Founded in 1925, Covington Metals Company is a locally owned metal recycling facility that offers top dollar for
scrap metal and aluminum cans. As a full-service scrap yard and metal recycling center, we buy all types of
scrap metal and we offer the best pricing on all metals.
Backed by 3 generations of experience in the industry, our team has the knowledge and expertise to provide top dollar for any type of scrap metal.
To ensure you receive a fair price and the best service, we use digital scales to weigh all metal, and we pay by
cash or check on the spot.
Covington Metals Company, LLC uses state of the art recycling software to stay 100% in compliance with new
legislation passed in 2012 by the state of Alabama regarding operation standards for secondary metal recyclers. Our scales used in the purchasing of your scrap metal are state certified annually by the State Department of Agriculture Weights and Measures.
At Covington Metals we adhere to a strict code of ethics that has been passed down through our family for over
5 generations. We pride ourselves in giving our customers the service they demand with a competitive price they deserve for all their scrap metal.
Covington Metals was started in 1925 by James' great grandfather Huey Richard Jones. "Junk" or "Papa Pink" as most people knew him began his recycling business to help subsidize his farm he had in Conecuh County, Al. His business, originally called Andalusia Hide and Junk Company, not only bought and recycled scrap metal, but also animal hides, bones, bees wax, among others things of value that could be reused or converted into something else.
When James' father, Massey Brown Jones, returned from the Marines in 1946 after World War II he started a scrap business in Monroeville, Al. He remained in business there until his grandfather's failing health led him to close the yard in Monroeville and move back to Andalusia to be with his grandfather and run the scrap business there. After the Korean Conflict Brown's brother Gillis returned from the war at which time they formed a joint partnership in Andalusia Hide and Junk Company. In the early 1960s they reopened the scrap yard in Monroeville and continued to run both businesses until Brown's retirement in 1982. At that time Gillis took over the Monroeville yard and James the Andalusia yard. It was at that time it was renamed Covington Metals Company.
James' son Jim joined the business in 2005 after attending Auburn University. Jim is the 5th generation of the Jones family to run the recycling business.
At Covington Metals Company we like to say that scrap metal recycling is in our blood. Not only is it a way of life, it is our "Scrap Life ™".
At Covington Metals we can provide roll-off container service for our industrial customers and those individuals with a large amount of metal to recycle.
No | Material Name |
---|---|
Batteries | |
1 | Auto Batteries |
Electronics | |
2 | Low Grade Boards |
3 | Memory |
4 | PC Boards |
5 | PC Tower |
Metal | |
6 | Radiators |
7 | #1 Bare Bright Copper Wire |
8 | #1 Copper Tubing |
9 | #2 Copper Tubing |
10 | Aluminum Cans |
11 | Brass |
12 | Cast Iron |
13 | Scrap Iron |
14 | Tin |