The term “recycling” is relatively new compared to the recycling process, which has been around for a very long time. Recycling used to be called scrap-processing, which is why you hear people refer to Friedland as a scrap yard. Both of these terms are correct. Our role in the recycling process is to separate, clean, shear, shred, sort and bale commodities such as steel, copper, aluminum, and all types of paper, which are then sent to various mills to be re-melted or re-pulped and made into something new. Manufacturers create new products such as washers, dryers, refrigerators and automobiles. Consumers, both individuals and companies, buy those products for use. Once the products are obsolete, these consumers buy new products, at which point they sell their obsolete material to a scrap-processor like us. We clean the material by crushing, shredding and sorting each commodity into its own classification. We then sell the sorted and upgraded commodities to a mill. The mill then re-melts (or re-pulps, in the case of paper fiber) the commodities, and processes them into blocks or sheets. The mill then sells those blocks and sheets to manufacturers, who again make new products. And the cycle goes on. Pretty cool, huh? We think so, too!We also provide confidential document, hard drive and media shredding services for individuals, companies and municipalities.Community and the environment continue to be our top priorities year after year. We are immensely proud of that tradition.