Recycling centers in Omaha

American Auto Parts has supplied greater Omaha for more than 50 years from a family-owned yard on North 16th Street. The facility covers over 100,000 square feet on more than five acres and stocks domestic and foreign used, remanufactured, aftermarket and new OEM surplus parts, from engines, transmissions and doors to radiators, differentials, transfer cases, tires and wheels. Fellow recyclers, garages, body shops and individual owners all buy here. Parts ship to anywhere in the continental United States, airbags excepted, and the full inventory is listed on an eBay store around the clock. The company also buys vehicles, and the site includes a Sell Your Vehicle page. The yard is open weekdays and closed on weekends.

Creative Reuse Omaha collects gently used arts and craft supplies and sells them at low cost to teachers, artists, and the public. The nonprofit shop at 1820 Vinton Street runs February through December each year, with drop-in workshops in mending, crochet, jewelry, and more. Since 2023 the group has diverted over 4 tons of hard-to-recycle art supplies from landfill.

Scrap Central moved to its 7-acre, all-concrete yard on North 85th Street in 2014 and weighs loads on a certified 90,000-pound truck scale and 5,000-pound platform scales. The second-generation family company, established in 2001, buys all grades of metal from industrial steel to non-ferrous, and a wire processing division launched in 2016 handles insulated copper wire. Digital scale readouts and transparent grading back a target of in-and-out visits in 20 minutes or less. Roll-offs, trailers, and luggers go out to manufacturing, construction, and demolition projects, with same-day container service and a 5,000-pound minimum for steel. Electronic recycling is also offered. Hours run Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

United Auto Recyclers stocks genuine used OEM parts at its South 60th Street yard in Omaha, covering drivetrain components, interior and exterior body panels, and accessories. The yard belongs to the Team PRP network, so its catalog extends past its own inventory.

U Pull It's north Omaha yard sits on Grace Street near the river industrial district. It runs on the same bring-your-own-tools model as the company's other yards, with an online inventory database customers can check before driving out.

The South 60th Street yard is U Pull It's south Omaha location, open seven days a week. Customers bring their own tools and pull parts themselves for savings of up to 70 percent off new part prices, and the same site buys vehicles and ferrous scrap metal.