Cozzi Recycling

Headquartered in Bellwood, Illinois, near Chicago, Cozzi Recycling is owned and operated by the most prominent and trusted name in the Chicago scrap metal recycling market. At Cozzi Recycling, our customers benefit from our competitive advantages and values:

• Complete recycling solutions
• Prompt, honest and courteous service.
• Direct mill supplier of both Ferrous and Non Ferrous metals.
• Credibility
• Integrity
• Optimum pricing

Our Mission Statement:

Our mission is to provide our customers the finest service, value, and quality in the scrap industry. While being good corporate citizens dedicated to employees, customers, and community, we maximize our return by being the most efficient transporter, processor, and marketer of recyclable metals.

This will occur through the development and continuous improvement of a motivated team of employees operating a system and equipment which are second to none.

Success will be measured by our ability to develop a system of operation and controls that will help us achieve and maintain a sustainable competitive advantage that can be transplanted to other strategic markets.

History

Our business model is built on a foundation of service, innovation, market expertise, and professional integrity. The strength of the Cozzi family has created one of Chicago’s and the Midwest’s most trusted and fastest growing full-service scrap metal recycling companies.

Cozzi Iron and Metal

The Cozzi name is synonymous with scrap metal recycling in Chicago and the Midwest. What began as a rag and junk business founded by Frank Sr. and Frank Cozzi in 1945, grew to be the largest scrap metal recycling company in the Midwest.

In the early 1960s, Frank Cozzi and Sons began putting an emphasis on scrap metal recycling, collecting excavation and demolition steel for scrap processing. The firm continued to grow in the Chicago area, gradually devoting all of its resources to scrap processing. By 1965, Frank Cozzi and Sons was targeting manufacturers’ scrap metal for recycling and became Cozzi Iron & Metal.

Following the death of his father, Albert Cozzi became president of the company and under his leadership Cozzi Iron & Metal claimed its place as the largest scrap metal recycling operation in Chicago and the Midwest. By the mid 1990’s, through acquisition and organic growth, Cozzi Iron and Metal owned and operated ten scrap processing facilities in Chicagoland, as well as full service scrap processing facilities in Memphis, TN, Monongahela, PA, and Phoenix, AZ.

1997 saw Cozzi Iron and Metal become a publicly traded company by merging with Metal Management.

In 2006, the Cozzi family started a new venture forming Cozzi Consulting Group. Cozzi Consulting Group serves generators of scrap and recycling companies in all capacities of expertise.

Naturally, doing what it does best, Cozzi Consulting Group, while working with a Chicago area client, was offered an opportunity at ownership of the company that is known today as Cozzi Recycling.

Who We Serve

Cozzi Recycling’s dedication to understanding our customers’ needs allows us to help eliminate inefficiencies in any scrap metal recycling program and ultimately exceed customer expectations.

With you, we’ll provide the essential elements for profitable and efficient scrap metal recycling. We proudly serve scrap metal generating customers of all types and sizes such as:

• Auto Repair and Body Shops
• Construction Contractors
• Demolition Contractors
• Excavators
• Electricians
• Fabricators and Weld Shops
• Forge Shops
• Foundries
• HVAC Companies
• Machine Shops
• Metal Formers
• Metal Service Centers
• Metal Spinners
• Metal Stampers
• Plumbers
• Public walk in customers recycling items like Aluminum cans and other household items
• Roofers
• Siding Contractors
• Truck and Trailer Repair Facilities

What We Buy

At Cozzi Recycling, we handle all grades of ferrous and nonferrous scrap metal for recycling. We shred, shear, bale, and prepare scrap metal for domestic and international shipments in accordance with mill, foundry, and smelter specifications.