Southern Metals Co

Southern Metals Recycling can handle all your scrap metal recycling needs. We buy Steel, Aluminum, Aluminum Cans, Copper, Appliances, Junk Cars, Brass and Batteries. Visit us today to make some extra money and take care of the environment.Here at Southern Metals our Number One priority is customer service. We can service everyone from small individual customers to large corporations. We pay top prices for all your ferrous and non-ferrous metals. We offer a container drop off and pick up service to your job site or business for proper disposal of your scrap metal.We also have a mobile demolition team.

Southern Metals Recycling, Inc traces its roots to a pushcart operated by Max Alper in New York, NY in the early 1920’s. Eventually Max purchased land in Long Island City and opened a small scrapyard, where he was joined by sons George and Seymour Alper.In 1951, George and Seymour tired of the rat race in New York and decided to search for a place with a better quality of life, where they could raise their families. After searching for sites throughout the South, the choices boiled down to Baton Rouge, LA (where they could make a lot of money) and Wilmington, NC (where the quality of life was great). They chose to move to Wilmington, and in 1952 they purchased the facilities of Southern Junk at Front and Wright Streets, where they opened Southern Iron and Metal.

In 1973 Southern opened a second yard behind sister company Queensboro Steel on Highway 421, several miles north of Wilmington. George Alper managed the Company, capably aided by Sam Long and “Pete” Bryant. In 1986 the Company’s name was changed to Southern Metals Recycling, Inc. In 1991 Seymour’s daughter Marilyn Alper Davidson became the first member of the third generation to join the firm, where she worked until her untimely passing in 1998. In July 1998, the Front Street facility was devastated by a major fire, and Seymour’s son Jonathan supervised the clean up and reconstruction, and the Front Street facility reopened in July 2001. At that time Jonathan and George’s son Mark moved from Queensboro to join the Company. In 2006, Mark’s son Jeremy became the fourth generation of Alpers to join the firm, and he now manages the Highway 421 Facility.Recently in 2013, Southern Metals Recycling opened up their 60,000 square foot warehouse at the 421 location to resell discounted steel and other metals  to the public.

• Family owned and operated for over 60 years!
• Customer Service is our Top Priority
• Top Prices for all your Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metals
• Two Convenient Locations – 2923 Hwy 421 & 13 Wright St.
• Commercial and Offsite Services
• FREE Container Drop Off and Pick Up
• We can handle loads of any size.
• An affiliate yard with extended hours for the convenience of our Customer

Services

• Recycling
• Scrap Yard
• Scrap Metal
• Steel Recycling
• Copper Recycling
• Aluminum Recycling
• Battery Recycling
• Demolition
• Car Disposal
• Container Service

We Purchase and Recycle

Copper
Insulated Copper
Copper Aluminum Radiators
Stainless Steel
Brass
Aluminum
Aluminum Cans 
Aluminum Rims
Steel 
Electric Motors 
Compressors
Batteries
Junk Cars

Southern Metals Recycling offers a FREE roll-off container services for the collection and transportation of scrap metals, construction and demolition scrap materials, and public recycling operations. Our roll-off container services are part of our turnkey processing and recycling services that provide effective, efficient recycling, recovery and resale of ferrous and non-ferrous metals.

Our services include:

• FREE Drop-off and pick-up of containers
• Container sizes ranging from 8 to 38 feet
• Full safety and security features during transportation
• Scheduled or on-demand replacement containers for ongoing projects
• Complete fleet of flat beds and lowboy trailers

We provide the safest possible operations, whether we are working on your site or in our yards. In addition, we work closely with government regulatory agencies and enforce a zero-tolerance approach to health, safety and environmental (HSE) issues. You can be assured that your containers and materials will be handled safely to protect your employees and equipment. Southern Metals Recycling promotes a transparent business model so that you can be assured that you will have accurate reporting for all materials we process and recover. That’s what we like to call built-in accountability, and it means you’ll always know you’re getting the most for your money. We continue to expand our capabilities to provide our customers with the most efficient, most complete recycling operations, including roll-off container services. You can be assured that we will provide you with efficient, accurate metals recycling and recovery services so that you receive the highest value possible for your metals.

Southern Metals Recycling can supply:

• Roll Off Containers 20-38 Feet Long
• Lugger Containers
• Flat Bed Trailers
• Low Boy Trailers
• Dump Trailers
• Sided Trailers
• Cutting Torches
• On-site Demolition
• Mobile Car Crusher