Gun Range Brass & Lead Recycling

Your payout is tied to live London Metals Exchange pricing for brass and lead, not a flat rate a local scrap yard quotes you once and never moves. That means when metal prices climb, so does what you get paid. For a range moving a few thousand rounds a month, that spent brass and lead adds up to a real revenue line instead of something you pay to have hauled away.

No. Most scrap buyers require you to pull steel, aluminum, and shotshells out before they'll weigh your brass — RES doesn't. We accept it mixed and uncleaned and handle separation at our facility, so your staff spends zero hours sorting metal instead of running the range.

It depends on how it's handled. Routine lead reclamation and metal recycling generally isn't treated as hazardous waste generation, but once lead-contaminated soil, debris, or filter media is removed and discarded, it can be classified as RCRA hazardous waste. That distinction matters because it changes who's on the hook if it's handled wrong.

Under EPA rules, your range is the "generator" of the waste — which means you can still be held liable even after a contractor hauls it off, including if they take it to a facility that isn't properly permitted. That's why the contractor you pick matters. RES is EPA and DOT-certified, and we handle the compliance paperwork on our end so you have documentation if you're ever asked for it.

We ship you free, DOT-approved containers to collect brass and lead on-site. Once a container's full, a truck with a lift gate picks it up — no forklift required, no freight arrangements on your end. From there, we handle transport, processing, and payment.

Metals recycling is one piece of it. RES also handles hazardous waste disposal — HEPA filters, PPE, gun powder waste — and rubber berm trap cleaning. Ranges that want one vendor for compliance and recycling instead of juggling three separate contractors typically consolidate everything with us.