Brenner Recycling

Brenner Recycling is a fourth-generation company located in Hazleton, PA. For more than 91 years, we’ve been a family-owned, hands-on, people-focused, service-oriented recycling business for our commercial, industrial and residential customers.Today, we employ approximately 20 associates at our state-of-the-art facility and process more than 30 million pounds of scrap material per year. Our hands-on approach, customer focus and recycling expertise help us to best meet your recycling needs.

We specialize in buying, accepting, transporting, processing and selling all types of recyclable products, including scrap iron and steel, nonferrous metals, cardboard, newspaper and electronic scrap.To transport your materials, Brenner Recycling operates a fleet of 4 tractors, 22 trailers, 3 container trucks and more than 150 load lugger and roll-off containers varying in size from 10 to 40 cubic yards. After preparing the recyclables to meet customer specifications, they are sold to mills throughout the Northeast.

Located in Hazleton, PA, Brenner Recycling is the only local, military veteran owned and operated recycling company in the city for households and businesses. From the smallest amounts of household scrap to the largest contracted construction or demolition projects, we specialize in buying, accepting, transporting, processing, and selling all types of recyclable products including scrap iron and steel, nonferrous metals, cardboard, newspaper, and electronic scrap within a 75-mile radius.

Our full scale recycling expertise, local community focus, and family atmosphere allow us to tailor our services to our customers' needs while offering top market prices.

History

After four generations of recycling, we refuse to scrap our family values.

In 1925, Brenner Recycling was founded by Maurice H. Brenner as a used auto parts yard which provided local mechanics and auto repair garages with quality used parts for their cars and trucks at affordable prices. Consisting of a small warehouse and the family homestead, Mr. Brenner soon ran out of storage space and began salvaging the scrap metal from the old cars and trucks he accumulated and sold it to steel mills for reprocessing into new steel.

In 1960, Maurice Brenner retired and his sons, Joseph and Myron Brenner, took over the yard with an eye towards expansion. By 1968, Brenner Recycling installed a 300-ton Richards Iron Shark shear which allowed the company to cut scrap automatically and improve production. In 1978, company growth continued with the purchase of a larger, 800-ton shear that could condense an entire automobile in less than five minutes. In 1990, Brenner Recycling entered its third generation when Joseph’s sons, Paul and Lenny Brenner, assumed leadership of the company.

In 2015, Lenny Brenner retired and Brenner Recycling entered its fourth generation of operations with the addition of Paul’s son, Jason Brenner. Paul, Jason, and Burt Rentmeister, the operations manager, currently operate Brenner Recycling. The Company is always growing and continues to offer fair and equal employment to people in the three counties surrounding Hazleton.

For more than 91 years, Brenner Recycling has continued to expand and improve its recycling services and capabilities with upgrades to our scales, fleet of trucks, trailers, material handlers, and shears. For example, in 1997 The Company added a 9,000 square-foot warehouse and installed a state-of-the-art Harris horizontal baler for the efficient baling of non-ferrous scrap metals and paper products. Simultaneously, the company has focused on creating a safer and more efficient environment for both our customers and employees.

Recycling

Brenner Recycling is proud to be a part of a process that serves an important role in our nation’s efforts to conserve energy and engage in more “earth-friendly” waste management practices.Recycling reduces the amount of waste we produce and reduces our reliance on landfills and incinerators. It protects our health and environment by removing harmful substances from the waste stream and helps conserve America’s natural resources by lessening our need for raw materials.

Our safety program includes:

• Comprehensive safety orientation for all new employees
• Monthly safety meetings for all employees
• Regular safety walkthroughs of our facility
• Providing each employee with the proper personal protective equipment, tools, support, and knowledge they need to safely perform their job
• “See Something, Say Something” - Empowering each employee to say something if they see an unsafe condition
• Zero tolerance for alcohol and drugs in our workplace
• Recording and reviewing every safety incident for possible causes, mitigation strategies, and lessons learned

Residential Recycling Services from Brenner Recycling

Residential and industrial clients with small scrap quantities may bring their materials to our facility in Hazleton, PA. Our paved drop-off facility is clean, organized, efficient and focused on safety. Using our state-certified scales, our friendly associates will quickly assist in unloading and weighing your materials. After your recyclables are weighed, we pay you top market value – in cash – right on the spot.

Materials We DO NOT Accept:

• Asbestos-containing scrap
• Ballasts – Unless labeled “No PCB’s”
• Sealed barrels, drums, and other containers
• Compressed / Liquefied gas cylinders – unless segregated, depressurized, and rendered unusable
• Explosive scrap
• Kegs, Railroad Material, Manhole Covers, etc. - unless sold by a commercial entity that would have a reason to rightfully own the property being sold (PA State Law).
• Paint cans – unless open, empty, and dry
• Radioactive sources
• Refrigerant-containing scrap
• Scrap containing excessive trash or non-metallic recyclables
• Scrap containing fluids – such as oil, water, antifreeze, solvents, etc.
• Sealed tanks – Tanks must have a hole and be free of liquids and gases (odor free)
• Transformers - Unless a dry type or certification that oil did not contain PCBs
• Hazardous or Toxic Waste