Steel, plate and structural
#1 heavy melting, plate and structural, light iron and baling scrap, cast iron, busheling, and rail and track material with documentation.
Scrap metal recycling and pickup across Central Pennsylvania
Recycling in Central Pennsylvania since 1897, from six yards in York, Harrisburg, Gettysburg and Lebanon.
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We buy scrap, process it and sell it to mills
CSR is one of the few scrap companies in the United States that has played a continuous role in recycling for more than 100 years. What our yards shred, shear and bale goes to steel mills and foundries as raw material.
Scrap pickup for businesses and homeowners
Commercial
Boxes and trailers delivered to your site, with no rental or hauling fees
- Free on-site recycling audit
- Roll-off and lugger boxes, van, dump and push-out trailers
- Full-service demolition and site clean-ups
- Appliance pickup, with refrigerant removed and written certification on request
- Metals, paper, plastics and wood
Residential
Drop it off at a yard, or we bring a box and haul it away
- Smaller loads: drop off at any of our Central PA yards
- Bigger clean-outs: we deliver a box, you fill it, we take it away
- Appliances taken at Gettysburg, Harrisburg, Lebanon and Vander Ave in York
- No rental or hauling fees on boxes
Don’t send valuable scrap to the landfill
Our Customized Scrap Management Solutions program starts with a free on-site recycling audit. We look at what your operation throws away and show you what we can recycle and pay you for.
Book a free auditPrompt payment and short hauls
More than a century in business means we pay our customers promptly. With yards in York, Harrisburg, Gettysburg and Lebanon, your material doesn’t travel far, which keeps your transportation costs down.
Schedule a pickupWho we work with
Businesses that produce scrap every week, and the crews that clear sites.
From yourdock tothe mill
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Scrap we buy
Ferrous and non-ferrous metals, cardboard, paper and some plastics, from a pickup-truck load to plant-sized volumes. Pricing changes often, so call for today’s price. What we buy
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Commercial recycling
Boxes and trailers placed at your site with no rental or hauling fees, a free on-site recycling audit, demolition clean-ups and appliance recycling for dealers, municipalities and trash haulers. Boxes and trailers
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Residential
Drop off smaller loads at a yard, or have a box delivered for bigger clean-outs. For appliances, we pay the scrap value minus the cost of removing the refrigerant. Find a location
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Brokerage
For recycling companies and large-volume customers with ferrous, non-ferrous or cardboard. Our brokers work the scrap markets every day and can give up-to-the-second pricing, and our mill, foundry and freight partners let us serve accounts across the United States.
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Raw material for mills and foundries
Shredded ferrous, bundles, heavy melting steel, plate and structural, busheling and turnings for steel mills and foundries. Zorba, aluminum, copper, brass, stainless and nickel alloys for refineries, smelters and ingot makers. Our 4,000-horsepower shredder in Harrisburg uses water injection and an enclosed airflow system to keep dust down.
Scrap we buy
Call for today’s price
Scrap vehicles
Bring a title notarized to CSR, with the gas tank and battery removed and all fluids drained.
Production clips, turnings and borings
Offcuts and machining scrap from your plant, collected in a box or trailer at your dock.
Copper, brass and radiators
Copper items and wire, brass, and auto and truck radiators.
Aluminum, stainless and alloys
Aluminum including baled cans, stainless steel, high-temp alloys and nickel, and lead and vehicle batteries.
Cardboard, paper and plastic
Corrugated cardboard, office and glossy paper, magazines, newspaper and mixed paper. Call first for plastic bottles, stretch wrap and HDPE.
Scrap pricing changes often. Call your nearest yard for today’s price.
We can’t accept anything containing PCBs, asbestos, radioactive material, electronics, airbag canisters, propane tanks with the valves on, or other hazardous waste. Steel cable must be cut to 5-foot lengths.
Scrap recycling made easy
We supply the highest quality ferrous and non-ferrous metal scrap to local, national and international markets.
Boxes and trailers
Delivered to your site. We don’t charge rental or hauling fees.
Roll-off boxes
- 30 cu yd · 24′ long × 96″ wide × 62″ high
- 40 cu yd · 24′ long × 96″ wide × 72″ high
- 52 cu yd · 26′ long × 96″ wide × 89″ high
- 84 cu yd · 40′ long × 102″ wide × 87″ high
Lugger boxes
- 6 cu yd · 3′ high × 12′ long × 6′ wide
- 8 cu yd · 4′ high × 12′ long × 6′ wide
- 10 cu yd · 5′ high × 12′ long × 6′ wide
- 12 cu yd · 6′ high × 12′ long × 6′ wide
Van, dump and push-out trailers
- Van trailers · usually 48′ long × 102″ wide; lengths from 40′ to 48′, widths 96″ or 102″
- Dump trailers · 67 cu yd, 35′ long × 96″ wide × 94″ wall height
- Push-out trailers · 94 cu yd, 45′ long × 96″ wide × 96″ wall height
About CSR
Two scrap companies, one from York and one from Harrisburg, merged in 1999 to form CSR. Safety comes first at CSR, above everything else, and our truck fleet has the ISRI awards to show for it.
We’re hiring drivers and operators1897L. Lavetan and Sons is founded in York
1907Benjamin Abrams, a peddler with a horse cart since 1904, opens his first yard in Harrisburg
1925B. Abrams and Sons builds the first building on Cameron Street, Harrisburg
1999The two companies merge to form Consolidated Scrap Resources
2000CSR acquires Wagaman Iron & Metal in Gettysburg
2002Our 4,000-horsepower shredder starts running in Harrisburg
2008CSR acquires Brandywine Recyclers in Lebanon, its sixth yard
ISRI safety awards
- Fleet Safety, Best Fleet Award, Intermediate Class2016, 2019
- Recycle Guard, Pacesetter Award2017
- Fleet Safety, 1st place, and Fleet Safety Pacesetter Award2015
- Fleet Safety, Best Fleet Award, and Pacesetter Award2013
- Fleet Safety, Best Fleet Award, 2nd place2012
Six yards across Central PA
Several are open Saturday mornings. Call any yard with questions about what we take.
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Tell us what you have and where it is. We’ll get back to you to set a time, or to book your free on-site audit.
- 1717-843-0931
Hokes Mill, York · Corporate headquarters
120 Hokes Mill Road, York, PA 17404
Mon–Fri 7 AM–3 PM
Non-ferrous, paper and plastic. 50 lb of steel or less.
- 2717-843-0931
East York
600 E. Princess Street, York, PA 17403
Mon–Fri 7 AM–3 PM
Ferrous, non-ferrous and scrap vehicles
- 3717-843-0931
Vander Avenue, York
530 Vander Avenue, York, PA 17403
Mon–Fri 8 AM–4 PM, Sat 8 AM–12 PM
Ferrous and non-ferrous. Appliances accepted.
- 4717-233-7927
Harrisburg
1616 N. Cameron Street, Harrisburg, PA 17103
Mon–Fri 7:30 AM–3:30 PM, Sat 7:30–11:45 AM
Ferrous, non-ferrous, cardboard and scrap vehicles. Appliances accepted.
- 5717-334-3009
Gettysburg
2230 York Road, Gettysburg, PA 17325
Mon–Fri 7:30 AM–3:15 PM, Sat 7:30–11:15 AM
Ferrous, non-ferrous and corrugated. Appliances accepted.
- 6717-272-4655
Lebanon
328 N. 14th Street, Lebanon, PA 17046
Mon–Fri 8 AM–3 PM, Sat 8 AM–12 PM
Ferrous, non-ferrous, paper and plastic. Appliances accepted.