Fort Wayne Smelting and Surplus

About Fort Wayne Smelting and Surplus

Fort Wayne, Indiana hosts Fort Wayne Smelting and Surplus, a scrap metal recycling site that serves walk-in sellers and small contractors. Listings like this exist to help sellers find a paid drop-off point for scrap material rather than burning a Saturday calling around to find one. The directory entry omits a specific list of accepted materials for this yard, leaving the intake set unrecorded. Practical details: the hours of operation aren't published in the directory, and a phone line and an email contact are on file. Both data points are pulled from the yard's filing with the directory and reflect the public-facing snapshot of the inbound flow, surfaced here as a working baseline for sellers planning a visit to the gate. Sorting at the gate moves faster when materials are pre-separated at home — ferrous in one bin, copper in another, aluminum kept clean. The yard can post the load through faster, and sellers tend to land a cleaner intake price on each category. Pre-sorted loads also avoid the wait that comes when staff have to break a mixed bin apart on site before grading and weighing the material.

Scrap Price Estimates (US Average)

Daily US average estimates updated Nov 10, 2026, not Fort Wayne Smelting and Surplus's own prices; call the yard for its pay rates. How we estimate prices.

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