Iron and Steel

Iron Recycling - As a commitment to our community we also provide a place for you to drop off your unwanted iron (ferrous) and steel items. Steel is the easiest to determine because of it's strong magnetic properties. Often you'll find older steel items to have a trace, or even possibly a significant amount of rust. This is because of it's iron base element. Without treatment or a protective coat, exposure to natural elements such as oxygen and water will rust iron very quickly. Popular items that will be recycled with our iron (ferrous) and steel include appliances, screws, nails, tin sheds, rain gutter and water heaters. Of course all these items will contain other alloys other than iron, most often just trace amounts that will define texture, strenth and hardness - usually called steel after this has been done. WE DO NOT ACCEPT REFRIGERATORS, FREEZERS, OR OTHER COOLING OR SIMILAR PRODUCTS. Recycling terms include shredder, #1 steel, #2 steel, iron and cast iron.

Although a magnet is a good reference in determining what will be defined as steel, there are other items that will have the same magnetic properties. Tungsten carbide and stainless steel may also be magnetic - although any magnetic stainless, usually 304 will be added to our steel material. Tungsten carbide is less common but found mainly in drilling or cutting tools and in most cases will have a dull black or grey look to it. If a drilling or cutting tool has a shiney silver appearance or old and rusty, this is almost a sure sign of this being a steel product.