Welcome to Colorado Iron & Metal, Inc.

Open to the Public - Two Locations to Serve Your Recycling Needs

We Pay Cash for Your Recyclable Metals

Serving Scrap Metal Recycling for Colorado And Wyoming

Our scrap metal recycling facility is one of the largest metal recycling centers in Northern Colorado.

We recycle all types of metal from small bags of aluminum cans to large amounts of bulk scrap metal.

All you have to do is walk in, drop off your junk metal or cans and get paid for it. We serve commercial and industrial customers with onsite pick-up available. For larger jobs, roll-offs, recycling containers or recycling bins are also available. We have the largest variety and size of containers in Northern Colorado.

We have metal processing equipment to shear, shred, chop, strip, or bale your scrap metal as well as bulk load, unload, or haul any metal large or small

** Colorado Iron & Metal has a 500lb minimum on scrap steel before we can pay out money

Cash for Scrap

Colorado Iron & Metal is one of Northern Colorado’s largest recycling centers. Our scrap 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 bulk scrap metal. All you have to do is walk in, drop off your junk metal or aluminum cans and get paid for it.

If you have bulk scrap, Colorado Iron & Metal also provides roll-off and container services, complete with pick-up, to haul the metal for you. From 90-yard containers to open-top trailers, we’ve got what it takes to handle any job. All you have to do is collect the scrap and watch your recycling “cents” pile up!

Scrap 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.

*** Call before bringing equipment with fluids, paper, cardboard, shock absorbers ***

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 bulk scrap, we also provides roll-off and container services, complete with pick-up, to haul the metal for you.

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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 scrap metal recycling.

Links

ISRI.org

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.

Scrap.org

Scrap Magazine

Scrap is the bimonthly magazine of ISRI, a trade association that process, broker, and consume scrap commodities, including ferrous and nonferrous metals, paper, glass, textiles, rubber, and plastics.

Cigna.com (https://www.cigna.com/legal/compliance/machine-readable-files)

This link leads to the machine-readable files that are made available in response to the federal Transparency in Coverage Rule and includes negotiated service rates and out-of-network allowed amounts between health plans and healthcare providers. The machine readable files are formatted to allow researchers, regulators, and application developers to more easily access and analyze data.