Scrap Metal Services, LLC (SMS) is a privately-held company, headquartered in Burnham, IL.  Founded in 2005, SMS has grown rapidly through diversification in scrap processing, steel mill services and intermodal truck, container and railcar dismantling, ship and oil rig recycling, as well as trailer leasing operations.  SMS buys new prompt industrial scrap from metalworking manufacturers and steel service centers and obsolete scrap from dealers, peddlers, demolition contractors, railroads, ship owners, trucking and equipment leasing companies.  SMS Mill Services, a subsidiary of Scrap Metal Services provides highly efficient and cost-effective scrap management, slag handling, and other support services for steel producing mills.  Scrap Metal Services Brownsville, is a world class ship and oil rig dismantling and recycling facility and licensed environmental remediation contractor.   SMS has become a recycling industry leader, committed to responsibly and efficiently serving its customers and the community with integrity and professionalism, in an environmentally safe manner.