I have recycled fire extinguishers from a fire extinguisher company. I learned about it on the forum from another of our members. First I live in N.C. so things can be different here.

I picked them up as a service and paid nothing for them. Most were empty but a few had the chemicals in them. I did sell the brass valves and Aluminum handles separated from the tanks.



These tanks like all other tanks that hold pressurized material have a date stamp and can not be used beyond a certain number of years. Because of this all the tanks I received were not reusable.

About half the tanks were steel and the other were Al. The price of Al was $0.50 and shred was $0.10. My rough guess-ta-mate was they were worth about the same amount of money.

So to answer one of your questions perhaps free would be reasonable for a scraper to pick them up. This is in consideration for the effort of removing the values and anything else. IF they have chemicals in them then I would charge to get rid of them.

A comment on your comment of companies requiring insurance to drive on to their business for a pick up. In that case with out a doubt I would charge you for the service of picking up and disposing of the fire extinguishers.

The scrap yards I have done business with have not problem accepting fire extinguishers that are empty and the valve has been removed. Welcome to the forum and 73, Mike