Recycling, Demolition, and Clean-Up Company Launches to Serve Residents and Businesses
West Kootenay residents and business owners no longer have to commute to recycle valuable scrap metal
since LOCAL Metal opened its doors in Genelle, BC this spring.
After SECURE Energy — which is headquartered in Calgary, AB — centralized their Kootenay metal recycling
facilities in January 2023, an opportunity arose. The new LOCAL Metal operation, expected to employ up to
five staff, is centrally located to serve the West Kootenay and greater area as a full-service registered scrap
metal recycling yard.
“Processing metal recycling here and shipping materials directly to regional mills is a win-win for everybody,
emissions-wise and cost-wise,” says Local Industrial Partners Vice President of Operations Garett White.
“We’re motivated to make sure that the value stays within our region.”
There is plenty of residential and commercial recycling to manage in both the East and West Kootenay,
according to White, who estimates the rural area, rich in the industrial, technology, and metallurgy sectors,
generates thousands of metric tons of recyclable metal annually.
“Without a local option, we started to see appliances illegally dumped on the side of forestry service roads;
people were forced to use landfills and tradespeople were hauling valuable loads to the nearest facilities in
Spokane, Cranbrook, or Kelowna to recycle their high-value commodities,” says White. “We saw a need for a
metal recycling facility to remain in our area, especially since BC strives to be so environmentally friendly; it
just made sense to keep the service here for the local people.”
Scrap metal recycling is the process of recovering and processing scrap metal from end-of-life items to reuse
in new goods. Metals are collected, shredded, processed, and sent directly back to mills to create a product to
spec, emitting far less carbon and using resources more efficiently than manufacturing new material from raw
ore.
“It’s not only good business but also more environmentally friendly than going out and mining ore. We are
essentially mining urban areas for materials that we already have,” adds White. “Our focus now is on educating
our communities on what can be recycled to help clean up our neighbourhoods and put money back into
residents’ pockets.”
The collection site accepts all metals except sealed containers like propane tanks, or wet (oil or fuel filled)
units, as it poses a safety risk. Residents and business owners can bring in their scrap metal and receive a
payout or take advantage of
LOCAL Metal’s roll-off bin truck for one-time pick-ups or long-term operational bin
service. The company also provides mobile demolition and clean-up services for industrial boneyards and
agricultural, farm, or estate properties, using heavy-duty equipment including a shear, baler, and excavator
equipped with a magnet to efficiently remove all metal from a site.
LOCAL Metal was founded by Local Industrial Partners Ltd., a group of engineers and environmental
technologists with over 50 years of combined industry experience. It’s the latest business exemplifying the region’s dedication to an industrial circular economy, according to Metal Tech Alley, a global leader in shifting
to reduce, reuse, recycle, and recover energy and materials to maximize sustainable life cycles.
“This region has a unique ecosystem for Industrial Circular Economy and we are fortunate to have LOCAL
Metal in the area to assist us with closing the loop,” says Metal Tech Alley Director Jacomien van Tonder.
Located at 1055 Courtesy Road, LOCAL Metal is open from 8 am – 4 pm, Monday to Friday.
About the partners:
LOCAL Metal is a Major Appliance Recycling Roundtable (MARR) metal recycling site that also offers
demolition, environmental earthwork, site spill cleanup, remediation and reclamation, and project management
and logistical coordination services. For more information, visit http://local-industrial.com/
Metal Tech Alley is an industrial and tech think tank leading the circular economy movement by making
environmental protection profitable.
MEDIA CONTACT
Garett White
Vice President, Local Industrial Partners Ltd.
1055 Courtesy Road Genelle, BC V0G 1G0
250-608-5888
gwhite@local-industrial.com
