Facility details
- Address
- 300 E Mullett St
Portage, WI 53901 - Phone
- (608) 742-2144
- Website
- altertrading.com
- Facility type
- Metals, Recycling
- County
- Columbia County
- EPA Region
- 5
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20, EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
- Also listed as
- Alter Metal Recycling
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110038838032
Programs on file: NPDES permit WIG000048 · WI-ESR 112048
Interest types: ICIS-NPDES NON-MAJOR
About this facility
A metals recycling facility, often called a scrap yard, buys and processes ferrous metal (steel, iron) and non-ferrous metal (aluminum, copper, brass, stainless) from contractors, haulers, manufacturers and the public. Material is weighed on a certified scale, graded, then sheared, baled or shredded for sale to steel mills and smelters. Prices change with commodity markets and are usually posted per pound or per ton by grade. Most yards require photo ID for payment and will not take sealed containers, pressurized cylinders or items with fluids. Hours, fees and accepted materials vary — call ahead to check current prices, what must be separated and whether vehicles, appliances or wire are accepted.
Typically accepted at a Metals Recycling Facility
- Steel and iron scrap
- Aluminum cans, siding and extrusions
- Copper pipe and wire
- Brass fixtures
- Stainless steel
- Appliances and vehicles (at many yards)
- Catalytic converters and batteries (documentation required)
Typically accepted at Recycling Center facilities
- Cardboard and mixed paper
- Plastic bottles and containers
- Aluminum and steel cans
- Glass bottles and jars
- Scrap metal
- Electronics (at some sites)
Hours, fees and accepted materials vary by site — call ahead before hauling a load.
Nearby facilities
- Keith's Recycling Inc. Recycling 1.7 mi · Portage, WI
- Columbia Co Solid Waste Dept Transfer Station 5.5 mi · Pacific, WI
- Keith's Recycling Recycling 10.6 mi · Rio, WI
- Village of Rio Transfer Station 12.0 mi · Rio, WI
- The Scrap Man Metals 12.3 mi · Wisconsin Dells, WI
- Morry Plenty Scrap Metals 12.4 mi · Poynette, WI
- Terry Kohn Trucking LLC Transfer Station 14.8 mi · Dalton, WI
- Baraboo County Transfer Station 15.2 mi · Baraboo, WI
- The Scrap Man Metals 16.0 mi · Wisconsin Dells, WI
- Lake Delton WI - Transfer Station Transfer Station 16.3 mi · Baraboo, WI
Nearest landfill: WMWI South Central Wisconsin, Baraboo — 16.7 mi
Area served
Serves Portage, Pardeeville, Wyocena, Poynette, Endeavor, Briggsville, Rio, Merrimac, Baraboo.
County context
One of 8 recycling centers in Columbia County, WI.
ZIP 53901 population 14,654.
Wisconsin solid-waste agency: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR)