Environmental Impact
Scrapworks diverts tens of thousands of tons of metal from landfills across Southeast Texas each year. Across three retail yards and one industrial facility, that adds up.
Network Impact
These figures represent aggregate impact across all Scrapworks locations — Port Arthur Recycling, Beaumont Recycling, Orange Recycling, and Scrapworks Industrial.
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Tons diverted annually (network)
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Estimated CO₂ avoided (network)
10+
Years operating in the Golden Triangle
Energy Savings by Metal
Producing metal from recycled scrap requires dramatically less energy than smelting from raw ore. These are well-established industry figures backed by decades of lifecycle analysis.
Recycling steel saves 75% of the energy required to produce virgin steel from iron ore in a blast furnace.
Enough to power 18 million homes for a year — per million tons recycled.
Aluminum recycling requires only 5% of the energy needed to produce primary aluminum from bauxite ore.
The most dramatic energy savings of any common metal.
Secondary copper uses about 15% of the energy required to mine and refine virgin copper.
Given copper's role in electrical infrastructure, this efficiency multiplier matters at scale.
The Circular Economy
Metal is unique among materials because it can be recycled indefinitely without degrading in quality. The copper in electrical infrastructure today may have been recycled dozens of times over the past century.
Scrapworks connects end-of-life metal from Southeast Texas to mills, smelters, and foundries across the country and abroad — closing the loop between old products and new manufacturing cycles. Ferrous scrap becomes new steel. Copper becomes new wire. Aluminum becomes new sheet and extrusions.
Nothing that comes through our network goes to a landfill. Metal is too valuable and too recyclable for that.
End of life
A product, structure, or vehicle reaches the end of its useful life across Southeast Texas.
Collection & processing
Scrapworks yards and industrial facility collect, grade, and prepare material for remelting.
Remelting
Mills and smelters melt scrap into new billets, sheets, and ingots.
Manufacturing
New products fabricated from recycled metal.
Use
Products are used — and eventually returned to the cycle.
Our Commitment
ISRI Membership
Scrapworks and its yard facilities operate as members of ISRI — the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries. ISRI sets professional and environmental standards across the recycling industry.
Regulatory Compliance
All facilities operate under Texas Secondary Metal Recycler (SMR) licenses and comply with state and federal environmental regulations. We maintain required transaction records and participate in law enforcement cooperation programs.
Responsible Fluid Handling
Vehicles and equipment accepted for recycling have fluids properly recovered and disposed of. We do not allow fluids to reach the ground or storm drains.
No Hazardous Materials
We do not accept radioactive materials, PCB-containing equipment, mercury devices, asbestos, or other hazardous materials that cannot be safely recycled.
Part of a larger sustainability story.
Every ton of metal diverted is a ton that doesn't go to a landfill. Talk to our commercial team about building a recycling program for your business.