U.S. Shredder Installations Increase

After seven years and a lot of demand from our readers, Recycling Today has updated our comprehensive list of auto shredding installations in the United States. Through the course of our research, we find that there are 31 more heavy-duty shredders in the U.S. than there were in 1988, bringing the total number from 180 to 211. States which have gained auto shredding capability are Alaska, Hawaii and West Virginia. However, Delaware, Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming are still without auto shredders.

Because of increased shredding capability and a flat supply of auto hulks, processors report they are shredding other large metal items, such as appliances, to keep their shredders going. Although profits are being made, popular sentiment is that "they aren’t what they used to be."

The world population of shredders also increased to 651 from 589 in 1988, with shredders being added in Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Colombia, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Kuwait, Malaysia, Poland, South Africa, Sweden and Venezuela.

Auto Shredders in the U.S.

Alabama

Shredders Inc.-Wilson Scrap

National Tire & Salvage

Denbo Iron & Metal Co. Inc.

Auto-Shred Industries

Alaska

Newell Recycling

Arizona

Glendale Iron & Metal

EMCO Recycling

National Metals Co.

National Metals Co.

Arkansas

Yaffe Iron & Steel

A. Tenenbaum Co. Inc.

California

Adams International

Golden State Metals Inc.

A & S Metals

Ferromet Inc.

Clean Steel Inc.

Hi Top Steel

Schnitzer Steel Products Co.

Sims/LMC Recyclers

Hugo New-Proler

Colorado

The David J. Joseph Co.

Newell Recycling of Denver

Connecticut

Suisman & Blumenthal Inc.

Michael Schiavone & Sons Inc.

LaJoie’s Auto Wrecking

Delaware – none

District of Columbia

Washington, DC

Joseph Smith & Sons Inc.

Florida

Yorke Doliner and Co.

The David J. Joseph Co.

Montenay Power Corp.

Everglades Recycling

Sunshine Metals

Scrap Metal Processing

Auto-Shred Industries

The David J. Joseph Co.

North Star Recycling

Acre Iron & Metal

Georgia

The Loef Co. Inc.

Central Metals

Mindis Recycling

Newell Recycling Company

Auto Recycling

Addlestone International

Chatham Iron & Metal Co.

Southern Foundry Supply Inc.

Hawaii

Honolulu Recycling Company

Idaho – none

Illinois

Azcon Corp.

Midwest Metallics

Cometco

Cozzi Iron & Metal

General Iron Industries Inc.

Illinois Scrap Processing Inc.

Midwest Metallics

Proler International

Scrap Corporation of America

St. Louis Auto Shredding

Allied Iron & Steel

IBS

William Lans Son Co. Inc.

Indiana

Omnisource

Indiana Auto Shredders

Mervis Industries

Pielet Brothers

Mervis Industries

Dobrow Industries Inc.

Alcoa

Iowa

Alter Trading corp.

Alter Trading Corp.

Nichols Homeshield

Sioux City Compressed Steel Co.

Weissman Iron & Steel

North Star Steel

Kansas

Midwest Iron & Metal Co. Inc.

Kaw River Recycling

Kansas Metals Co.

Kentucky

Mansbach Metal Co.

The David J. Joseph Co.

Commonwealth Aluminum Corp.

Louisville Scrap Material Co. Inc.

River City Shredding Co.

D. Kirschner & Sons

Louisiana

Southern Scrap Material Co. Inc.

Auto Shred of Louisiana

Southern Scrap Material Co.

Mississippi River Recycling

Maine

Gimmel Industries

Saco Steel Co.

Maryland

Baltimore Scrap

The David Joseph Co.

Conservit Inc.

Massachusetts

Proler International

Brisco Baling Corp.

Shred Metal Inc.

Refuse Energy Systems

Tewksbury Auto Parts Inc.

Patriot Metals Co.

Michigan

Huron Valley Steel Corp.

Auto Shred of Michigan

Ferrous Processing and Trading

Winston-Morrow Corp.

Berman Metal Scrap

Brown Scrap

Louis Padnos Iron & Metal

Louis Padnos Iron & Metal Co.

Glick Iron and Metal Co.

Superior Metals

Kalamazoo Recycling

Summit Steel Processing Corp.

Sam Allen & Son Inc.

Fragment Products

Ferro Met Corp.

