Scrap Yards in Indiana

Columbus/Bartholomew Recycling Center

720 S. Mapleton Street

812-376-2614

Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The Columbus/Bartholomew Recycling Center on S. Mapleton Street takes sorted cardboard and commingled paper, plastics, metals and glass. It also takes residential e-waste, scrap metal and worn U.S. flags, with a $20 fee for TVs and monitors.

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Garden City Iron & Metal

5 Kenmill St.

1-888-586-5322

Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 9am-1pm, Sun closed

Garden City Iron & Metal is a Columbus scrap metal recycler that pays cash on the spot for junk cars and offers free towing pickup with its own tow truck. The yard also buys and sells used auto parts and accepts household and industrial scrap metal at its facility.

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Harrison Convenience Station

10293 Old Nashville Rd

The Harrison Convenience Station on Old Nashville Rd is a Bartholomew County rural drop-off that accepts scrap metal such as hangers, metal siding and metal satellite dishes.

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Paul's Auto Salvage - DeMotte

901 Orchid Street SE

(219) 987-4444

Paul's Auto Salvage in DeMotte is one of 13 Indiana locations of a company that has bought junk cars and sold used auto parts since 1976. The yard offers used engines and transmissions, cash for junk cars, and scrap metal recycling, with service available in Spanish.

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Paul's Auto Salvage - Elkhart North

29332 County Road 10

(574) 264-9222

Paul's Auto Salvage Elkhart North operates the yard formerly known as Tom's Auto Salvage and is one of 13 Indiana locations that has bought junk cars and sold used auto parts since 1976. The yard buys vehicles for cash and also handles scrap metal recycling.

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Universal Salvage Co

2408 N. Fifth Ave.

812-425-6238

Mon-Fri 7:00am-4:00pm (parts), 7:00am-3:45pm (scrap metal), Sat-Sun Closed

Universal Salvage Co is a licensed, bonded, and insured salvage yard serving Evansville since 1985, with a large inventory of used auto parts and competitive scrap metal pricing. It offers nationwide parts locating and buys industrial and commercial scrap metal including copper, brass, and aluminum.

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Paul's Auto Salvage - Gary

7100 West 15th Avenue

(219) 944-3233

Paul's Auto Salvage in Gary is one of 13 Indiana locations of a company that has bought junk cars and sold used auto parts since 1976. The yard offers free estimates for junk cars and handles scrap metal recycling in addition to its used parts inventory.

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Farnsworth Metal Recycling

3602 S Farnsworth Street

317-481-8501

Mon-Fri 8:00am-4:30pm, Sat 8:00am-12:00pm

Farnsworth Metal Recycling has provided scrap metal recycling for residential, commercial, and industrial clients in Central Indiana since 2000. The company pays for scrap metal, operates two locations, and follows local, state, and EPA guidelines for handling and processing.

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J. Solotken & Company

6701 English Avenue

317-638-5566

Mon-Fri 7:30 AM-4:30 PM

A five-generation family has run J. Solotken & Company in Indianapolis since 1914. The 140,000-square-foot yard buys copper, aluminum, brass, stainless steel, insulated wire, zinc, lead, carbide, tool steel, and high-temperature nickel and cobalt alloys from manufacturers, contractors, retail sellers, dealers, and brokers. Lead purchases exclude batteries. Furnace-ready scrap is sold to mills, foundries, smelters, and ingot makers. Deliveries are accepted Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at several receiving docks, with indoor unloading in bad weather. Shipping runs 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Drivers check in at the warehouse receiving office and need identification plus safety apparel and footwear. The company supplies roll-off containers, picks up scrap, grades high-temperature alloys, and mutilates end-of-life items so they are no longer usable.

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Zore's Recycling

1300 N. Mickley Ave. Building 5

317-244-0700

Family scrap yard at 1300 N. Mickley Ave. on the west side, buying metal from the public, contractors, and industry since 1927. Pays cash on the spot for copper, aluminum cans, appliances, electronics, and junk vehicles, and offers roll-off container service.

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Paul's Auto Salvage - Knox

10775 IN-8

(574) 772-4042

Paul's Auto Salvage in Knox is one of 13 Indiana locations of a company that has bought junk cars and sold used auto parts since 1976. The yard provides free estimates for vehicles sold to it and also handles scrap metal recycling.

