Scrap Metal Acceptance Policy
In order to comply with existing Federal, State and Local Safety and Environmental Laws and/or regulations, the following items will not be accepted at our facility:
- Asbestos or asbestos containing materials such as pipe or I-Beam insulation, brake shoes or pads, tiles, packing material and debris
- Air bag canisters
- Military scrap of any kind unless it is inspected and approved in advance
- Railroad scrap unless accompanied by the appropriate ownership documentation
- Unexpended Ammunition shells and any explosives or explosive materials
- Any radioactive materials or containers
- Compressed gas cylinders, including propane bottles unless they are cut in half or are punctured
- Oils, other petroleum products and petroleum by-products
- Any other hazardous materials, hazardous wastes, or universal waste
- Any regulated metal marked with the initials or other identification of a telephone, cable, electric, water, or other public utility, or any brewer
- Any utility access cover
- Any street light pole or fixture
- Any metal beer keg, including any made of stainless steel that is clearly marked as being the property of the beer manufacturer
- Any traffic directional or control sign
- Any traffic light signal
- Any regulated metal marked with the name of a government entity
- Any property owned by a railroad and marked and otherwise identified as such
IF PROHIBITED ITEMS ARE NOT REMOVED, THEY AND THE MATERIAL THEY CAME WITH MAY BE REJECTED. IN LIEU OF REJECTION, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT, AT OUR DISCRETION, TO PROPERLY REMOVE AND DISPOSE OF THE PROHIBITED ITEMS AT SUPPLIER’S EXPENSE