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Colorado Iron & Metal is a front-range scrap recycler with a Fort Collins yard that buys ferrous and non-ferrous metals from walk-in customers and commercial accounts. The company offers roll-off service, metal processing, and cash payment for aluminum cans through industrial loads.
Services: Walk-in metal recycling · Cash for scrap metal · Roll-off container service · Commercial metal processing · Metal shearing and baling
Accepts: Aluminum cans, Ferrous metals, Non-ferrous metals, Industrial scrap, Commercial metal
What ID is required to sell scrap at Colorado Iron & Metal?
A valid government-issued photo ID is required for all sales at Colorado Iron & Metal facilities.
Does Colorado Iron & Metal offer roll-off containers?
Yes. The company provides bins and roll-off containers for businesses and construction sites with large metal volumes.
226 12th St
Fort Collins Automotive Salvage is a local salvage yard offering new and used auto parts, plus purchase of unwanted and wrecked vehicles. The yard provides towing and serves customers across northern Colorado with in-person parts sales and honest, timely service.
Services: Salvage yard · New auto parts sales · Used auto parts sales · Unwanted car purchase · Wrecked car purchase
Accepts: Used auto parts, New auto parts, Junk cars, Wrecked vehicles, Unwanted vehicles, Domestic vehicles, Foreign vehicles
What are the hours at Fort Collins Automotive Salvage?
The yard is open Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
Does Fort Collins Automotive Salvage buy junk cars?
Yes. The business purchases unwanted and wrecked cars and can arrange towing.
938 West Willox Lane
Scott's Used Parts is a full-service supplier of salvaged and used OEM auto parts serving Fort Collins and the northern Colorado region for over 50 years. The yard inventories parts daily from all major makes, offers warranties on recycled parts, and buys junk vehicles with free pickup.
Services: Used auto parts sales · OEM recycled parts · Junk car purchase · Free vehicle pickup · Parts warranty
Accepts: Used auto parts, OEM recycled parts, Junk vehicles, All makes and models, Honda parts, Domestic parts, Import parts
Does Scott's Used Parts buy junk cars?
Yes. They offer quick quotes and free pickup for junk vehicles in the Fort Collins area.
What warranty is offered on used parts?
Most parts carry a 90-day standard warranty, with extended 1-year, 3-year, and lifetime options available.
Based on the listings above, materials commonly handled in Fort Collins include Fort Collins, Auto Salvage, Used Auto Parts, Junk Cars, Engines. Browse the guides below for preparation tips, scrap values, and what's recyclable.
Fort Collins provides curbside trash, recycling, and yard trimmings through a contracted Pay-As-You-Throw program with Republic Services, and backs it with the city-run Timberline Recycling Center. The center splits in two: a free Everyday Recyclables Yard where each material has its own numbered container, and a fee-based Hard-to-Recycle Materials Yard for electronics, batteries, paint, and motor oil. Matching your load to the right yard before you go saves both time and money.
The Everyday Recyclables Yard is free and takes cardboard, low-grade mixed paper, commingled bottles and cans, glass, white office paper, and plastic bags and film. The Hard-to-Recycle Materials Yard charges a $5 entry fee, with additional fees on some materials.
Residents dropping off only antifreeze, batteries, paint, plastic bags and film, or used motor oil pay no entry fee. Antifreeze and motor oil are limited to 5 gallons per visit and must be free of contaminants, and paint is limited to 30 gallons in labeled, non-leaking containers.
Yes, in containers 8 and 9. Empty, clean bottles and jars of all colors are accepted and labels are fine, but metal lids should be removed and placed in the bin separately. Ceramics, bakeware, Pyrex, drinking glasses, window glass, mirrors, light bulbs, and fish tanks are not the kind of glass the center can take.
Colorado law makes it illegal to throw electronic items such as TVs, computers, and cell phones in the trash. Electronics go to the Hard-to-Recycle Materials Yard, where the $5 entry fee applies plus a per-item fee, though cell phones and landline phones are listed at no charge.
Wire, extension cords, holiday lights and other cables, small items that are at least 50 percent metal, and lawn mowers, snowblowers, and other small-engine items with the fluids drained first. Refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners and other Freon-containing items, pressurized containers such as propane tanks, and anything with a circuit board are excluded from scrap metal and handled as e-waste instead.
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