SELLING IRON AND METALS
Mervis Recycling is happy to pay you for almost any metal, including common household items such as:
- Appliances
- Vehicles
- Aluminum cans
- Aluminum siding
- Tubing
- Copper or aluminum wire
The list of accepted recyclables is divided into two categories, ferrous and non-ferrous. Ferrous means “made of or containing iron,” and non-ferrous refers to metals or metallic scrap that do not contain iron. Steel is a ferrous material since it is an alloy made from iron and carbon. Common non-ferrous metals include aluminum, copper, lead, zinc, and nickel. The distinction between ferrous and non-ferrous metals is important because their separation is the first step in the recycling process.
IRON AND METALS WE ACCEPT
We accept ferrous metals including:
- Appliances
- Automobiles*
- Baling Slips
- 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
We accept non-ferrous metals including:
- 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 (1000 / 2000 / 3000 / 5000 / 6000 Series)
- Scrap Brass, Plumbing, Fixtures, Faucets, and Fittings
- Scrap Lead
- Sheet Aluminum
- Sheet Copper
- Stainless Steel
- Transmissions
* Vehicles can only be purchased with an appropriate title, and the title holder must be present at the time of the transaction. You do not need to drain any fluids or otherwise prepare your vehicle for recycling. Mervis Recycling will take care of the vehicle in an environmentally responsible manner.
Items Not Accepted
- Waste and nonmetallic materials
- Ballasts and PCB contained materials such as capacitors
- Oxygen, acetylene, and propane tanks and any other sealed containers
- Freon tanks
- Unpunctured automobile fuel tanks
- Any “closed container” that does not have a significant hole or opening
- Cans, drums, and containers with residual material(s)
- Unopened basement fuel tanks
- Ammunition or steel shot shells
- Safes and vaults
- Oil filters
- “Tangled” rebar steel
- Oil-filled Delonghi heaters
- Anything containing mercury
- Any oil containing transformers
- Any materials containing asbestos
- Radioactive scrap
- Microwaves
- Vehicles without proper title
IRON AND METALS ACCEPTED AT THESE LOCATIONS
Mervis Metal Recovery Troy, IN
11265 Solomon Road
Troy, IN 47588
Mervis Metals Danville, IL
222 Eastgate Drive
Danville, IL 61834
Mervis Recycling Crawfordsville, IN
5139 E State Road 32
Crawfordsville, IN 47933
Mervis Recycling Danville, IL
2313 East Cannon Street
Danville, IL 61832
Mervis Recycling Danville, IL
14 South Henning Road
Danville, IL 61832
Mervis Recycling Decatur, IL
1180 North 22nd St
Decatur, IL 62521
Mervis Recycling Mattoon, IL
612 N Logan Street
Mattoon, IL 61938
Mervis Recycling Springfield, IL
1100 South 9th Street
Springfield, IL 62703
Mervis Recycling Terre Haute, IN
1350 College Avenue
Terre Haute, IN 47802
Mervis Recycling Urbana, IL
3008 N Cunningham Avenue
Urbana, IL 61802