Recycling salvage yard license

Definition

A recycling salvage yard stores any of these materials:

• Recyclable
• Salvage
• Scrap

This includes recycling centers and garbage dumps.

You do not need a license if the recyclable materials are not the primary business.   

Recyclable or salvage materials include all previously used or damaged:

• Building materials
• Cloth, glass, paper, rubber and batteries
• Ferrous and nonferrous metals
• Grass clippings, wood, tree leaves and branches
• Operable and inoperable vehicles or parts
• Operable and inoperable machinery or parts
• Scrap metals, concrete, asphalt and hazardous materials
• Synthetic materials