Recycling centers in Memphis

Family-owned scrap yard on E Person Ave, buying metal from the public since 1936. Drop off copper, brass, aluminum, stainless steel, scrap iron, wire, car batteries and e-waste, weighed and paid on site. The yard recycles on a concrete pour and offers container service for businesses.

City of Memphis recycling convenience center serving southeast Memphis at the Hickory Hill Community Center on Ridgeway. Residents drop off single-stream plastic bottles and jugs, paper, glass, cartons and cans. Plastic bags and cardboard are not accepted.

Iskiwitz Metals has bought scrap in Memphis since 1925, and the family still owns and runs the yard on Marble Avenue. Licensed, bonded, and insured, it serves residential, commercial, and industrial customers and belongs to the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries and the Tennessee Scrap Recycling Association. The yard buys and processes ferrous and non-ferrous scrap, including iron, steel, appliances, and computer parts. Free quotes come before any work starts, and roll-off container service covers larger jobs. Hours run Monday through Friday, 8 to 4, and Saturday until noon.

Household hazardous waste site off Farm Road between Walnut Grove and Mullins Station. It takes paint, automotive fluids, batteries, electronics and cooking oil from homes, with a 15 gallon or 100 lb limit per visit.

Pull-A-Part Memphis is at 2955 Farrisview Blvd, Memphis, TN 38118. Yard admission is 8:00am to 5:30pm every day, and retail sales run until 6:00pm. Regular admission is $2 and VIP admission is $1. You must be 16 to enter. Customer service is 901-543-5400.

U-Pull-It Auto Parts in Memphis, Tennessee is a self-service yard where customers bring their own tools and pull their own parts. Vehicles are set on wheel stands, and the yard provides free parts interchange, wheelbarrows, and engine hoists. It is open seven days a week, charges a $2.00 yard admission fee, and also buys cars and trucks in any condition.

Waste Solutions Inc. focuses on the recycling and disposal of electronic scrap, ensuring environmentally friendly practices and compliance with regulations. They provide services including on-site pickup and a certificate of destruction for disposed items.

Truck scales and ferrous metal sit at the Thomas Street yard, while non-ferrous metals go to a separate scale house down the street at 1554 Thomas. Worley Brothers buys scrap metal of any load size, including #1 and #2 copper, clean and unclean copper aluminum radiators, and A/C condensers. It also buys junk cars of nearly any condition, towed in or picked up, and sells used auto parts. Sellers need a valid government-issued photo ID for every transaction, and the yard requires fingerprints and notifies police of every vehicle purchase. Some metals are held 3 to 10 days before payment, and no one under 18 is allowed on the yard. Railroad spikes, grave markers, government property, and shopping carts without a store letter are refused. Auto parts yards also hire the crew to crush their old car inventory.

Worley Brothers Scrap Iron & Metal runs a non-ferrous scale house at 1554 Thomas Street in Memphis, separate from the ferrous truck-scale yard at 1636 Thomas Street. Sellers bring copper, brass, aluminum, stainless steel, insulated wire, radiators, aluminum wheels, condensers, and aluminum cans. Payment is cash. Every sale requires a valid federal or state picture ID plus fingerprints. Trash, dirt, water, paper, or other debris mixed into a load is turned away. Oxygen tanks, propane tanks, railroad iron, paint cans, food cans, aerosol cans, mattress springs, shopping carts without a store letter, and government or utility property are refused. Some metals stay on hold 3 to 10 days before the voucher is paid. Weekdays run 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Saturday 7:30 AM to 3:00 PM, and Sunday is closed. The company also buys junk cars, towed in or picked up, and sells used auto parts.