KC Iron & Metal

KC Iron & Metal Serving Kansas Citys recycling needs since 1960. Recycling Center Non-ferrous metals.

10/07/2025

Road Construction!!!! BUT WE ARE OPEN
PLEASE COME IN THROUGH TROOST OR FOREST.

10/04/2022

Throwing away your old electronics can actually be harmful to you personally. Unless you’re savvy enough to know how to properly destroy a hard drive, it’s possible for your personal information to be obtained. That isn’t an issue you need to worry about when you recycle your electronics.

09/29/2022

Did you know that 500,000 trees could be spared from being cut down if every family in the United States just recycled their newspapers?

09/27/2022

What qualifies as electronic equipment has a fairly broad scope, and we want to be able to help you with your needs. If you are not sure if we handle a particular item, call us. If it is not something we take, we can probably tell you who will recycle it.

09/22/2022

Recycling takes the compounds from the appliance and provides a deeper processing to clean and purify the compound. There are multiple ways to recycle refrigerants - by careful filtering or oil separation.

09/20/2022

Recycling means energy doesn’t have to be spent mining or processing new virgin materials, but that’s not the only energy that’s saved. For example, cullet (shredded recycled glass) melts at a lower temperature than raw components, so less energy is spent in manufacturing.

09/15/2022

It is easier and less expensive to clean a gallon of used oil than it is to clean the water or ground it can contaminate if disposed of improperly. Don’t dump it, give us a call.

09/13/2022

Here's a shocker: Only around 10 percent of the price you pay for a bottle of water is for the water itself. The rest is for the plastic container, the paper label, transport costs, and marketing costs.

09/08/2022

Only 30% of metals get recycled. This is very low considering that metals can be recycled perfectly well. One challenge for consumers and those in the recycling business is to take apart the metals for collection. For instance, a cellular phone can contain dozens of metals and extracting them can be difficult.

09/06/2022

More than 73 percent of all newspapers are recovered for recycling. However, only about 33 percent of this is used to make newspaper, while the rest is used to create paperboard, tissue, or insulation.

09/01/2022

When a piece of electronic equipment such as a computer or television “breaks” that usually doesn’t mean that everything inside has spoiled like fruit. Many components in your broken equipment can be salvaged when recycled and be saved from ending up in a landfill.

08/30/2022

Did you know that November 15th is National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day? It falls just before Thanksgiving and is a great way to make room for the abundance of food coming into most households. An overloaded refrigerator is an energy drain.

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1411 E 19Th Street
Kansas City, MO
64108

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm
Saturday 8am - 11am

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