A LEADER IN THE SCRAP METAL INDUSTRY Founded in 1964 by Sam Gershowitz, Gershow Recycling began as a two-man operation with a tractor and trailer, a boom truck and the first portable car flattener. Today, it is one of Long Island s oldest and most successful environmental companies whose mission is: Conserving the Future by Recycling the Past. Gershow recognized early on that Long Island had a growing solid waste problem and they could do something about it. As a result, they went to the region s landfills to literally mine thousands of tons of cars that had been entombed there because they felt they could be recycled. Today, Gershow Recycling operates the most modern, technically advanced metal processing and recycling facilities in the United States. Their modern equipment and their ability to meet new recycling industry needs reflects the commitment they have made toward providing the finest service possible to their customers. In recent years, the company has been featured several times on Fox News, Fox Business News and the Science Channel. In 2010, Gershow was regularly shown on Spike Television s program Scrappers. In 2011, the company was the subject of an hour-long National Geographic program called Break it Down. BREAK IT DOWN
BUYERS OF SCRAP METAL Gershow Recycling is a processor of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, as well as paper products. The company operates eight facilities throughout Long Island and Brooklyn with a group of highly trained and skilled associates. Gershow purchases scrap metal and paper products from the public, including homeowners and businesses, and then manufactures them into high-quality scrap products for recycling. The company then sells these commodities domestically and worldwide to mills and manufacturers for use in new products. As the only true scrap metal processor in the region it serves, if you are not working directly with Gershow, you are not getting the most for your scrap metal. TYPES OF METAL WE PURCHASE: In addition to junk cars, trucks and buses, Gershow recycles just about any product that contains ferrous or non-ferrous metals, including: Aluminum Aluminum Mix Aluminum Siding Aluminum Wheels Appliances Auto Hulks Automobile Batteries Automobile Radiators Automobile Parts Barbecues Bare Brite Copper Wire Brass Copper Copper Bearing Scrap Copper Tubing Corrugated Cardboard Electric Motors Electronics Fuel Storage Tanks Insulated Copper Wire Lawn Furniture Light Iron Manufactured Waste Metal Cabinets & Desks Steel Tin Cans Wrought iron OUR SERVICES: Gershow never loses sight of the fact that, no matter what high-tech equipment emerges, it is their unmatched service and competitive prices that keep their customers coming back year after year. Only Gershow has the resources necessary to provide the best possible service to its customers. The company has eight locations throughout Long Island and Brooklyn and maintains a fleet of hundreds of roll-off containers ranging in size from 10 to 80 yards that it will regularly service to meet the customer s needs. All of the company s trucks are radio dispatched and monitored via a Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) system.
HELP YOUR COMPANY S BOTTOM LINE WHO SHOULD SELL THEIR SCRAP METAL TO GERSHOW? Whether your company is a manufacturer, a contractor, an auto repair shop, or just about any business that regularly deals with metal waste, recycling can help your bottom line. However, the company you choose can make all the difference. Gershow s customers include the following types of businesses: Auto Wrecking Companies Automotive Repair Shops Automobile Body Repair Shops Boat Yards Bus Companies Carpenters Commercial Builders Construction Companies Demolition Companies Do-It-Yourselfers Electric Motor Repair Electrical Contractors Fencing Companies General Contractors Heating and Ventilation Contractors Home Builders Home Heating Companies Home Improvement Contractors Local Towns and Villages Machine Shops Manufacturers Masonry Contractors Office Buildings Painters Petroleum Companies Plumbers Recovery Plants Roofers Sanitation Companies Scrap Yards Sewer Contractors Siding Contractors Sunroom Contractors Telephone Companies Transfer Stations Transmission Repair Shops Trucking Companies Utilities Only Gershow has the resources to serve large companies and manufacturers. THE LEADER IN SCRAP METAL RECYCLING SINCE 1964 Aluminum, Brass, Copper, Steel, Cast Iron Old Appliances, Junk Cars, Manufactured Waste Also Accepting C&D.* Container service available. *Only at the Freeport and Valley Stream locations.
