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Area Material-Scrap Metal Recycling Facility

1000 N Washington Ave, Kankakee, IL 60901

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About Area Material-Scrap Metal Recycling Facility

Sellers in Kankakee, Illinois can take scrap to Area Material-Scrap Metal Recycling Facility, an industrial steel and scrap business within Kankakee County. The site processes inbound material from walk-in sellers and small contractors, providing a paid intake channel for scrap metal across the surrounding county and nearby towns. On the inbound side, the listing shows aluminum, brass, copper, and lead. Each category here is what the yard self-reported to the directory as part of its standard intake mix, which gives sellers a clean working baseline for what fits inbound flow on a typical day at the gate. A phone line, a website, and an email contact appear in the listing. Day-to-day hours are recorded, which together form the yard's published-facing schedule and channel mix as filed with the directory, and give sellers a working sense of how to reach the site before driving over. Phone quotes give a working number, but the final intake price is what the yard pays at the gate after material is weighed and graded. A pre-visit call still gets sellers in the right ballpark and confirms the day's posted scrap rates. Posted online rates tend to be a guide to recent activity rather than a firm commitment for the day, and the gate price is the one that lands on the receipt.

What Area Material-Scrap Metal Recycling Facility Buys

Scrap Price Estimates (US Average)

Daily US average estimates updated Nov 10, 2026, not Area Material-Scrap Metal Recycling Facility's own prices; call the yard for its pay rates. How we estimate prices.

MetalEst. PriceUnit
Bare Bright Copper$5.54/lb
#1 Copper$5.31/lb
#2 Copper$4.73/lb
Insulated Copper Wire$2.60/lb
Copper Pipe (Clean)$5.14/lb
Aluminum (Mixed)$0.70/lb
Aluminum Cans$0.95/lb
Aluminum Extrusion$0.99/lb
Steel (Heavy Melt)$285.00/ton
Light Iron / Sheet$215.00/ton
Cast Iron$0.18/lb
Stainless Steel (304)$0.62/lb
Listing source: name, address, phone and hours carried over from this site's earlier directory (imported May 9, 2026). Something wrong or out of date? Report a mistake. How we check listings.

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