0.08% Carbon, 16-18% Chromium, 2-3% Molybdenum, 2% Manganese, 10-14% Nickel, 0.045 Phosphorous 0.030% Sulfur, 1.0% Silicon and the balance Iron. - 321 Stainless Steel Scrap
sorted AISI type 321 stainless steel solids and shall have a chemical composition of 0.08% Carbon, 17-19% Chromium, 2% Manganese, 9-12% Nickel, 0.045 Phosphorous, 0.030% Sulfur, 1.0% Silicon Titanium (5 x the amount of carbon) and the balance Iron. - 330 Stainless Steel Scrap
sorted AISI type 330 stainless steel solids. (also refereed to as 35-15 alloy) - Non Magnetic Stainless Steel Turnings
Turnings shall consist of clean turnings, grindings or borings of Non-Magnetic Stainless Steel. - Irony Non Magnetic Stainless Steel Scrap
sorted non-magnetic stainless steel with iron attachments (rivets, screws, bolts), May not contain more than 10% attachments by weight. - Nickel Scrap
consist of high purity Nickel scraps with a nickel content in excess of 98%. - Nimonic Scrap
consist of Nickel alloy scraps with a nickel content ranging from 75 to 80% and a chrome content ranging from 20 to 21%. May not include Nimonic 90 (WAC 7836) but may include Nimonic 75, 80, 80A ( WAC 7830, 7831, 7832, 7834, 7835 ). - Inconel Scrap
consist of Nickel alloy scraps with a nickel content ranging from 70 to 75% and a15% chrome. - Ni 60 Scrap
Nickel alloy scraps with a nickel content of 58 to 64% May include Nimonic 90 (WAC 7836), Thetaly PWA 651, GMR 235 (Allison ES-73640), PW A663, B-1900. - Hastelloy C Scrap
Nickel alloy scrap that contains a minimum of 55% nickel and 16% chrome. - Hastelloy X Scrap
Hastelloy 'X' scrap is Nickel alloy scrap that contains a minimum of 45% nickel and 22% chrome and 1.5% Cobalt. - Invar Scrap
Invar is Nickel alloy scrap that contains a minimum of 36% nickel - Heating Element Scrap
Heating element wire or bars containing Nickel alloy scrap that is a minimum of 25% nickel any may include common Stove Elements, Oven Elements. - Nickel Plating Racks
Nickel Plating Racks shall consist of insulated copper plating racks coated with nickel nodules. - Nickel Catalyst Scrap
Nickel Catalyst Scrap shall consist of nickel content catalyst scrap materials, May include common spent refinery catalyst. - 90/10 Cupro Nickel
a Nickel/Copper alloy Scrap. Minimum nickel content of 90% - 80/20 Cupro Nickel
a Nickel/Copper alloy Scrap. Minimum nickel content of 80% - 70/30 Cupro Nickel
a Nickel/Copper alloy Scrap. Minimum nickel content of 70% - Monel Scrap
a Nickel/Copper Alloy with a minimum 60% nickel content. - Chrome Scrap
Chrome Scrap - Cobalt Scrap
Cobalt Scrap shall consist of Cobalt & Cobalt alloy materials. - Stellite Scrap
Stellite Scrap shall consist of clean sorted Haynes Stellite (HS) solid scrap (excluding HS-27) with a minimum cobalt content of 50%. May contain HS-23, HS-25, HS-31, HS-36, L-605. Typical material will have a content range of 1-10% Nickel, 12-16% Chrome and 50-67% Cobalt. - Stelloy (HS 27)
Stelloy (HS-27) shall consist of Haynes Stellite grade HS-27 with a content of 30% Nickel, 25% Chrome and 30% Cobalt - Cobalt Catalyst Scrap
Cobalt Catalyst Scrap shall consist of cobalt content catalyst scrap materials, May include common spent refinery catalyst. - Molybdenum Scrap
Molybdenum Scrap shall consist of Mo (moly) content scrap materials. - M-1 Tool Steel Scrap
M-1 Tool Steel Scrap shall consist of common M=1 Tool Steel and has a chemical composition of 0.80% Carbon, 4.0% Chromium, 8.5% Molybdenum, 1.0% Vanadium and the balance Iron. Common items made of M-1 include woodworking tools, drills, taps, reamers, milling cutters, lathe tools, saws, routers. - M-2 Tool Steel Scrap
M-2 Tool Steel Scrap shall consist of common M=2 Tool Steel (also known as 6-6-2 alloy) and has a chemical composition of 0.85% Carbon, 4.0% Chromium, 5.0% Molybdenum, 6.25% Tungsten, 2.0% Vanadium and the balance Iron. Common items made of M-2 include boring tools, broaches, milling cutters, taps, drills, saws & lathe tools. - Alnico Scrap
Alnico Scrap shall consist of common Alnico alloy scrap consisting of Aluminum, Nickel, Cobalt, Iron, Copper and Titanium. Alcomax alloys should be kept separate. - Other Nickel, Cobalt/Stainless Alloy Scrap
Other Nickel, Cobalt/Stainless Alloy Scrap shall consist of assorted miscellaneous materials not included in the listed grades.
Recovered Electronic Components and Assemblies
- Electronic Scrapcircuit boards
- Ballasts
Used in flourescent lighting.
Computer Towers
Monitors
Motherboards
PCI, ISA and AGP cards
Memory Sticks
Printed circuit boards
Hard drives
Misc. Drives
Power
Supplies
Processors
Printers
Computer Cables
Keyboards
Mice
Copiers
Servers
Main Frames
Laptops
Pocket Pc's
Recovered Exotic Material
- Radioactive Steel Material Great care must be taken to keep radioactive materials out of the steel recycling stream. There have been several cases of steel scrap contaminated with radioactive materials getting recycled into consumer products.
- Radioactive Precious Metals Radioactive isotopes are commonly encased in gold or platinum in the line of research and medical treatment. These are tightly controlled, but on ocassion have ended up recycled into jewelry with detrimental results.
- Depleted Uranium Great care must be taken to keep these radioactive materials out of the steel recycling stream. Depleted Uranium is commonly found in military ordinance. For this reason it is advisable to avoid military scrap of unknown origin.