BROOKLYN 1888 Pitkin Ave. Brooklyn, NY (718) 345-2240 VALLEY STREAM 97 East Hawthorne Ave. Valley Stream, NY (516) 825-7244 FREEPORT 143 Hanse Ave. Freeport, NY (516) 634-0644 NEW HYDE PARK 24 Denton Ave. New Hyde Park, NY (516) 746-1081 Lic. #: 7090157 Accepting C&D Accepting C&D Lic. #: 7086593 Lic. #: 7112745 Lic. #: 7111364 Huntington New Hyde Park Bay Shore Medford Brooklyn Riverhead Freeport Valley Stream Lindenhurst HUNTINGTON 149 W. 11th St. Huntington Sta., NY (631) 385-1200 Lic. #: 7106710 LINDENHURST 635 Muncy Ave. Lindenhurst, NY (631) 587-1991 Lic. #: 7054828 BAY SHORE 33 McAdam St. Bay Shore, NY (631) 234-1022 Lic. #: 7090529 MEDFORD Corporate Headquarters 71 Peconic Ave. Medford, NY (631) 289-6188 RIVERHEAD 27 Hubbard Ave. Riverhead, NY (631) 727-3521 Lic. #: 7114915 Lic. #: 7002727
OUR PRODUCTS Gershow recycles metal products and then manufactures them into finished products in customer-specified forms, including baled, sheared, and shredded for sale domestically and for export overseas to steel mills, copper and aluminum foundries, paper mills and other metal manufacturing facilities. The company owns and operates three automobile shredders, as well as guillotine shears and balers at each of its eight locations. It owns a fleet of more than 250 rail cars and maintains a rail yard adjacent to its shredding facility, allowing it to ship products using just about any form of transportation to any destination. GERSHOW S PRODUCTS INCLUDE: ALUMINUM Copper rads clean Copper rads dirty Copper rad ends Condensors Condensor clips Litho MLCC painted MLCC unpainted Screens Sheet Siding Turnings Wheels Wheels chrome COPPER Brite #1 Tin plated #2 Shredded #2 Light Leaded light INSULATED WIRES 30% 42% 50% BX High-grade Poly wire BRASS Bullets Faucets Mixed yellow Yellow pipe Red pipe Composition 81 metal Radiators clean Radiators dirty Shredded mixed Heater cores LEAD Mixed scrap Range FERROUS Shredded Steel #1 Steel Plate & Structural Steel #1 Steel Rotors & Drums #1 bundles Cast iron Cable Auto batteries Industrial batteries PAPER OCC News ZORBA 1.5 & larger 5/8 to 1.5 SGM #1 SGM #2 SGM #4 Twitch STAINLESS 18-8 Shredded 18-8 15-5 turnings PLASTIC Gas Tanks Bumpers COPPER BEARING Electric motors mixed AC Electric motors small AC Electric motors mixed DC Electric motors sealed units Electric motors sealed units shrd Stators large Stators small Armatures Shredder pickings Starter-alternators Alum transformer cores Copper transformer cores
PRESERVING OUR ENVIRONMENT Gershow is one of Long Island s oldest and most successful environmental companies whose mission is: Conserving the Future by Recycling the Past. From its early days of mining the region s landfills of thousands of tons of cars, it has continued to work to minimize the amount of solid waste entering the region s landfills. Each year, Gershow recycles enough cars to stretch end to end from Medford, New York to North Carolina, or you can fill all eight lanes of the Long Island Expressway from the Midtown Tunnel to Riverhead, New York. The company continues to invest in the most technologically advanced recycling equipment that will allow it to recycle the most amount of metal possible. It belongs to a vital national industry that helps to preserve the environment through energy reduction and decreased emissions necessary to manufacture products. For instance, in 2010 alone, the industry processed 74 million metric tons of steel. COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS As part of its community outreach programs, the company regularly appears in schools to lecture on the importance of recycling and to provide educational tools about the environment. It has also initiated a successful Can Tabs for Kids program that not only teaches area schoolchildren the importance of recycling, but also helps to raise funds in the fight against childhood cancer.
PROUDLY SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES Gershow believes how they act reflects directly on their customers, and therefore it plays an active role in the community. The company helps fund grassroots environmental programs that promote recycling and environmental conservation and also supports several community and youth programs. The company provides a scholarship award to several graduating students each year who are pursuing engineering or environmental studies. It makes regular donations of vehicles and provides the use of its facilities to local fire and ambulance companies for training exercises. SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS GERSHOW HAS SUPPORTED: American Cancer Society Camp Pa-Qua-Tuck Citizens Campaign for the Environment Great Brookhaven Cleanup Islip High School Catapult Team Patchogue-Medford High School Robotics Program Patchogue-Medford Youth Patchogue Lions Club Christmas in June Play for Peace Soccer Tournament Save-A-Pet Animal Rescue and Adoption Center School-Business Partnerships of Long Island Society of St. Vincent de Paul at St. Fancis Assisi Parish Sunrise Fund at Stony Brook University Medical Center Suffolk County Girl Scouts
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