Welcome to Colorado Iron & Metal, Inc.
Open to the Public - Two Locations to Serve Your Recycling Needs
Fort Collins Location
903 Buckingham Street
(970) 482-7707
Summer Hours
March – November
M-F 8-4:30
Saturday 8-Noon
Winter Hours
December – February
M-F 8-4:30
Saturday CLOSED
Loveland Location
2929 N Garfieid Ave
(970) 667-4059
buys non-ferrous only
We Pay Cash for Your Recyclable Metals
Serving Metal Recycling for Colorado And Wyoming
We recycle all types of metal from small bags of aluminum cans to large amounts of industrial metal.
We serve commercial and industrial customers. For larger jobs, roll-offs are available.
We have metal processing equipment to shear, shred, chop, strip, or bale your metal as well as bulk load, unload, or haul any metal large or small.
Cash for Scrap
Our metal recycling services and specialty equipment gets the job done right! We recycle all types of metal from small bags of aluminum cans to large amounts of scrap metal. All you have to do is walk in, drop off your unwanted metal, and get paid for it.
Metal Prices change daily, please call for current scrap metal pricing.
A valid government issued photo ID is required for all sales.
The following materials are prohibited by Colorado Iron & Metal, Inc. Facilities:
- Asbestos Containing Materials (ACM) – Colorado Iron & Metal, Inc. will not accept materials defined by regulations as ACM under any circumstances.
- PCB containing ballasts not accepted. NON-PCB are acceptable.
Batteries – Lithium-Ion, NiCAD & Alkaline batteries are not accepted. See conditional acceptance list for information on Lead- Acid type. - Capacitors – not accepted.
- Explosive or Combustible Materials – Colorado Iron & Metal, Inc. will not accept any type of explosive or combustible materials under any condition. Any load which is discovered to contain them will be rejected.
- Free-Flowing Liquids – Colorado Iron & Metal, Inc. will not knowingly accept free-flowing liquids of any kind, including water.
- Fly Ash– not accepted.
- Heaters – Oil filled/Portable/Space not accepted.
- Magnesium Turnings– not accepted.
- Mercury – Thermometers, thermostats, switches, relays, elemental, flame sensors, et. at, not accepted.
- Military & Government scrap – not accepted. See conditional acceptance list for information on Military & Government Agencies.
- Natural Gas Pipeline system components – not accepted.
- Perforating Guns – not accepted.
- Frac Pipe – not accepted.
- Radioactive Materials – Colorado Iron & Metal, Inc. will not accept under any circumstances. Examples include aircraft instrumentation, dental or medical x-ray equipment, or contaminated oil field equipment. Items with radioactive markings are subject to rejection. Colorado Iron & Metal, Inc. facilities have radiation monitoring equipment to detect a load containing radioactive materials. All costs associated with rejected loads are the responsibility of the seller/customer.
- Railroad Ties or Railroad Materials – Railroad scrap materials will not be accepted. See conditional acceptance list for information on Railroad Companies.
- Loose Tires – not accepted. See conditional acceptance list for information on whole vehicles.
- Tar or Grease Containers – Colorado Iron & Metal, Inc. will not accept tar or grease containers under any circumstances.
- Transformers – not accepted from public. See conditional acceptance list for information on Power Companies.
- Waste that is Hazardous/Toxic (as defined by federal and state law) – Colorado Iron & Metal, Inc. will not knowingly accept any type of hazardous substance or waste (e.g., paint, pesticides, water sealers, spent laboratory chemicals, etc.) nor containers with hazardous labeling unless the containers have been triple-rinsed and certified empty.
Container and Roll-Off Service
Colorado Iron & Metal offers a variety of bin sizes that can be placed at your business or construction site. If you have large quantities of unwanted metal, we can provide roll-off containers at your location.
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About Us
In 1995, Kent Garvin purchased Nelson Metals and changed the name to Colorado Iron & Metal. In the early years, CIM was a three person operation selling new steel, fabrication, shredding paper, and recycling metal. In 2014, Kent Garvin sold the business to his two nephews, Dan Garvin and Marty Garvin. Today CIM has nearly 20 employees and operates all along the front range with locations in Fort Collins and Loveland, and focuses on metal recycling.
Links
Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc.
ISRI, a Washington, DC, based trade association, represents nearly 1,500 private and public for-profit companies who operate at more than 6,000 facilities in the US and 30 countries worldwide.