Sturgis Iron & Metal Corp.

Huron Valley Steel

Minnesota

North Star Steel

Mississippi

Friedman Iron & Metal Co.

Klean Steel Corp.

Missouri

St. Louis

Overland Metals

Montana – none

Nebraska

A. Ferer and Sons

Nevada

Nevada Recycling Corp.

New Hampshire

Madbury

Tewkbury Auto Parts

New Jersey

Camden

Camden Iron & Metal Inc.

Parkway Iron & Metal

Prolerized Schiabo-Neu Co.

Nimco Shredding

Cumberland Recycling

New Mexico

Albuquerque

Albuquerque Metals

New York

Brooklyn

Brooklyn Resource Recycling

Lieberman Koren Corp.

Advanced Metals Recycling

Gershow Recycling

General Motors

Gershow Recycling

Alcan

Union Processing

Proler International

Roth Steel Corp.

North Carolina

Charlotte

Southern Metals Co. Inc.

United Metal Recyclers

L. Gordon Iron & Metals Co.

North Dakota – none

Ohio

City Scrap

Luntz Corp.

Atlas Iron Processors

Luria Bros. Co. Inc.

Luntz

American Car Crushing

North Star Recycling

Omnisource

Metal Shredders Inc.

Wooster Iron & Metal

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Metal Processing Co. Inc.

Standard Iron & Metal Co. Inc.

Tulsa Metal Processing Co.

Oregon

Schnitzer Steel Products Co.

Pennsylvania

Luria Bros. Co. Inc.

Coatesville Scrap

Liberty Metal/Amsource

SPC Corp.

Consolidated Iron

Tube City

USS Achey

Royal Green

Penn Recycling

Rhode Island

Johnston

Metals Recycling Inc.

South Carolina

Darlington

Darlington Metals

Lockamy Scrap Metals Corp.

Addlestone

Industrial Metal Processing Inc.

Don’s Scrap & Recycling

CMC Owen Industrial Products

South Dakota – none

Tennessee

Alcoa

Southern Foundry Supply Inc.

The David Joseph Co.

Johnson City Iron & Metal

Southern Foundry Supply Inc.

Cozzi Iron & Metal

Mid-American Recycling

Sanitized Steel Co.

Steiner-Liff Iron & Metal Co.

Denbo Scrap Materials Inc.

Rockwood Iron & Metal

Texas

Pine Street Salvage Co.

Southern Iron & Metal

Commercial Metals Co.

Industrial Salvage Co.

Commercial Metals Co.

Newell Recycling

Newell Salvage Co. of El Paso

Anglo Iron & Metal

Valley Aluminum

Houston Junk Co. Inc.

Houston Metal Processing Co.

Proler International Corp.

Ross Industries

The David J. Joseph Co.

Chaparral Steel Co.

Golden Aluminum Co.

Newell Recycling Co.

M. Lipsitz & Co. Inc.

Utah

The David J. Joseph Co.

Atlas Steel

Vermont – none

Virginia

Davis Industries inc.

Jacobson Metal Co.

Shredder Product Corp.

Peck Iron & Metal Co. Inc.

Washington

American Recycling

General Metals of Tacoma Inc.

West Virginia

Wheeling

Automatic Recycling

Wisconsin

Sadoff Iron & Metal

Betten Processing Co.

Samuels Recycling

H. Samuels Co. Inc.

Milwaukee

Miller Compressing Co.

Wyoming – none

Total in U.S.: 211

World Auto Shredder Population

Country

Abu Dhabi -- 1

Argentina --1

Australia -- 10

Belgium -- 10

Brazil -- 3

Canada -- 20

China -- 1

Denmark -- 6

Finland -- 2

France -- 29

Germany --39

Greece -- 1

Iraq -- 1

Ireland -- 3

Italy -- 24

Japan -- 175

Korea -- 2

Kuwait -- 1

Malaysia --1

Mexico -- 4

The Netherlands -- 12

New Zealand -- 1

Nigeria -- 1

Norway -- 1

Russia (and former USSR countries) --4

Poland -- 1

Qatar -- 1

Saudi Arabia -- 1

South Africa -- 2

Spain -- 3

Sweden -- 6

Switzerland -- 4

U.K. -- 67

U.S. -- 211

Venezuela -- 1

Yugoslavia (former) -- 1

Total: 651