Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about metal waste disposal, PGM recovery, hazardous waste management, and our metal waste recovery services.
We accept a wide range of metal waste including industrial production waste, scrap metal, spent catalysts containing platinum group metals (PGMs), metal-bearing sludge and swarf, thermal spray dust, used anodes and cathodes, and e-waste with precious metals. We focus on metal waste and metal-bearing hazardous waste, not chemical waste.
PGMs (platinum group metals) include platinum, palladium, iridium, ruthenium, rhodium, and osmium. They are among the rarest and most valuable metals on Earth. PGMs are commonly found in spent catalysts, electronic waste, and industrial process residues. Because of their extreme value, recovering PGMs from waste streams can turn a disposal cost into significant revenue.
Some metal waste is classified as hazardous waste depending on the metals present and their concentrations. Metal-bearing hazardous waste includes materials containing heavy metals, spent catalysts, contaminated sludge, and certain production residues. Meltra Metals handles both hazardous and non-hazardous metal waste with full regulatory compliance, documentation, and chain-of-custody tracking.
We recover platinum, gold, palladium, silver, iridium, and ruthenium from industrial waste streams. These precious metals are found in spent catalysts, electronic circuit boards, plating solutions, laboratory equipment, and manufacturing residues. We also recover high-value specialty metals like niobium, cobalt, tantalum, titanium, and tungsten from waste.
Our metal waste disposal process includes waste characterization, secure collection and hauling, metallurgical evaluation to identify recoverable PGMs and precious metals, processing to extract value, and compliant final disposition with full documentation. Unlike traditional waste disposal, we recover metal value from your waste before disposition, often turning a disposal cost into revenue.
Yes. Meltra Metals provides waste hauling and collection services for metal waste and scrap materials. We coordinate secure pickup from your facility, transportation to our processing centers, and handle all compliance documentation for the transport of metal-bearing materials including hazardous waste.
We serve aerospace and defense, electronics and semiconductors, automotive and electric vehicles, chemical and petrochemical, renewable energy, medical devices, mining and metallurgy, and surface coatings and plating. Any industry that generates metal waste, scrap metal, or spent catalysts can benefit from our waste recovery services.
Contact us at info@meltrametals.com or use our online contact form. Provide details about your metal waste type, estimated volume, and location. Our team will perform a preliminary assessment and provide a detailed quote including recovery estimates for PGMs and precious metals, logistics planning, and pricing. There is no obligation.
Scrap metal refers to recyclable metal materials leftover from manufacturing or end-of-life products. Metal waste is broader and includes scrap metal plus metal-bearing waste streams like sludge, spent catalysts, and process solutions. Hazardous waste is metal waste that meets regulatory thresholds for hazardous classification due to metal content or contamination. Meltra Metals handles all three categories.