Blaze Recycling & Metals Opens Marietta, Ga., Yard

Blaze Recycling & Metals LLC, headquartered in Norcross, Ga., has opened its new yard in Marietta, Ga. The yard began trading nonferrous metals in late June, with ferrous trading beginning shortly thereafter.

“We are excited to enter the commercial market of Marietta and the surrounding area of Northwest Georgia,” Gary Blase, co-president and co-CEO of Blaze says. “The facility will provide local scrap dealers with the opportunity to sell directly to a metal shredding company.”

Blase continues, “This is our sixth operational facility, and by the end of the summer, we expect to be operating at least seven facilities with the opening of our Montgomery, Ala., facility.”

Including the operations of Florida-based Ocala Recycling, recently acquired through Blaze Metals LLC, Blaze Recycling’s parent company, the combined companies have nine facilities and two auto shredders, with the installation of a third to be completed soon.

Blaze is a full-service metal recycler operating in the Southeastern United States. The company currently operates six scrap yards in the Georgia cities of Norcross, Griffin, Gainesville, Lawrenceville and Marietta as well as a yard in Phenix City, Ala., that purchase ferrous and nonferrous scrap metal. Blaze also owns and operates a high-capacity shredder at its Lawrenceville, Ga., yard, that is configured to process approximately 30,000 tons per month. A shredder is currently being installed at its Phenix City yard, which will more than double the company’s shredding capacity.