C & D Scrap Metal Recyclers Co., Inc. at 6775 Bingle Rd, Houston, TX 77092

The place has a nice fresh look now, and that’s great. Maricarmen and the team gave me excellent service; the guy in the office has a really friendly vibe.

I’m a regular at this place and love the crew. Marinara and Infant are always upbeat and polite, treat you like first class, and I deal with them all the time. If you go to C and D you’ll get great service every visit.

Every time I swing by C&D Scrap Metal, I’m greeted by two cheerful people—Maricarmen and Infant. They really know their stuff and can speak both languages. Good experience whenever you recycle here.

My dad brought scrap here a year ago at another spot and had no complaints. I pulled into the Bingle location and saw brass, copper, thick aluminum pieces, and a whole lot of Cat 5/6 cable. I followed the arrows to the gate, but a guy on a forklift waved me off. So I parked out front, walked into the office, and waited a bit. Then someone told me to just follow the arrows again like I was already doing. I walked back, did that, rolled down my window to ask where to go, and they pointed me to the covered area that, as it turns out, was closed. When I asked if I could back up to the dock instead, they finally said yes. I work in home remodeling and security installs every day, so I know this stuff well. I mentioned it was my first time there and that my late father sent me, then started unloading. Without a word they just weighed everything and tossed it in the bin. I noticed them lumping stainless with brass and copper on the same scale. They said it was all just standard metal, like tin. I pointed out the tiny ball bearings on the fittings and a couple screws in the handles don’t change the whole bucket. They even ran a magnet test on pieces in the bin, and most passed. The ones that didn’t still checked in at 99%. After they grabbed my second bucket to do the same thing, I stopped them and said that one’s extruded aluminum—the thick kind used for painter’s stilts and such—not soda cans. I’d already separated the other bucket into copper and brass, mostly copper from water piping. They admitted copper pays more, which I already knew. At checkout they paid me for 39 pounds of yellow brass but didn’t credit any copper. Then for 85 pounds they called it “standard metal,” even though I’d brought none. They paid just $1.84 a pound for brass—way below what copper would have been—and a laughably low 7.25 cents per hundred pounds for whatever they’d thrown in the bin as metal. The extruded aluminum got 11.5 cents a pound. Cat 5 cable was low too, though not as bad as the metals. All told, 235 pounds of copper, brass, aluminum, cable, and an old car starter added up to $149.90. They shorted me two bucks and handed me a pair of singles. I don’t usually leave reviews, but I’ll bother when things go right. After it was all over I asked the cashier which way out to use and she told me the same way I came in—then I had to exit through an entrance-only lane. Since my dad’s passed, I’ll handle this myself from now on and I’ll be checking other yards every week. Something about the whole thing felt like they were trying to keep the payout as low as possible. I’ll post the receipt when I get home.

Honestly, this place is great—except for one huge headache. The computers here are *painfully* slow, and because of that, there’s always a line. It’s not just a quick wait; you’re stuck there forever while the system crawls. The staff, though? They’re super nice, so at least there’s that. Thanks to C & D for the good vibes, but seriously, fix the tech. Upgrade the internet or get new computers—this is ridiculous. ---

Every time I bring scrap—whether it’s all metal or just wire—they make it quick and simple. No waiting around, no hassle. The people working there are actually friendly, which is more than I can say for most places like this. ---

The Bingle location? Solid. Everyone there’s friendly, actually *wants* to help, and the place isn’t a total mess—which is more than I can say for most scrap yards. Easy to bring my stuff in, easy to leave happy. Wouldn’t go anywhere else. ---

Look, we’ve been with C&D for years, and they’ve always been solid. But something’s off now. We started back up with them in July on a commercial account, and they still owe us over $12K. Two months in, and we’ve gotten *one* tiny payment—just enough to keep us from yelling, I guess. Now I can’t even get the owner to call me back. Another recycler told me they’ve had people jump ship from C&D lately, and honestly? It’s a shame. I get that growing pains happen when a business changes hands, but this isn’t how you treat customers. We move 5-10K in scrap a month, and we’d never pull this crap with *our* clients. If they don’t sort this out, they’re gonna lose a lot more than just us. ---

That’s it—I’m done with this place. Took in an old generator and a motor that I’d given up on fixing. They split them apart, called the generator and motor “aluminum breakage,” and the frame “shreddable tin.” Not a word about the copper or steel. So yeah, I’ll take my $2 bill, laugh at the irony, and never come back. There’s plenty of other yards that won’t nickel-and-dime me like this.

We’ve been bringing our daughter to C&D to teach her about recycling—mostly aluminum cans—and they’ve been amazing with her. Every time, they cheer her on, give her a lollipop or one of those little aluminum cups as a bonus, *and* she walks out with a $2 bill. She loves it, and honestly? So do we. It’s the little things, right? ---