Metal Recycling - Modesto Junk Co., Inc.

RECYCLE METAL

One Stop for All Your Scrap Metal

When you’ve got metal to sell, you want a recycler who pays fairly, moves fast, and treats you right. That’s been Modesto Junk Company since 1920. We buy every grade of ferrous and non-ferrous metal, weigh it on the spot, and hand you cash before you leave. No appointment, no runaround. Drive in, unload into a bin, get weighed, and get paid.

Homeowners cleaning out a garage, contractors wrapping up a job, farmers clearing a field, and businesses with regular scrap all bring their metal here. Copper, aluminum, iron, steel, brass, stainless, radiators, electric motors, and more, we take it all. Got a load too big to haul? Ask about our bins and hauling, and we’ll bring the container to you.

Proudly serving Stockton, Modesto, Merced, Manteca, Tracy, Lodi, Turlock, and the Sierra foothills, including greater Calaveras, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne counties.

Recycle & Earn

Materials We Buy

Pick a material below to see what we accept and how to earn the most for it:

ELECTRONICS WE ACCEPT

Easy, Responsible E-Waste Recycling

Old electronics stack up quickly, and they’re loaded with metal worth recovering. We accept computers, monitors, and electric motors, then process them the right way so the valuable material gets reused instead of sitting in a closet or heading to the landfill.

Computers

Monitors

Electric Motors

Items We Don't Accept

We take a wide range of metals, but a few items fall outside what we can handle safely and responsibly:

General household waste, paper recycling, and CRV bottles and cans
Non-metal furniture (sofas, couches, wood, plastic)

Household batteries (AA, AAA, C, D) and lithium/EV batteries
Printers, fax machines, and wood materials

Plate glass, including window glass and windshields
Hazardous waste, liquids, and fluids
Enclosed tanks or compressed cylinders

We can take tanks if they’re cut in half, have the valve removed, or have an opening large enough for us to confirm they’re empty. Not sure about a particular item? Give us a call and we’ll let you know.

ITEMS WE SELL

Processed Metal for Mills & Buyers

Our recovered metals, including aluminum, copper, iron and steel, brass, and stainless, are ready for domestic and international mills and consumers. Contact us about full-load or container shipping and we’ll walk you through what’s available and how it ships.