With more than 50 employees, Crow Wing Recycling is a family-owned business that buys, processes and sells scrap metals—ferrous and nonferrous—from automobiles, trucks, appliances, machines and that generated by industry through construction or deconstruction of facilities.
Headquartered in Brainerd, MN, the environmentally certified facility is situated on XX acres and operates feeder yards in Pine River (Pine River Iron and Metal) and Milaca (Milaca Iron and Metal). Crow Wing Recycling processed 120,000 tons of ferrous and 10-million pounds of nonferrous scrap metal in 2012.
The Vanwyngeeren family acquired Crow Wing Recycling in 1996. The first yard was the western 23 acres of the current Brainerd facility.
Crow Wing Recycling expanded north by opening Pine River Iron & Metal in Pine River, Minnesota.
Crow Wing Recycling placed into service their first shredder.
In 2012 Crow Wing Recycling opened its second feeder yard in Milaca, Minnesota.
In 2013 Crow Wing Recycling opened its third feeder yard in Twin Valley, Minnesota.
From the earliest uses of scrap thousands of years ago to the optical scanners, X-rays and air jets separating materials in today’s high-tech shredders, scrap recycling has evolved as a major industry.
As the original recyclers, for decades — and indeed, centuries — the scrap recycling industry in the United States has been purchasing, processing and brokering old materials to be remade into new products. The scrap industry is truly the first link in the supply chain, serving as the backbone for America’s manufacturing sector while simultaneously promoting a more sustainable society.
Today, the U.S. scrap recycling industry is a sophisticated, capital-intensive industry that directly employs approximately 138,000 people. As society increasingly focuses on the need to protect our natural resources and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the scrap recycling industry is recognized as one of the world’s first green industries while serving as an economic leader, job creator, major exporter and environmental steward. See below for more information about how the scrap recycling industry generates sizable economic and environmental benefits.
| Materials Accepted | |
|---|---|
| Metal | |
| 1 | Aluminum |
| 2 | Brass |
| 3 | Copper |
| 4 | Steel |
| 5 | Tin |
| 6 | Zinc |
| 714 Industrial Park Rd. SW Brainerd, Minnesota United States ZIP: 56401 |
| (218) 828-0048 NS NS |
| 1836 MN-371, Backus, Minnesota United States ZIP: 56435 |
| +1 320-983-2004 NS NS |
| 11713 180th St, Milaca, Minnesota United States ZIP: 56353 |
| (320) 983-2004 NS NS |
| 1836 State Highway 371 Backus, Minnesota United States ZIP: 56474 |
| (218) 587-2700 NS NS |
| 11713 180th Street Milaca, Minnesota United States ZIP: 56353 |
| (320) 983-2004 NS NS |
| 710 1st Street SW Twin Valley, Minnesota United States ZIP: 56584 |
| 1-218-828-0048 NS NS |
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