Founded in 1900, Southern Recycling is one of the leading metal recycling companies in the United States. It operates a network of full-service recycling facilities in Louisiana, Florida and Mississippi. The company specializes in the recycling of various metals, such as ferrous, nonferrous, nickel, alloy, tube bundles, cast iron, aluminum and stainless steel. It additionally specializes in the recycling of trucks, buses, rail cars, containers, refrigerants, pollutants, vessels, barges, mobile phones and platforms. The company supplies a variety of products, including radiators, electric motors, copper wires, wire nodules, mixed brass, and aluminum wheels, turnings, sheets and extrusions. It offers deconstruction, industrial clearance, debris management and regulatory compliance services. Southern Recycling is a part of European Metal Recycling, which has a staff of more than 1,400 employees and maintains over 65 locations worldwide.