SA Recycling at 530 Seaboard Industrial Dr, Lawrenceville, GA 30046

I have been working for a junk removal company for a little over 2 years, when I first began coming here it was a very quick, simple, straight forward process. They had 2 girls in the office and one guy out in the scrapyard. It would take about 15-20 minutes back then. Now the place is always packed, and they have more employees then ever. It takes about an hour to dump here usually now. I think the biggest problem is shown in the photo below. Where people used to dump, the cranes now works there nonstop. They need to have someone operating the crane overnight or in the evening not during normal business hours. Before this crane would park here people could get in and out very easy. Now this crane is parked here everytime where people are supposed to dump, so you have to drive around the whole place to dump on the backside, it makes it confusing, if the crane HAS to always been working, it needs to be on a different spot so this place has some sort of flow to it, right now its become a mess.

The hours of operation are inaccurate. Was pretty much told that the closing time on Google is when the employees “wrap it up”so expect the gate to be closed 15 min early. (Other reviews mention up to 30 min early) Not professional at all and when I told them nicely to consider updating their hours was met with this response “why would you come so late??” Very narrow minded and one sided way of thinking. Not to mention inconsiderate of people driving all the way out to scrap their metal assuming that this business actually adheres to their hours. The lady over the phone seemed to encourage a review where I can make people aware of the true hours, so here it is along with a 1 star.

Plan for at least 1.5 hrs here – staff was helpful but ask lots of questions if it is your first time. They gather aluminum, steel, copper etc.

Used to be a reliable scrap yard. Changes in the last year have made the place seem less trustworthy.
Something that used to be a little thing (till they changed the hours)… is that the scrap yard closes 30 minutes earlier than listed. They backed the closing time from 4:30/12pm. to 4pm/11:30am., and they're still closing 30 minutes early! I entered a suggested edit on Google to mark their current hours 8am-3:30 (Monday-Friday) 8am-11am (Saturday)
Keep in mind when pricing copper here… #1 is now bright copper without any joints only. Any discoloration on clean pipe registers as #2 per the scale master. (A little deceitful, because most scrap yards have a #1 bright copper and a #1 copper category).

Brian that works in the scape yard gives excellent service & help. Very knowledgeable and smart guy. Also every single person in the office is nice as well. Honestly one of the best recycling yards in Georgia.