Redwood Recycling

What Redwood Recycling does

Redwood Recycling is a single-location, family-owned scrap metal recycling yard operating since 1984 at 6235 S. Redwood Road in Taylorsville, Utah. The company purchases ferrous and non-ferrous metals — aluminum (cans, siding, extrusion, clip, cast, sheet, rims), copper (bright/shiny, #1, #2, insulated wire grades, strippable), brass (yellow, red, sprinkler), steel/iron, stainless (304 and 316), radiators, electric motors, transformers, and lead-acid batteries — directly from walk-in customers using certified scales and in-person grading by human buyers, then resells the aggregated material to local, national, and international mills.

The underlying technology stack is minimal: certified scales, posted-pricing rate sheets that are updated against global commodity markets, and a content-oriented website (pricing, what-we-accept, FAQ, blog) plus a Facebook page supporting organic local search acquisition. There is no software platform, no proprietary AI/ML, and no API integrations disclosed.

Revenue is generated entirely by the spread between the cash price paid to suppliers and the sale price realized from mills, with unit pricing varying by metal type, grade, and contamination level (e.g., Bright & Shiny Copper at $4.90/lb, Steel & Iron at $40/ton, Aluminum Cans at $0.70/lb). The go-to-market is direct-to-consumer with no appointment required; visits average ~15 minutes. Redwood serves two primary segments — individual consumers disposing of household scrap and trade contractors (siding, roofing, plumbing, HVAC) generating regular commercial volumes — across 11+ cities in the Salt Lake Valley, and it is privately held with no external investors, no parent company, and no documented funding, M&A, or leadership-change activity.

Name

Redwood Recycling

Legal name

Redwood Recycling

Website

https://redwoodrecycling.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Redwood Recycling is a family-owned, single-location scrap metal yard in Taylorsville, Utah, founded in 1984, serving individual consumers and trade contractors across the Salt Lake Valley with walk-in, same-day-cash purchases of ferrous and non-ferrous metals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Taylorsville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Scrap Metal Purchase and Resale: Redwood Recycling purchases scrap metal from customers at posted rates based on metal type, grade, and cleanliness. The company then resells the collected metals to local, national, and international mills for melting and reprocessing. Revenue comes from the margin between purchase price paid to suppliers and sale price to mills.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Redwood Recycling purchases ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal (aluminum, copper, brass, steel, stainless steel, lead acid batteries, radiators, electric motors and transformers) from walk-in customers at its Taylorsville, Utah yard. Materials are weighed on certified scales, graded on-site by experienced buyers in front of the customer, and paid out in same-day cash. The aggregated scrap is then resold to local, national, and international mills for melting and reprocessing.

Product overview

Redwood Recycling operates as a single-location scrap metal recycling yard, not a software platform. The company offers a unified scrap metal purchasing service where customers bring in various types of ferrous and non-ferrous metals and receive same-day cash payment. The core offering consists of metal grading and purchasing across multiple metal categories: Aluminum (cans, siding, extrusion, clip, cast, old sheet, and rims), Copper (bright & shiny, #1, #2, insulated wire grades, and strippable wire), Brass (yellow, red, and sprinkler), Steel/Tin/Iron, Stainless Steel (304 and 316 grades), Lead Acid Batteries, Radiators, and Electric Motors & Transformers. Each metal type has specific grades with varying prices based on purity and contamination levels. The company processes customers on-site at their Taylorsville, Utah location with certified scales and expert metal buyers who grade materials in front of customers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Scrap Metal Recycling Services Family-owned scrap metal recycling service that purchases ferrous and non-ferrous metals from the public, including household items, garage/yard items, appliances, auto parts, construction materials, electrical items, plumbing, and industrial materials. Customers drive to the Taylorsville, Utah yard with no appointment needed; materials are weighed on certified scales, graded on-site in front of the customer, and paid out in same-day cash. Aggregated scrap is resold to local, national, and international mills. Operations have run continuously since 1984 across the Salt Lake Valley.

Quantifiable outcome

• Most visits complete in approximately 15 minutes
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Radius Recycling (formerly Schnitzer Steel): Radius Recycling is one of the largest publicly traded metals recyclers in North America, operating scrap yards, processing facilities, and steel mills. Comparable as a same-industry ferrous and non-ferrous scrap aggregator that purchases from the public and sells to mills, but at vastly greater scale and geographic reach.
• David J. Joseph Company (DJJ): DJJ is one of the largest U.S. scrap metal brokers and processors and a subsidiary of Nucor. Comparable as a scrap buyer and supplier to mills, but operates primarily as a large-scale processor and broker rather than walk-in retail yard.
• Sims Metal Management: Sims Metal Management is a global publicly traded metal recycler with yards in the U.S., Australia, and the U.K. Same industry vertical (ferrous/non-ferrous scrap) but at massive scale with processing infrastructure that goes well beyond a single retail yard.

Direct peers

• SA Recycling: SA Recycling operates a large network of ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal yards across the western and southern U.S., purchasing directly from the public and contractors with same-day payment. Highly comparable business model to Redwood, including walk-in yards, transparent grading, and metal-by-metal pricing.
• Metalico: Metalico is a regional scrap metal recycler with yards across multiple U.S. states, handling ferrous and non-ferrous metals including auto scrap, structural steel, copper, brass, and aluminum. Directly comparable aggregation model with similar customer mix of public and commercial sellers.
• Alter Trading: Alter Trading operates scrap metal yards across the U.S. Midwest and beyond, purchasing ferrous and non-ferrous scrap from individuals and businesses. Comparable purchase-and-resale yard model with similar material categories and walk-in customer base.
• Cohen Recycling: Cohen Recycling operates multiple scrap metal yards across the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast U.S., purchasing ferrous and non-ferrous metals from the public and commercial accounts. Similar single-yard-to-multi-yard aggregator business serving walk-in customers.

Regional players

• Wasatch Metals: Wasatch Metals is a Utah-based scrap metal recycler explicitly referenced on Redwood's own FAQ page as the local alternative for items Redwood doesn't accept (refrigerators, freezers). Directly comparable as a same-region Salt Lake Valley competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/redwoodrecycling

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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