Safety is a core value at all our facilities. You will find our yards to be clean and run in an organized manner adhering to strict safety policies and procedure. In our daily activities, we embrace “think safe; work safe; home safe” for employees, customers, contractors and suppliers.
Personal protective equipment (PPE) will cheerfully be provided to all people dropping off metal at our yard. Your safety is our top priority.
Recycle metal equipment, office equipment and supplies instead of sending this material to a landfill. We also accept obsolete computer and electronic equipment. Opened Monday through Friday, Sims Metal offers a convenient outlet for recycling metal scrap.
Metal Collectors
We buy your scrap metal! Separate scales for ferrous and non-ferrous metals, gets you in and out quickly. Our friendly staff stands ready to help in offloading your loads, getting you back on the road in a snap.
Tow Companies, Auto Dismantlers
We accept unprocessed cars from individuals and businesses, which have not gone through the initial steps of removing fluids and batteries, or “depolluting” the cars.
We also accept processed cars from tow companies, auto dismantlers, repair centers, insurance companies, car parts stores, body shops and car rental centers.
Ask about our stationary car crusher!
Call us at 209-948-4000 for more information or send an email.
Contractors
Get paid for your jobsite scrap metal or metal from demolition projects. Drop off at our Stockton recycling center, or we can deliver roll off bins to your jobsite.
Production Equipment
Do you have oversized metal equipment? Retired machinery? No problem. We work with manufacturers to help them remove obsolete production equipment and decommissioned in-plant equipment. Sims offers hauling equipment to handle bulk metal items.
Sims recycles obsolete farm equipment for farmers in the surrounding area.
We also participate in the NRCS farm equipment replacement program that encourages farmers to replace older equipment with Tier 4 emissions-certified diesel-powered equipment. Includes “off-road mobile equipment used exclusively in agriculture” including tractors, loaders, bulldozers, harrowbeds, rough-terrain forklifts, harvesters, sprayers, sweepers, combines and swathers.
Find more information about the program here:
NAQI (National Air Quality Initiative, farm equipment replacement program)
We provide fork lift bins and roll off containers for ongoing metal scrap collection for manufacturers. Bins are used for steel, copper, aluminum and brass turnings, borings, cuttings, and general scrap. Typical customers include:
Metal window manufacturers
Machine shops
Metal fabricators
Heating and air companies
Aluminum signage companies
We pay top dollar for your scrap. You can come to us or we’ll come to you.
At Our Stockton Recycling Center
On-the-go tradesmen like our professional and speedy service. We cater to people selling non-ferrous scrap with a separate entrance and scale at our facility. You’ll find it convenient to bring your scrap to our Stockton recycling yard.
Metal Collection Bins for Your Jobsite
For large projects, or for metal collection at your jobsite or office, we offer multiple sized bins for ongoing collection of metal scrap. Most tradesmen prefer our small forklift bins used for collection of insulated copper wire, copper pipe up to 6 ft in length, heavy gage copper wire, heavy gage aluminum wire and more. We offer larger collection bins when needed.
Our Stockton recycling center is certified by the State of California to accept appliances that require special handling to ensure environmental safety. We accept refrigerators, freezers, washer & dryer, stoves, water heaters, air conditioners, furnaces and other appliances (white goods) from residents and appliance retailers.
We take this responsibility seriously and work with the State to stay up-to-date and complete required paperwork.
Material that Requires Special Handling (MRSH)
Call us at 209-948-4000 for more information or send an email.
Variety of sizes to meet all your needs. Convenient drop off and pick up.
Manufacturing Plants – use to collect non-ferrous manufacturing scrap including aluminum chips and cut-offs, copper wire and solids, stainless steel fittings.
Jobsite Metal Scrap Collection – for new construction or renovation work – plumbing and electrical scrap collection including copper and steel pipes, copper wire, stainless steel fittings, brass water meters and more
Site Cleanup – short lengths of angle iron, I beam, bundled rebar, loose rebar, corrugated steel roofing
Information on bin sizes can be found here.
Call today 209-948-4000 or send an email!
Doing a household cleanup or renovation? Bring your metal items to us to be recycled. We offer quick and friendly service. All driveways are concrete paved for easy access. Our staff will help with unloading bulky items. No appointment is necessary. We accept copper, brass, aluminum, stainless steel, cast iron, steel and iron.
Common items we accept from individuals include old appliances, computer and electronic equipment, water heaters, metal fencing, metal shelves, aluminum siding and gutters, metal window frames, aluminum cans, plus much more.
Send us an email with any questions.
Did you know?
We will pay you for your junk car. Call us at 209-948-4000 for more information.
All material suppliers will be required to provide a valid government issued photo ID (valid driver’s license or other official form of ID) to sell scrap metal to us.
Our scales are State certified and have digital outdoor weight indicators. Electronically generated scale tickets get you in and out quickly and accurately paid. We can provide receiving lists and account summaries as needed.