Common Questions

• What materials do you pay for?

• What materials do you accept, but do not pay for?

• What materials do you not accept?

• What are your hours?

• Why do you pay more for aluminum cans than other aluminum?

• How much do your containers weigh?

• Why do California recyclers pay more than Arizona?

• Do you pick-up?

• How often are your scales checked?

• Why do you need an ID? What types of ID’s do you accept? Why do you take a license plate number?

• Is an expired ID ok to use?

• Can I use my coupon more than once?

• Can I use my preferred customer card and coupon together?

• Do you plan to expand your cash for cans machines in the Valley and in Arizona?

• How often do prices change?

• What is clean material? What contaminates metal?

Aluminum Cans, Aluminum, Brass, Copper, and Stainless Steel Scrap (All Non-Ferrous Metals)

Steel, Paper and Cardboard.

Hazardous materials of any kind, materials with PCB’s, plastic, glass, burnt copper wire, capacitors, catalytic converters, unsealed compressors, and anything with oil or fuel still in it.

Our recycling yards are open Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm and Saturday 8am - 3pm. We are closed Sunday.

Aluminum cans are made from a higher grade alloy of aluminum.

We offer a variety of containers. Each has its weight clearly marked on the side panel.

California recyclers get paid a processing fee from the state of $.75/lb. That fee is paid for by California taxes.

We do provide pick-up service. Please call our office for details.

Every month Avery-Weightronix comes out and conducts a scale service to make sure that our scales are accurate.

Arizona Revised Statute 44-1642, Section 19-11.2 requires the following: (1) an Identifying description and weight of the specific material purchased (2) the date, time, and place of the transaction, (3) the seller’s name, address, physical description, including gender, height, weight, race, eye and hair color, date of birth, signature and a driver’s license number or a photo copy of a valid government issued photo identification card (4) the dollar amount paid (5) The number and state of issuance of the license on the vehicle used to deliver the material (6) the peddler license number or transaction privilege tax number.

No, once it is expired it is no longer a valid ID.

Sorry, no.

No, each method has a specific price tied to it.

Absolutely. We are in the process of placing 10 more machines in service in the Phoenix Metro area, and one machine in the following cities. Wickenburg, Casa Grande, Coolidge, Globe, & Miami.

Usually on a weekly basis. However, since all metals are traded market commodities they can change on a daily basis.

Clean material has no other alloys on the metal other than the grade being sold. For example, aluminum cannot have steel screws in the material and be purchased as clean. Contaminants of non-ferrous metals are steel, glass, rubber, and plastic.