Scrap Metal Materials We Buy
Universal Service Recycling Inc. is a leading purchaser of scrap metal in Central Valley, California. We buy Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metals, Copper, Aluminum, Brass, and Steel.
In compliance with CA state law AB1778, CRV materials over $100 in value require:
- Valid CA driver’s license, valid CA ID card issued by DMV, or valid federal government-issued ID card containing a photograph & address.
- Payment is by check at the time of sales. For frequent customers (5 or more transactions on 5 or more different days per month), payment is by cash at the time of sales.
In compliance with CA state law SB691, all non-ferrous materials require:
- Valid CA driver’s license, valid CA ID card issued by DMV, or valid federal government-issued ID card containing a photograph & address.
- A photograph of the seller with his/her materials and a thumb print must be obtained.
- Seller must sign a statement of ownership.
- Payment is by cash after 3 days. For frequent customers (5 or more transactions on 5 or more different days per month), payment is by cash at the time of sales.
- Photos & records of sales will be submitted to law enforcement agency for periodic review.
As a purchaser of scrap metal, we pay for the recycled metal you want to sell!
We purchase the following metal products:
Appliances
Automobiles
Bailing clips
Busheling
Cable, fence and wire
Cast iron
Construction equipment
Demolition scrap
Farm Machinery
Industrial scrap steel
Machine shop turnings
OTM (Other track material)
Prepared #1 and #2 heavy melt
Prepared plate and structural
Railroad scrap
Sheet metal
Structural beams
Tanks larger than 100 gal must have 3 ft. hole
Unprepared steel
All grades of aluminum including:
– Aluminum cans
– Aluminum extrusions
– Cast aluminum
– Painted siding
– Sheet aluminum
– Auto and truck batteries (casings cannot be cracked)
– Brass plumbing, fixtures, faucets and fittings
– Catalytic converters
– Copper #1 and #2
– Copper sheets
– California Redemption Value (CRV)
– Aluminum cans
– #1 PETE Plastic
– #2 HDPE Plastic
– Glass
– Insulated copper wiring #1 and #2
– Electric motors
– Heater cores
– Lead
– Scrap lead
– Radiators
– Stainless steel
– Steel
Brass ammunition or spent rounds
Capacitors
Cardboard
Closed compressed gas cylinders
Closed containers of any kind
Containers with free-flowing liquids in or outside (tar, oil, gasoline, etc.)
Explosive materials
Gas tanks without a visible 8″ x 8″ hole cut in bottom of tank
Material containing PCBs, refrigerants or mercury
Paint cans
Paper
Propane, oxygen or acetylene tanks or bottles (must have 8″ x 8″ hole cut in tank
Radioactive material
Rims with tires
Rubber
Thermostats
Wood