1936 Rettman Ln
Dundalk, MD 21222
Ph: 410-282-0068
Owl Metals Inc. invites you to call during business hours at
Phone:410-282-0068
Our Hours:
Monday-Friday:
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday:
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.
During non-business hours, you may contact us.
What We Accept
| Ferrous • Obsolete Equipment • Appliances • Beams • Baling clips • Busheling • Cable, fence & wire • Cast iron • Construction equipment • Demolition scrap • Farm machinery • Industrial scrap steel • Prepared # 1 & # 2 heavy melt • Prepared plate & structural • Sheet metal • Structural beams • Tanks larger than 100 gal. must have 3 ft. hole • Skeleton Scrap • Light Iron • Tin • Coils • Large Machinery • Oversized Steel | Non-Ferrous All grades of aluminum: • Aluminum cans • Aluminum extrusions • Cast aluminum • Painted siding • Sheet aluminum • Alum/copper radiators • Red Brass • Yellow Brass • Bronze • Mixed Brass • Refinery Brass • Catalytic converters • Copper # 1 & # 2 • Insulated/clean copper wiring #1 & # 2 • Mixed Insulated Copper Wire • Electric motors • Heater cores • Scrap lead • Radiators • Stainless steel-Nickle Alloys • High Temp Alloys • Transmissions • #1 Cooper • #2 Cooper • light Cooper |
We buy many items not listed above. If your unsure please give us a call and we
answer any of your questions.
What we don't buy:
| • Acetylene cylinders • Asbestos containing material (i.e. insulated pipe and transited concrete fiber board) • Back up power supply units • Ballasts • Capacitors • Cathode ray tubes • Closed compressed gas cylinders • Closed containers of any kind • Computer Monitors • Containers with free-flowing liquids inside or outside (tar, oil, gasoline) • Items containing Mercury • Flammable or combustible material |
• Fluorescent light bulbs • Fluorescent light ballasts • Material containing refrigerants • Munitions, bullets, military target range scrap, explosives • Microwave ovens • Paint cans • Pressure regulating valves • Radioactive material • Thermometers • Thermostats • Tin cans • TV’s |
UNACCEPTABLE & CONDITIONALLY ACCEPTABLE MATERIALS
This
document outlines materials that are not accepted at facilities and materials
that may be accepted if certain conditions are met. Common sense and best judgment
will be used to determine which materials can be managed in a safe and responsible
manner that minimizes risk and potential liabilities for all parties. Special
situations or requests for deviations are to be discussed and cleared with your
account executive. Our facility managers are available to answer questions or
to discuss concerns you may have.
| Material | CONDITIONS FOR ACCEPTANCE |
| AEROSOL CANS | Empty and punctured or crushed. |
| AIRCRAFT MATERIAL | Verified free of radioactive sources and no aluminum/lithium alloys or chemical residues. |
| Refrigerators, freezers, fluorescent lights, vending machines, etc.) | NA |
| ASBESTOS-CONTAINING SCRAP (furnaces, pipes, building materials, etc.) | NA |
| BALLASTS | If labeled "No PCBs" or documentation (i.e., analytical test results) supporting less than 50 ppm PCB concentrations, or if no label or documentation. |
| BARRELS, DRUMS, AND OTHER CONTAINERS | Empty, open to allow inspection, bearing no hazard or warning labels or placards that are not covered with a "Certified Clean" or equivalent decal, and containing no non-metal residual materials or fluids. |
| BATTERIES, LEAD-ACID ONLY | NA |
| BERYLLIUM OR MATERIALS CONTAINING BERYLLIUM | None |
| CAPACITORS | If labeled "No PCBs" or documentation (i.e., analytical test results) supporting less than 50 ppm PCB concentrations, or if no label or documentation, select facilities may accept if attached to a household appliance and facility has de manufacturing capabilities. |
| COMPRESSED/LIQUEFIED GAS CYLINDERS AND VESSELS (oxygen, propane, acetylene, argon, refrigerants, fire extinguishers, etc.) | Segregated, valves removed, depressurized, and rendered unusable. |
| DROSS, METALLIC | Certification and documentation that the dross is not hazardous and has been managed in compliance with applicable legal requirements |
| Electronics
without circuit boards or cathode ray tubes (monitors, televisions) are acceptable. If segregated from other scrap, select facilities may accept electronics with circuit boards and cathode ray tubes. | |
| GAUGES AND MEASURING DEVICES | Verified free of radioactive sources. |
| HEATERS, OIL-FILLED SPACE/PORTABLE, PRE-1980 | NA |
| HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT, PRE-1980 OR INDETERMINABLE | Documentation supporting that oil did not contain greater than 50 ppm PCBs and drained of free-flowing oil (or equipment was decontaminated in accordance with federal TSCA regulations). |
| LEAD-PAINTED SCRAP | Select facilities may accept if identified and segregated during unloading. |
| LIGHTING FIXTURES, OUTDOOR AND
INDUSTRIAL/COMMERCIAL (sodium/mercury vapor, metal halide, fluorescent, neon) | Free of capacitors or ballasts with PCB concentrations greater than 50 ppm and free of bulbs. |
| MAGNESIUM TURNINGS | NA |
| MILITARY AND GOVERNMENT SCRAP | Certification statement stating scrap to be free of explosive, radioactive, and hazardous materials. |
| NATURAL GAS PIPELINE SYSTEM COMPONENTS | Documentation obtained in accordance with TSCA regulations supporting that PCB concentrations are less than 50 ppm. |
| PAINT CANS | Open, empty and dry. |
| PUMPS, PRE-1980 OR INDETERMINABLE (sump, well, etc.) | Documentation supporting that oil did not contain greater than 50 ppm PCBs and drained of free-flowing oil (or equipment was decontaminated in accordance with federal TSCA regulations with Environmental Manager approval) and free of mercury-containing devices |
| RADIOACTIVE SOURCES (gauges and measuring devices using radioactive source material, medical equipment containing a radioactive source, cameras containing a radioactive source, underground pipe, etc.) | NA |
| REFRIGERANT-CONTAINING
SCRAP (refrigerators, heat pumps, motor vehicle air conditioners, window and terminal air conditioners, water coolers, dehumidifiers, etc.) | Certification upon delivery or prior to shipment that refrigerant has been removed or leaked prior to shipment |
| SCRAP CONTAINING EXCESSIVE TRASH OR NON-METALLIC RECYCLABLES | NA |
| SCRAP CONTAINING FLUIDS (oil, fuel, coolant, antifreeze, cutting oil, hydraulic oil, solvents, etc.) | All fluids to be drained prior to delivery. |
| SHELLS,
MUNITIONS (brass shells, munitions casings, etc.) | Segregated from other commodities and discharged or otherwise spent |
| TANKS,
ABOVEGROUND AND UNDERGROUND STORAGE (mobile, portable, fixed) | A minimum of 3-foot square hole at both ends and thoroughly cleaned of liquids and gases (odor free). |
| TIRES | NA |
| TRANSFORMERS | Dry type or Documentation supporting that oil did not contain greater than 50 ppm PCBs and drained of free-flowing oil (or equipment was decontaminated in accordance with federal TSCA regulations). |
| USED OIL FILTERS | NA |
| VEHICLES | NA |
| WASTE, HAZARDOUS OR TOXIC (as defined by Federal, State, or Local regulations) | NA |
| WIRE/CABLE | Free of asbestos and/or PCBs |
