J&K Salvage

Since 1995, J&K Salvage has worked to become York County’s premier recycler of ferrous and non-ferrous metals. Based out of York, PA we operate York County’s only shredding facility which allows us to provide competitive pricing to our customers. Our shredder can recycle 300 automobiles daily and up to 5,000 tons of material monthly. We offer custom tailored solutions to your scrap metal recycling needs with our extensive marketplace knowledge. Our goal is to establish and maintain long term relationships with businesses in our community. The recycled metal processed here helps to stimulate the economy by providing jobs for local residents and to supply reusable resources for both domestic and international metal manufacturers.

We serve Adams, Baltimore, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, and York counties. Our J&K Salvage facility has the right equipment to handle and process your scrap metal soon after its arrival. Forklifts, front end and hydramac skid steer loaders are used to transport your scrap to our shredder. For long or difficult items, a full complement of shears, saws, and bailers enable us to efficiently handle all of your ferrous or non-ferrous needs. J&K Salvage has a large maintenance shop to maintain the collection fleet and all other equipment necessary for the processing of scrap metal. Bailed scrap can be easily inventoried or loaded onto a trailer for shipment to various primary or secondary smelting operations.

Integrity:

Our goal is to provide you with the best possible service by operating a reputable business.J&K Salvage complies with all laws to process your material safely.We work directly with law enforcement officials to deter scrap theft and to eliminate purchasing stolen materials. We are constantly updating our software and processes to enforce these practices.Our equipment is maintained and updated on a daily basis to promote a safe environment to our employees and to our customers.Our weigh scales are calibrated by the required regulations to ensure you are getting the money you deserve.

J&K Salvage’s largest, most productive and costly piece of equipment is the shredder. It produces the prime commodity in the recycling steel market, turning an automobile into fist sized pieces of scrap in less than a minute. White goods such as stoves, washers, dryers, refrigerators and freezers (Freon removed), sheet metal, and other lightweight metal objects are shredded with cars. The shredder processes this material and extracts ferrous (magnetic) metal. In addition, non-ferrous or non-magnetic metals such as copper, aluminum, brass, and zinc are also recovered. Another byproduct of the shredding process is fluff that contains the rubber, upholstery, stuffing, plastics, and other non-recyclable components. This material is routed for further processing by an eddy current machine that extracts the remaining metals. Confidential and security sensitive bulky items from various governments and agencies are also shredded.

J&K Salvage takes its role as an environmentally responsible company seriously. Our ongoing commitment to the environment means that we meet or exceed the requirements of environmental regulations concerning the safety of the land it occupies. Environmental studies are routinely commissioned to ensure that it complies with all new regulations.J&K Salvage takes great pride in the key role it plays in reducing land pollution. Every day, Americans contribute to the destruction of our environment by discarding every conceivable form of waste. As a processor of scrap metal, J&K Salvage converts metallic solid waste into a recyclable commodity thereby reducing pressure on existing landfills and preserving the natural beauty of the landscape. J&K Salvage is structured to utilize all procedures necessary to avoid adding potentially harmful contaminants to the environment. We are an industry leader by making sure all products recovered by J&K Salvage are recycled to the fullest extent to ensure no material has to be taken to landfills. J&K Salvage also plays a role as an innovator and investor, continually seeking out and investigating new opportunities in the recycling industry. J&K utilizes an area close to 30 acres in size. The area is almost completely covered in concrete or black top. This is known as Impervious surfaces(1) With this comes storm water run off that needs to be addressed and at J&K we have proactively placed grease and oil separators(2) at all storm water outfalls and we monitor our water discharge monthly to ensure our discharge is within the requirements set forth from the government. As in best management practices. We have two street sweepers that we use for keeping the area clean and free of debris that could create a problem with sediment run off and flat tires. we also have these to rent for parking lot clean ups or any large clean up. See this in our service section.

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