For over 30 years, Bruce Metal & Salvage has been your trusted recycling company in the Orange County area. We pride ourselves on our outstanding service, and our buy-back center is open daily to meet your needs. Bring in your insulated wire, nickel alloys, precious metals and other scrap metal to our recycling center, or ask about the free industrial containers we provide during pickup to streamline your disposal process.
Our mission at Bruce Metal & Salvage is to make recycling your scrap convenient and profitable. Our friendly staff is always available to help or to answer any questions you may have regarding residential, commercial or industrial reprocessing programs. Your participation in these programs has the added benefit of preserving natural resources for future generations.
Our mission at Bruce Metal & Salvage is to make recycling your scrap convenient and profitable. Our friendly staff is always available to help or to answer any questions you may have regarding residential, commercial or industrial reprocessing programs. Your participation in these programs has the added benefit of preserving natural resources for future generations.
Services
More than 30 years ago, Bruce Metal & Salvage began providing scrap metal services to Orange, Riverside and Los Angeles counties. Throughout the years, Bruce Metal & Salvage expanded its services to meet the needs of the community, while maintaining a high-priced return on everything purchased. Bruce Metal & Salvage is happy to provide services for the residential, commercial and industrial sectors.
Bruce Metal & Salvage offers a wide variety of services in the scrap metal industry. We are buyers of other industrial materials like plumbing copper and brass, insulated copper wire, precious metals and nickel alloys. Rest assured, if you sell your metals to Bruce Metal & Salvage, you are getting a highly competitive price.
Reviews (21)
Anna C.
Dec 13, 2021
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Sally Melendez
Oct 31, 2021
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Scott Irwin
Oct 03, 2021
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Shaunea M.
Jul 19, 2021
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This place has been a helping hand Durning this hard time. My husband comes here daily for the most part. We feel the staff are friendly enough and efficient. you must know your stuff and properly separate all you are turning b4 you step in to Bruce's yard. Fallow those rules and you will be happy with your experience here as well.
Alan Collard
May 05, 2021
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Dulce M.
Feb 09, 2021
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Clifford Lacy
Jan 16, 2021
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I've been here countless times and it's always been a quick painless trip. These guys that work here are great and they help you unload with no qualms and get your materials in the right place in the quickest time possible. I've never had a problem and this will always be my recycling place. Keep up the good work.
John C.
Dec 27, 2020
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1991 was the last time I was at this place. I happen across this place again because I have some copper to recycle. Before my last time here in 1991i was completely loyal to only this place. Well it doesn’t seem to have changed much as far as the honesty there. I see a lot of complaints in regards to the fair weights being paid for metals. I will sum up my complaint now. I had what I recall a 30 gallon trash can and I would ALWAYS have it filled to the top or close to it and would ALWAYS get about 40 bucks. On this occasion I watched him write down the weight and the total I was to be paid, which
Roni New
Nov 02, 2020
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Jorge Silva
Jul 16, 2020
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It is nice the place is open on sundays,the prices per pound are not the best,they could be better most costumers are below poverty level and this place is busy with customers.the staff is friendly except the dude behind the scale ,I was not able to see my weight and when I tried to look at the weight the dude stated in a loud voice about me saying here we have someone that doesn't trust me look everybody he doesn't trust me he has to look at the weight I am 57 years old I didn't appreciate him making fun of me in front of everybody. I was very dissatisfied with him.i felt like he was harrassed
Michael Vogt
Jul 01, 2020
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Taim A.
Jun 29, 2020
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Dennis M.
May 25, 2020
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Frank P.
Sep 19, 2019
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Normally I go to the other recycle place around the corner, but for some reason they aren't accepting recycles. They are pretty cool here, but it's a bit dirtier with all the homeless living in the street. Driving in and out might be hard if you have a large truck. I guess it's just a typical recycle joint.
George B.
Jan 02, 2019
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Katy F.
Feb 25, 2018
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I saw these guys listed in the yellow pages app as "scrap metal pick up." Obviously not the case. When I called, the gentleman answering the phone was very rude and said "we don't pick up" and just hung up on me. Not that big of a deal, but I don't believe they are a company I would call again to do business with in the future. Bad first impression.
Humper Diggler
Oct 27, 2017
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Is literally one of the only recycling centers that I will go to with my copper or other metals I have been to a few places local to hear that have shorten me on what I should have been paid for or who have gave me a hard time because of my timing coming 10 minutes before closing. These guys have stayed open for me when I have called just a minute after what they would close the doors at very good customer service can get a little packed at times but they still are pretty quick! Feel free to try your luck somewhere else if you feel that you would rather be paid right and have good customer service
C. K.
May 31, 2017
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They have a cool small junked plane here!
I had a lot of scrap metal to get rid of and this place worked well in a pinch. Parking in the space was limited and bit confusing upon entering, but once there the guys were helpful.
Didn't get much for the metal (a penny a pound) but the cans paid off decently. It was also nice not to have to separate glass bottles by color like requsome places.
I had a lot of scrap metal to get rid of and this place worked well in a pinch. Parking in the space was limited and bit confusing upon entering, but once there the guys were helpful.
Didn't get much for the metal (a penny a pound) but the cans paid off decently. It was also nice not to have to separate glass bottles by color like requsome places.
L. Turner
Jan 31, 2016
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I had excellent service very professional. I brought in a full truckload copper and aluminum and some metal. They explained to me. That if I cleaned the metal they paid top dollar. If you have the time is it worth a lot more that way. They pulled me off to the side and employee showed me how to do that. The other companies don't tell you that. they just buy it like it is. then they clean it and they make the money on it. It was nice I made an extra $50.00. Doing that in just 10 minutes it was a really easy. highly recommend them. Larry Turner
Eli V.
Aug 07, 2015
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They quoted me 1 cent / lb. Yikes! It felt very cramped & cluttered here, it was very difficult to maneuver my long bed truck. Not a very big lot size. It took awhile to get some service although it wasn't very crowded. I had to get out and retrieve assistance. With the heavy truckloads I usually have direction & assistance unloading is a pro for me. it would be easier on me to go elsewhere considering workers usually come to help me. The experience was way to exhausting.
Bryan N.
Feb 21, 2012
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I can't believe I am rating a salvage yard. I called and asked if they took mattress bed frames and they said yes. They said they take it at $0.04 a pound. I made $2 dollars.
But, part of my old bed frame was yellow brass. It was about $1.70 a pound. I got $65 dollars out of the whole trip. Nice!
You drive in. You stop at the weigh station. The crew there helps you unload the car to weigh the scrap metal. You get a receipt from the weigher. You go to the cashier window. They take your ID and thumb print (I think to ID possible copper thieves). Then they cash you out.
Bruce's is open
But, part of my old bed frame was yellow brass. It was about $1.70 a pound. I got $65 dollars out of the whole trip. Nice!
You drive in. You stop at the weigh station. The crew there helps you unload the car to weigh the scrap metal. You get a receipt from the weigher. You go to the cashier window. They take your ID and thumb print (I think to ID possible copper thieves). Then they cash you out.
Bruce's is open
