Recycling a Bike Frame

[Aggie_Ama]

I finally decided my damaged Gary Fisher Frame needs to go. It has been in my house for 8 months since the car wreck that lead to it being declared unrideable. I salvaged and sold the parts that were still good. Will a metal/aluminum recycling place take it? You know one of those one you can take your cans to if you don't have curbside recycling? I am trying to figure out how it doesn't end up in a landfill.

[Koronin]

That's a good question. I have no idea.

[radacrider]

If they don't, there must be scrap metal folks that would take it. In Portland we have an organization, Metro, that we can call and get answers to recycling and disposal questions. Anything like that in your area?

[OakLeaf]

I'd call the scrapyard if it's too out of your way to just drive by. Know what kind of alloy (6061, 7005, etc) the frame is before you call - I don't know if that makes a difference, but it might. I think calling the scrapyard directly would be more likely to get you an answer than calling the solid waste authority.

Around here, just in the last few months different organizations have started doing scrap metal drives for fundraising - big containers have been popping up all over the place. I don't know who sorts the trash from the recyclable metals when they take those things to the scrapyard, but somebody must.