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Radius Recycling (Formerly Schnitzer Steel) (Oakland) - Oakland - 1101 Embarcadero West
Radius Recycling (Formerly Schnitzer Steel) (Oakland)
1101 Embarcadero West, Oakland, California 94604
(510) 444-3919
Hours:
M-F 4-3:30
Metal Recycling Yard and Port servicing commercial customers. Accepts ferrous, nonferrous metals, and CRV. Drop off. Pick up for large quantities. Accepted material list.
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| Aerosol Can - Empty | Commercial quantity. Must be empty and crushed or punctured. Plastic caps must be removed. |
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| Air Conditioner - Non-working | Commercial quantity. |
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| Auto Parts & Scrap | Commercial quantity. |
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| Bathroom Fixtures | Commercial quantity. metal |
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| Bicycle - Scrap & Parts | Commercial quantity. |
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| Bimetal Cans (Food & Beverage) - Non-CRV | Commercial quantity. no tin cans |
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| Cables & Wires - Non-working | Commercial quantity. insulated wire, electrical wiring. Must be cut in 3ft lengths, or coiled and banded with 3/4 in steel banding in at least four places. |
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| Cars & Boats | Commercial quantity. all fluids, including refrigerant, must be drained. Batteries, lead wheel weight, mercury switches, and undeployed airbags must be removed. Gas tanks must be visibly punctured to be removed. |
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| Clothes Hangers - Metal - Working | Commercial volume |
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| Compressed Gas Cylinders - Refillable | Commercial quantity. Gas cylinders including air bottles, shock absorbers, propane, and other gas tanks, must be cut in half and valves removed. Acetylene cylinders are strictly prohibited. |
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| Compressed Gas Cylinders - Single-use/Non-working | Commercial quantity. Gas cylinders including air bottles, shock absorbers, propane, and other gas tanks, must be cut in half and valves removed. Acetylene cylinders are strictly prohibited. |
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| Dishwasher - Non-working | Commercial volume |
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| Drums - Metal | Commercial quantity. Rinsed. No closed containers. |
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| Exercise Equipment - Working | Commercial quantity. Non-working |
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| Ferrous Scrap Metal/Steel | Commercial quantity. bulk containers, such as tanks, must be cleaned and have sufficient holes for visible inspection. Metal banding must be cut in 1ft lengths. Chain-link fencing must be cut in section less than 18ft by 4ft. Do not put cable, fencing, wire rope or heavy melt metal inside vehicles. |
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| Freezer - Non-working | Commercial quantity. metal, No refrigerants |
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| Hardware & Fasteners | Commercial volume. metal |
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| Industrial Equipment | Metal industrial equipment |
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| Kitchen Fixtures | Commercial quantity. non-working, broken |
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| Major Household Appliances - Non-working | Must have CFC's, capacitors, ballasts, mercury switches, oils, and other hazardous materials removed prior to acceptance. DSTC 140 form required for prepared appliances. Orphan appliances must be separate from other scrap metal, not be bales, crusher, or tampered with. |
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| Marine Supplies & Equipment | Commercial quantity. metal non-working |
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| Metal Cans | Commercial quantity. no tin cans |
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| Metal Pipe | Commercial quantity. |
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| Metal Sinks & Toilets | Commercial quantity. |
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| Non-ferrous Scrap Metal | Commercial quantity. AL rims, siding, sheet, coils, copper, electric/al motors, parts, wiring, irony AL, lawn furn., turnings, brass, radiators, shredded scrap |
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| Plumbing Fixtures & Supplies | Commercial quantity. metal |
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| Refrigerator - Non-working | Drained. No refrigerants |
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| Scrap Metal | AL rims, siding, sheet, coils, copper, electric/al motors, parts, wiring, irony AL, lawn furn., turnings, brass, radiators, shredded scrap |
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| Small Household Appliances - Non-working | Commercial quantity. Metal, No refrigerants |
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| Stove/Oven - Non-working | Commercial quantity. |
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| Tools & Accessories - Garden - Working | Commercial quantity. metal only - no wood |
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| Washer/Dryer - Non-working | Commercial quantity. |
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| Water Heaters - Non-working | Commercial quantity. Drained |
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