Modesto Junk Company, Inc

Born in Russia and spending some years as a youth in Latvia, Alex immigrated to the United States via Ellis Island, New York, in 1913.  Initially, he settled in Stockton (due to family connections), then moved to Modesto and married the late Nettie Zeff. He started Modesto Junk Company at its original and present location in 1920. ”Junk”, as it was called then, and thus, the name today, was how one person’s waste became another person’s opportunity.  Rags, bones, newspaper, rubber and glass along with ferrous items (such as scrap iron) and non-ferrous items (like copper, brass, aluminum, stainless steel, and junk batteries) were purchased all throughout the area – primarily a farming and agricultural region.  During that time, Mr. Highiet drove his horse and buggy anywhere and everywhere he could to acquire “junk material”. In those early years, Modesto Junk Company also purchased and sold new and second hand pipe and steel, along with government surplus materials.  Alex and Nettie Highiet bore three children: Harvey, Martha, and Barry.

Recycle

• Recycle - recycling scrap metals, iron, tin, appliances, stainless steel, aluminum, copper, insulated and coated wire, brass, radiators, lead-acid batteries, cardboard, other metals, computer towers, monitors, TVs, e-waste, plastics and more!

• Reciclar – reciclaje chatarra, fierro metál, estaño, lámina, electrodomésticos, acero inoxidable, aluminio, cobre, cobre con insulación, latón y bronce, radiadores, baterías de carros, cartón, otros metales, torres de computadores, monitores, TVs, los desechos electrónicos, plásticos, botes de aluminio, vidrio y mucho más!

• Bins & Hauling - We provide bins & containers and trucking/hauling for farms, ranches, and commercial sites in Calaveras, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Tuolumne counties, and the Bay Area. Atwater, Lathrop, Manteca, Patterson, Tracy, Sonora, Stockton, Turlock, Yosemite? Call us!

Our Facility

Save Scrap For Recycling, got junk?, $AVE THE CAN$, and We want your junk. are some of our  company’s motto’s from over the years. Modesto Junk Company’s progressive growth and success from the World War II years through the millennium caused us to outgrow our facilities at various times. Although our company remains on its current site, it has expanded throughout the years to over two acres. In 1994, we went through an extensive and major rebuilding development to house ourselves in our current modernized scrap metals & recycle center facility. Dedicated in 1995, our current facility now incorporates scrap metal & recycling processing equipment to meet the demands of our customers, both local and international.

To The Valued Customers of Our Scrap Metals Recycle Center

In an effort to better serve you, protect our employees, secure our environment, safeguard the needs of our community, and to help ensure a safe and injury free workplace, please become familiar with the policy regarding hazardous materials at our scrap metals recycle center: Downloadable and printable Prohibited Materials PDF.

Whether implied and/or stated, all customers are required to evacuate all hazardous materials in tanks, drums, containers or equipment prior to arrival on our site. Such containers and equipment designated for scrap metal disposal must be evacuated/empty from flammable, combustible and/or any hazardous materials and liquids prior to arrival on company property.

We do not accept any sealed or enclosed tanks, tubes, or any other such container(s) that may be deemed hazardous. All tanks, tubes, drums, and containers of any and all types must be open or cut in half so they can be verified to have been evacuated/emptied of all liquids, vapors and other hazardous materials.

Roll-off Bins & Containers

We offer drop boxes/roll-offs, 20 yard to 40 yard containers, roll carts, tilt forwards, and our most popular 4×4 and 4×6 bins. Free drop box and container service available, along with the highest prices paid for your scrap metal, is available to most commercial and industrial customers. Call us today at (209) 522-1435 to see if you or your company qualifies.