American Recycled Materials

How to Sort Scrap Metal

Selling scrap metal can be a great way to supplement your income, or you can do it full time. Before you can sell your scrap metal to a scrap yard, you need to separate the different metals in your scrap. A scrap magnet will help you...

Here's How to Price Scrap Metal

Learn about the steps necessary to price scrap metal properly, including tips on identification and market resources.

What Not to Use Your Dumpster For

While dumpsters can be used for multiple waste and recycling projects, whether big or small, there are certain things for which a dumpster cannot be used. Most of the things for which dumpsters cannot be used pertain to any sort of toxic or hazardous waste. The types of waste listed below cannot be put into dumpsters as waste. There are alternate ways to dispose of those types of wasteWhat Cannot Go Into a Roll-Off DumpsterElectronicsThis includes mainly all televisions, radios,…

What can be recycled?

There's a long list of things that can be recycled and sold as scrap metal. Find out what recyclable summer items you can sell and see what we buy.

Quick Tips for Scrapping

If you are looking for money-making quick tips for scrapping, you have come to the right place. The iScrap App team shows you some tips for your metals.

Give recycled materials new life

Here are four fun crafts your kids can create with recycled materials.

The Reclaimed Room highlights unique art made from recycled materials

The Reclaimed Room is an art gallery dedicated to highlighting art made from recycled materials.

Recycled Craft: Make a Jetpack {with Recycled Materials}

Prepare for take off with this recycled craft! Kids are guaranteed some high flying fun when they make a jetpack with this project.

Trends We Love: Buildings & Products Made With Recycled Materials

April is Eco-Friendly Month on Creative Home, and this month’s Trends We Love feature is buildings and products made with recycled materials and products.

This Shirt-Jacket Is Made Entirely from Recycled Materials

The Mason Shirt Jacket is not only versatile, but it's also made from 100% recycled materials, making it environmentally friendly as well.

13 Products Made Using Recycled Materials

One man's trash is another man's line of eco-friendly stuff. These companies went green by using recycled materials to make these products, which are at once functional, stylish, and Earth-friendly.

This "Junk Garden" Is Filled With Genius Ways to Repurpose Your Old Stuff

This Company Makes Rain Gear From Recycled and Natural Materials

Baxter Wood is a sustainable fashion company making rain gear from recycled and natural materials. It accepts old rain boots for recycling.

Video Of How I Created A One Of A Kind Recycled Materials Sculpture

This is the story of how I created the sculpture World at War.World at War is made using recycled materials found along the California coastline as well as local landfill. It took me over 3 months to create, and it will be showcased at the Devos Place convention center for the 2018 ArtPrize.

6 Rising Contemporary Artists Using Traditional Craft Techniques

These contemporary artists are choosing to engage with craft techniques with intent and purpose, while paying homage to traditional practices.

Redwood Materials to process batteries and solar panels recycled through ERI

Electronics recycler ERI and Redwood Materials are partnering on both battery and solar panel recycling. Redwoods Materials, co-founded by former Tesla