What We Buy

We Buy Ferrous and Nonferrous Scrap Products.

Staiman Recycling produces a variety of high-quality ferrous-scrap products for foundry and steel-mill melting applications. We utilize effective process management and state-of-the-art technology and equipment to deliver quality, consistency, and reliability.

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FERROUS

Staiman Recycling produces a variety of high-quality ferrous-scrap products for foundry and steel-mill melting applications. We utilize effective process management and state-of-the-art technology and equipment to deliver quality, consistency, and reliability.

Steel
Light Iron
Machinery Cast
Heavy Breakable Cast
Cupola Cast
Auto Motors
Automobiles
Appliances
Scrap Rail
Other Track Material (OTM)

STEEL

Staiman Recycling is a trusted and preferred supplier of a substantial volume of raw material to steelmakers. Our standard products are shown below. Contact Us for specific product questions.

Steel Heavy*

Light Iron

Plate & Structural

Heavy Breakable Cast

Auto Motors

Automobiles

Cupola Cast

Appliances

Beams

Steel Sheet

* Heavy Melt Steel generally has 2 classifications. #1 Prepared, and Unprepared. #1 Prepared Heavy Melt Steel consists of at least 1/4″ thick steel cut into no more than 2ft x 5ft sections. Unprepared material is just as the name suggests, large pieces of unprepared Steel and machinery. The Steel should be clean and free of any dirt, debris, or attachments. There should be no Copper, Aluminum, Brass, and Bronze, or Stainless Steel attached to the Steel. Cut up pieces of Large Scrap Machinery, Scrap Excavator Buckets, Scrap Excavator tracks, Clean vehicle rims (small and large), and anything that follows the criteria but is not Prepared Plate and Structure.

NONFERROUS

Copper
Bare Bright
No. 1 Copper Wire
No. 2 Copper Wire
Light Copper
#1 Insulated Copper Wire
#2 Insulated Copper Wire
#3 Insulated Copper Wire
CATV
CATV Coated
CATV with Iron
Copper Bearing
Copper Transformers
Electric Motors
Sealed Units
Greenboard
Brass
Red Brass
81 Metal (semi-red)
Irony Brass
Yellow Brass
Car Radiators
Irony Car Radiators
Heater Cores
Zinc
Stainless Steel
316 Stainless Steel
304 Stainless Steel
Irony Stainless steel
Carbide Inserts and Tips
Stainless Steel Turnings
Tool Steel
Aluminum
Aluminum Cans
Aluminum Sheets
Aluminum Foil
Aluminum Cast
Aluminum Siding
Insulated ACSR
Aluminum Clip
Aluminum Litho
Aluminum Extrusions 10/10
Aluminum Thermal Extrusions
Irony Aluminum
Aluminum Wire EC Bare
Aluminum Transformers
Aluminum Die Cast
Irony Aluminum Die Cast
Aluminum Radiators
Irony Aluminum Radiators
Irony Aluminum Copper Radiators
Aluminum Copper Radiators
Aluminum Car Rims
Aluminum Truck Rims
Aluminum CATV
Insulated Aluminum EC wire
Batteries
Batteries
Industrial Batteries
Lead
Soft Lead
Lead Wheel Weights
Lead Shot

COPPER

Staiman Recycling buys, sells, and processes all types of copper products for mills, foundries, smelters, and refiners with attention to quality and consistency. One of the east coast’s leading wire and cable processors, Staiman Recycling produces large volumes of insulated copper wire and other types of copper scrap. We sell copper in a variety of forms including chops, wire, solids, turnings, and bus bar.

Bare Bright

Copper # 1

Copper # 2

Light Copper

Insulated Wire

Insulated Wire

Bearing Scrap

Christmas Lights

Aluminum BX Wire

Sealed Unit

Copper Transformers

Electric Motors

BRASS

Staiman Recycling buys, sells, and processes all types of brasses. Our standard products are shown below. Contact us for specific product questions.

Red Brass

Semi-Red Brass

Yellow Brass Turnings

Yellow Brass

Brass Shells

Brass Heater Cores

Brass Radiators

STAINLESS

Staiman Recycling buys, sells, and processes all types of stainless products. Our standard products are shown below. Contact us for specific product questions.

304 Stainless Steel

316 Stainless Steel

Carbide Inserts & Tips

Stainless Turnings

ALUMINUM

Staiman Recycling buys, sells, and processes all types of aluminum products. Our standard products are shown below. Contact us for specific product questions.

Aluminum Cans

Aluminum Sheet

Aluminum Foil

Aluminum Cast

Aluminum Siding

Aluminum Clip

Aluminum Litho

Aluminum Extrusions

Thermal Extrusions

Aluminum Turnings

ACSR Wire

Aluminum Radiators

Aluminum Radiators

Aluminum Car Rims

Aluminum EC Wire

Insulated  Wire

LEAD

Staiman Recycling buys, sells, and processes all types of lead products. Our standard products are shown below. Contact us for specific product questions.

Lead Scrap

Lead Wheel Weights

Lead Acid Batteries

FIBER

Staiman Recycling buys, sells, and processes all types of fiber products. Our standard products are shown below. Contact us for specific product questions.

Hard White
Manifold White
Manifold Colored
Double Lined Kraft
Office Paper
Coated Book
News Blank
Magazines
News Paper
Corrugated
Cardboard

Corrugated Cardboard

Office Paper

News Print

E-SCRAP

Staiman Recycling buys, sells, and processes all types of e-scrap products. Our standard products are shown below. Contact us for specific product questions.

Cell Phones
Hard Driver Boards
Memory Chips
Green Boards
RAM boards
Finger Cards
Tinned Memory
Slot Cards
Processors
Power Supplies
Gold Plug-ins
Motherboards
Aluminum &
Copper Heat Sinks

Cell Phones

Mother Boards

Heat Sinks

Memory Chips

EXCLUDED

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO OUR CUSTOMERS

Affirming our support of and compliance with Federal and State environmental and hazardous substance regulations and employee “right to know” laws, NO Staiman Recycling facility will accept the following items:

  • Closed containers of any type
  • All scrap pipe used for hydraulic fracturing with detonating charges
  • Cans and/or any other containers suspected of containing liquid, powder, gases, fumes, etc., that may be considered hazardous or potentially hazardous
  • Metallic scrap contaminated with hazardous substances or hazardous materials
  • Transformers of any type without documentation stating that they are empty and do not contain PCBs
  • Liquids or fluids, except for batteries that are in good condition
  • Cracked or leaking batteries
  • Nickel-cadmium batteries
  • Alkaline batteries
  • Switches or other equipment containing liquid mercury
  • Equipment containing pressurized refrigerant gases such as CFCs or HCFCs
  • Radioactive materials or radioactively contaminated materials
  • Compressors (unless removed from appliances)
  • Asbestos-containing materials
  • Any PCB-containing or PCB-contaminated equipment, piping, storage vessels, or other materials
  • Metal materials with significant non-metal materials loosely associated (not an incorporated part of the recyclable metal material). Examples include:
    • Glass
    • Plastic
    • Concrete
    • Bricks
    • Soil
    • Insulation
  • Residual waste as defined in the Pennsylvania Residual Waste Regulations
  • Hazardous waste as defined in the Pennsylvania Hazardous Waste Regulations
  • Microwave Ovens
  • All fluorescent fixtures (unless ballasts, bulbs, and mercury switches have been removed)
  • Military scrap (i.e., projectiles, shell casings, etc.) that is not de-activated and certified.
  • Hospital/medical scrap (unless written certification indicates that this material is free of radioactive material)
  • Computer Monitors
  • Televisions
  • Lead dust