Mervis Recycling Decatur, IL

Located in Decatur, we are the area’s leader in full-service scrap recycling. Coupled with the largest stainless and alloy processor, our highly skilled staff can use central Illinois’s largest shear and bailing operations to custom design any type of scrap management program.

Hours of Operation

Monday–Friday: 7am–Noon and 12:30pm–4pm


******** Closed 11-28-24 and 11-29-24 in observance of Thanksgiving **********

Principal Services At This Location

  • Railcar demolition
  • Cut grades of scrap
  • Controlled chemistry scrap
  • Trailer and container services
  • Complete scrap management programs for ferrous and non-ferrous metals
  • Production tailored to the needs of heavy industry

Accepted Ferrous Materials

  • Appliances
  • Automobiles
  • Baling clips
  • Busheling
  • Cast iron
  • Cast iron borings
  • Heavy breakable cast
  • Industrial scrap steel
  • Machine shop turnings
  • Prepared #1 and #2 heavy melt
  • Railcars for de-racking and dismantling
  • Random-length scrap rail, OTM, and rail crops (with proper documentation)
  • Scrap construction equipment
  • Scrap farm equipment
  • Scrap machinery
  • Scrap railcars
  • Sheet metal
  • Structural beams
  • Torching scrap
  • Unprepared steel

Accepted Non-Ferrous Materials

  • Aluminum and copper radiators
  • Aluminum breakage
  • Aluminum cans
  • Aluminum extrusions
  • Auto and truck batteries (casings cannot be cracked or broken)
  • Auto radiators
  • Cast aluminum
  • Copper and brass content scrap
  • Copper tube #1 and #2
  • Copper wire #1, #2, and bare bright
  • Electric motors
  • Heater cores
  • High-temperature alloys
  • Industrial non-ferrous scrap materials
  • Insulated copper wire #1 and #2
  • Painted siding
  • Precious metals
  • Segregated aluminum alloys (1,000 / 2,000 / 3,000 / 5,000 / 6,000 series)
  • Scrap brass, plumbing, fixtures, faucets, and fittings
  • Scrap lead
  • Sheet aluminum
  • Sheet copper
  • Stainless steel
  • Transmissions

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