Reliable Recycling Center, Inc.

What Reliable Recycling Center, Inc. does

Reliable Recycling Center, Inc. is a privately held, multi-generational family-owned scrap metal and cardboard recycling business founded in 1918 and headquartered in a single facility at 8005 Reichs Ford Road, Frederick, Maryland. The company purchases ferrous metals (steel, cast iron), non-ferrous metals (copper, brass, aluminum, stainless steel, lead, zinc), clean cardboard, and most electronics from individuals, homeowners, community and civic organizations, construction companies, industrial facilities, junkyards, and mechanics. Pricing is set per pound by metal type and grade, tied to world market values and quoted by phone, with all transactions weighed on Maryland-certified scales inspected semi-annually and settled in cash or check.

The company's revenue model is a commodity-spread transaction fee business: it buys scrap at posted per-pound rates and sells processed material into commodity channels, with margin sensitivity to global metal prices. Go-to-market is primarily direct-to-consumer via walk-in drop-off at the Frederick facility, supplemented by a roll-off container service that delivers 30, 35, or 40-yard open-top containers to industrial and construction sites across Frederick and Montgomery County for on-site loading and subsequent pickup and weighing. Marketing is conducted through a WordPress website with 20+ localized service-area SEO pages, an educational blog, and basic Facebook and YouTube presences.

Operating status is active, with the website reflecting 2025-2026 content, current pricing disclosures, and recurring operational notices such as the October 2023 mandatory draining policy for sealed units. The company has no disclosed subsidiaries, no parent entity, no funding history, no leadership roster beyond general contact information, and no certifications, patents, or partnerships on record. Customer concentration is broadly distributed across consumer and commercial segments, with no named anchor accounts and no contractual revenue mechanics evident in the source material.

Name

Reliable Recycling Center, Inc.

Legal name

Reliable Recycling Center, Inc.

Website

https://reliablerecyclingcenter.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1918

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Reliable Recycling Center is a family-owned scrap metal, cardboard, and electronics recycler founded in 1918 in Frederick, Maryland, serving individuals, contractors, and industrial customers across Frederick and Montgomery County via walk-in drop-off and roll-off container pickup.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Scrap Metal Recycling

NAICS

Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers (42393), Materials Recovery Facilities (562920)

SIC

Secondary Smelting & Refining Of Nonferrous Metals (3341)

akta.pro primary industry

Metals Recycling & Processing (Ferrous/Non-Ferrous) (BPALADAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Scrap Collection, Brokerage & Trading (Dealers, Aggregators, Exporters) (EUAIAJAH), E-Waste & Electronics Metal Recovery (ITAD, Circuit Boards, Precious Metal Recovery) (IMAKAMAG), Non-Ferrous Scrap Processing & Recycling (Aluminum, Copper, Brass, Lead, Zinc) (EUAIAJAB)

Keywords

• Scrap metal recycling
• Ferrous metal recycling
• Non-ferrous metal recycling
• Roll-off container service
• Electronics recycling

Headquarters

HQ city

Frederick

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Scrap Metal Purchasing and Recycling: The company purchases scrap metal from individuals, homeowners, businesses, and industrial customers, paying cash or check based on current market prices. Customers bring materials to the facility or use roll-off container services for larger quantities. The company processes and recycles ferrous metals (steel, cast iron) and non-ferrous metals (copper, brass, aluminum, stainless steel, lead, zinc), as well as clean cardboard.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Reliable Recycling Center purchases ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metals (copper, brass, aluminum, stainless steel, lead, zinc, steel, cast iron), clean cardboard, and most electronics directly from customers and pays cash or check based on current market prices. The company operates a single drop-off facility in Frederick, Maryland and provides roll-off container delivery and pickup services for commercial and industrial customers generating large volumes of scrap.

Product overview

Reliable Recycling Center operates as a single-location scrap metal recycling facility offering core scrap metal and cardboard recycling services to individuals, homeowners, businesses, and industrial customers. The service portfolio centers on the main Scrap Metal Recycling Services, supplemented by a Roll-Off Container Service for commercial and industrial customers with bulk material needs, and Electronics Recycling for computers and circuit boards. Customers can drop off materials at the Frederick, Maryland facility or utilize pickup and roll-off container services for larger quantities. All materials are weighed on certified scales and paid out in cash or check based on fluctuating market prices.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Scrap Metal Recycling Services

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Fortis Recycling: Mid-Atlantic scrap metal processor offering drop-off and roll-off services to commercial, industrial, and individual customers; directly comparable to Reliable Recycling's operating model and material mix.
• SA Recycling: One of the largest privately held ferrous and non-ferrous scrap recyclers in the US, with multiple yards serving the mid-Atlantic; directly competes for the same commercial/industrial and walk-in scrap volumes in the broader region.
• Cohen Recycling: Mid-Atlantic scrap metal recycler with ferrous, non-ferrous, and electronics capabilities; directly competes for the same construction, industrial, and household scrap flow in adjacent geographies.
• PSC Metals: Regional multi-yard scrap metal processor serving industrial, commercial, and consumer accounts across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic; directly comparable in operating model and customer mix.
• Liberty Iron & Metal: Regional ferrous and non-ferrous scrap processor with multiple yards; comparable in product mix and customer types to Reliable Recycling, with similar roll-off / drop-off service models.

Broad incumbents

• Radius Recycling (formerly Schnitzer Steel): Public, large-scale US scrap metal recycler with auto-parts and steel mill feed operations; serves as the broad incumbent against which regional yards like Reliable Recycling compete for commercial and industrial ferrous and non-ferrous volumes.
• EMR USA (European Metal Recycling): Global scrap metal recycler with US operations; competes at the broad-incumbent level for commercial scrap supply, ferrous and non-ferrous processing capacity, and downstream offtake relationships.
• David J. Joseph Company (Nucor): Nucor's scrap brokerage and processing subsidiary; a broad incumbent with deep mill relationships that competes with regional yards for industrial scrap supply and pricing across the eastern US.

Regional players

• ABC Recycling: Scrap metal recycler with yard locations serving the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic; comparable in scope of materials accepted and walk-in plus roll-off service model.

Emerging players

• David H. Martin & Son / regional e-waste recyclers: Regional electronics and metals recycler overlapping with Reliable Recycling's electronics line; represents the emerging niche of certified ITAD/e-waste handlers that could erode share if Reliable does not formalize its electronics offering.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/Reliable-Recycling-Center-158513857515421
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/reliable-recycling

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Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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