EMR Southern Recycling - Mobile at 114 Industrial Canal Rd E, Mobile, AL 36603

The guys here don’t mess around—they’re quick, polite, and actually know what they’re doing. The one thing that’s saved me time is their little keychain card system. You scan it when you check in, and it pulls up your account right away. Genius, honestly. Except now I can’t find the damn thing. ---

Southern Recycling’s buyback rates are always fair, so I’m not complaining about that. But their ID policy is ridiculous. They *only* take a physical driver’s license—no passport, no paper copy, not even a temp. Like, I can board a plane with a passport, but I can’t sell scrap in Alabama? Makes no sense. ---

Couldn’t be simpler. Pull up to the scale, back into the spot they point you to (ask if you’re lost, they’ll tell you), hit the scale again, grab your ticket, then head next door to cash out. I’ve only brought shred so far, but I’ll try the non-ferrous next time. Only weird part was some guy just standing there staring while I unloaded. Asked if my toaster oven was a microwave, I said no, and he just kept circling my trailer like it was some kind of mystery. ---

This place is solid—good people, fair prices, and they don’t waste your time. You can drop off whatever you’ve got, get in and out fast, and everyone’s always in a decent mood. Even when they’re working, they’re smiling. Best spot I’ve found for scrap. ---

They’ve shorted me by over 1,000 pounds more than once, and it’s petty as hell. I brought in a car that weighed 3,700 lbs, added 1,000 lbs of steel, and somehow the scale said 2,800. Then, on top of that, the market rate was a dollar under what it should’ve been. Unbelievable.