Scrap Metal Recycling in Pittsburg, KS
SEK Recycling accepts scrap metal on Wednesdays 10am-5pm at its Pittsburg site, 615 S. Joplin; $10 per car.
See all 2 optionsChecked October 26, 2026 · Call before you go · How we check
Before you go
- Ask whether items must be mostly metal and free of refrigerant, fuel or oil.
- Check whether the operator pays for metal or charges a fee.
Kansas rules
- To sell regulated (mostly nonferrous) scrap metal to a Kansas scrap dealer, you must show ID and give your name, address, sex and date of birth, and sign a statement. Source: K.S.A. 50-6,110: Selling regulated scrap metal; information required (opens in new tab)
- Kansas scrap dealers may not buy regulated scrap metal from a minor unless a parent or guardian is present. Source: K.S.A. 50-6,111: Unlawful acts by scrap metal dealers (opens in new tab)
More Kansas rules (8)
- Regulated scrap metal is scrap priced mainly on nonferrous content such as aluminum (except food and beverage containers), copper, brass and lead, plus catalytic converters. Source: K.S.A. 50-6,109: Scrap metal theft reduction act; definitions (opens in new tab)
- Each Kansas county (or a designated city) must submit a solid waste management plan to KDHE; counties may join regional plans. Source: K.S.A. 65-3405: County solid waste management plans (opens in new tab)
- County solid waste plans must consider specific programs for wastes such as lead-acid batteries, household hazardous waste, white goods containing CFCs, motor oil and consumer electronics. The law requires consideration, not a program. Source: K.S.A. 65-3405: County solid waste management plans (opens in new tab)
- KDHE may coordinate voluntary hazardous waste collection programs and encourages local governments to run household hazardous waste collection, alone or jointly. Source: K.S.A. 65-3460: Voluntary local hazardous waste programs; grants (opens in new tab)
- KDHE may give grants to help pay for local hazardous waste collection programs, from the state hazardous waste collection fund. Source: K.S.A. 65-3460: Voluntary local hazardous waste programs; grants (opens in new tab)
- Part of a hazardous waste treatment fee paid to KDHE by the Ash Grove cement plant in Chanute funds grants to HHW facilities. Source: KDHE: Kansas Household Hazardous Waste Program SFY 2024 Report to the Legislature (PDF) (opens in new tab)
- Kansas has 45 permanent permitted HHW facilities plus 39 satellite locations (SFY 2024). Source: KDHE: Kansas Household Hazardous Waste Program SFY 2024 Report to the Legislature (PDF) (opens in new tab)
- KDHE says HHW disposal options are available in 93 Kansas counties, covering over 95% of the population; a few counties have none. Source: KDHE: Kansas Household Hazardous Waste Program SFY 2024 Report to the Legislature (PDF) (opens in new tab)
Where this information comes from (14)
Where this information comes from
Checked October 26, 2026
- SEK Recycling (opens in new tab) · Southeast Kansas Recycling, Inc.
- Tunnel drop-off Friday 10am-5pm and Saturday 9am-4pm, $10 per car; scrap metal and e-waste Wednesday 10am-5pm, $10 per car. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Our Services (opens in new tab) · Southeast Kansas Recycling, Inc.
- Large item drop-off is free for Crawford County residents and $10 for non-residents. Checked October 26, 2026.
- What We Take (opens in new tab) · Southeast Kansas Recycling, Inc.
- Scrap metal drop-off is Wednesdays 10-5. Checked October 26, 2026.
- About Southeast Kansas Recycling (opens in new tab) · Southeast Kansas Recycling, Inc.
- SEKR is a Pittsburg-area non-profit serving local Kansas and Missouri counties. Checked October 26, 2026.
- K.S.A. 65-3405: County solid waste management plans (opens in new tab) · Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes
- Each Kansas county (or a designated city) must submit a solid waste management plan to KDHE; counties may join regional plans. Checked October 26, 2026.
- County solid waste plans must consider specific programs for wastes such as lead-acid batteries, household hazardous waste, white goods containing CFCs, motor oil and consumer electronics. The law requires consideration, not a program. Checked October 26, 2026.
- K.S.A. 65-3460: Voluntary local hazardous waste programs; grants (opens in new tab) · Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes
- KDHE may coordinate voluntary hazardous waste collection programs and encourages local governments to run household hazardous waste collection, alone or jointly. Checked October 26, 2026.
- KDHE may give grants to help pay for local hazardous waste collection programs, from the state hazardous waste collection fund. Checked October 26, 2026.
- KDHE: Kansas Household Hazardous Waste Program SFY 2024 Report to the Legislature (PDF) (opens in new tab) · Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Bureau of Waste Management
- Part of a hazardous waste treatment fee paid to KDHE by the Ash Grove cement plant in Chanute funds grants to HHW facilities. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Kansas has 45 permanent permitted HHW facilities plus 39 satellite locations (SFY 2024). Checked October 26, 2026.
- KDHE says HHW disposal options are available in 93 Kansas counties, covering over 95% of the population; a few counties have none. Checked October 26, 2026.
- K.S.A. 50-6,110: Selling regulated scrap metal; information required (opens in new tab) · Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes
- To sell regulated (mostly nonferrous) scrap metal to a Kansas scrap dealer, you must show ID and give your name, address, sex and date of birth, and sign a statement. Checked October 26, 2026.
- K.S.A. 50-6,109: Scrap metal theft reduction act; definitions (opens in new tab) · Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes
- Regulated scrap metal is scrap priced mainly on nonferrous content such as aluminum (except food and beverage containers), copper, brass and lead, plus catalytic converters. Checked October 26, 2026.
- K.S.A. 50-6,111: Unlawful acts by scrap metal dealers (opens in new tab) · Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes
- Kansas scrap dealers may not buy regulated scrap metal from a minor unless a parent or guardian is present. Checked October 26, 2026.
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