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Newlon Metals Kokomo

115 W. Monroe Street

765-457-4768

Mon-Fri 7am to 4:30pm, Sat 8am to 12pm

Industrial shops, warehouses, and everyday scrap sellers all bring metal to Newlon Metals at 115 West Monroe Street in Kokomo, one of the company's two Central Indiana yards alongside Marion. Newlon has recycled ferrous and non-ferrous scrap for more than twenty-five years and runs drive-in service with quick turnaround times. Factory and warehouse accounts get indoor containers sized to each job, and commercial customers get roll-off containers on weekly, monthly, or as-needed pickup. The buy list reaches high-performance alloys such as cobalt-base, nickel-base, titanium, and tungsten carbide, along with copper, brass, aluminum, stainless steel, lead, zinc, and batteries. The Kokomo yard opens an hour earlier on weekdays than Marion, at 7:00 am.

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Paul's Auto Salvage - Kokomo

1010 S Ohio St

(765) 457-8620

Paul's Auto Salvage in Kokomo is one of 13 Indiana locations of a company that has bought junk cars and sold used auto parts since 1976. The yard offers free estimates for junk cars and handles scrap metal recycling in addition to its used parts inventory.

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Paul's Auto Salvage - Lake Station

1501 Lake Street

(800) 261-2789

Paul's Auto Salvage in Lake Station is one of 13 Indiana locations of a company that has bought junk cars and sold used auto parts since 1976. The yard provides free estimates for vehicles sold to it and also handles scrap metal recycling.

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RAW Auto & Metal

3300 Liverpool Road

219-962-5000

RAW Auto & Metal is a family-owned scrap and junk car yard on Liverpool Road in Lake Station, recycling in Northwest Indiana for over 30 years. It buys most metals, appliances, car parts, fencing, and junk cars, trailers, and ATVs from businesses and individuals. A sign inside the front gate sends drivers one of two ways. Scrap metal sellers stay in the vehicle, pull left onto the scale, weigh in, unload at the rear of the building, and weigh out again. Everything else goes right toward the garage past the main office, where the scale operator identifies the material and weighs it out. The office inside the main garage pays out. Vehicles need a title or proof of ownership, and pickup quotes are available for junk cars.

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Paul's Auto Salvage - Logansport

1834 18th Street

(574) 753-3644

Paul's Auto Salvage in Logansport is one of 13 Indiana locations of a company that has bought junk cars and sold used auto parts since 1976. The yard offers free estimates for junk cars and handles scrap metal recycling in addition to its used parts inventory.

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Newlon Metals Marion

654 Lincoln Boulevard

765-662-1305

Mon-Fri 8am to 4:30pm, Sat 8am to 12pm

Newlon Metals has recycled ferrous and non-ferrous scrap in Central Indiana for more than twenty-five years, and its Marion yard at 654 Lincoln Boulevard sits alongside a second location in Kokomo. Industrial and commercial accounts bring material here, and so do individual walk-in sellers. The buy list covers aluminum radiators, rims, cans, siding, and gutters, copper wire and tubing, brass plumbing fixtures and valves, lead wheel weights, stainless steel sinks and kitchen equipment, cast iron, steel appliances, electric motors, zinc, and car, lawnmower, and motorcycle batteries. Commercial customers get roll-off containers on a pickup schedule, and the company identifies alloys with a Niton XRF analyzer. Marion opens Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm and Saturday from 8:00 am to noon.

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Paul's Auto Salvage - Merrillville

6530 Broadway

(800) 261-2789

Paul's Auto Salvage in Merrillville is one of 13 Indiana locations of a company that has bought junk cars and sold used auto parts since 1976. The yard provides free estimates for vehicles sold to it and also handles scrap metal recycling.

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Paul's Auto Salvage - South Bend

3300 S. Main Street

(574) 289-1900

Paul's Auto Salvage in South Bend is one of 13 Indiana locations of a company that has bought junk cars and sold used auto parts since 1976. The yard offers free estimates for junk cars and handles scrap metal recycling in addition to its used parts inventory.

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Mike's Auto Wrecking & Towing

3030 4th Ave

(812) 232-3508

Mon-Fri 8am-4:30pm, Sat-Sun closed, 24/7 emergency towing

Mike's Auto Wrecking and Towing Service is a family owned Terre Haute business with over five decades of experience in towing, scrap metal buying and used auto parts. The company pays cash for scrap metal including old car parts and offers 24 hour towing.

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Paul's Auto Salvage - Terre Haute

2701 N 25th Street

(812) 232-9444

Paul's Auto Salvage in Terre Haute is one of 13 Indiana locations of a company that has bought junk cars and sold used auto parts since 1976. The yard provides free estimates for vehicles sold to it and also handles scrap metal recycling.

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Metro Auto Recyclers - Valparaiso

2155 W. Lincolnway

1-800-686-3753

Mon-Fri 8am-5pm CT

Metro Auto Recyclers operates this Valparaiso auto recycling facility, one of two Metro locations in Indiana, and has held Gold designation in the Indiana Clean Yard program since 2010. The yard sells used auto and truck parts and accepts vehicles through its scrap your vehicle program.

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