Calamari Recycling Co. Inc Scrap Metal in
Essex Township (CT)

What clients say about Calamari Recycling Co. Inc Scrap Metal in Essex Township (CT)

• Leanne Barrett

  Excellent service at a great price. Will use again!

  Oct 24, 2025
• Ron Priest

  Great place, easy in and out. Pleasant staff and good pricing.

  Sep 13, 2025
• Glen Guidi

  Very accommodating, in and out no problem.

  Sep 06, 2025
• Richard Dudek

  Because of the stainless steel pipe I purchased at Calamari i was able to put up the 25 foot flagpole. The help at Calamari was great. They helped me find what I needed and carried it to my vehicle and load it as well. The cost was very reasonable. I have always had a good experience there wether I was purchasing material ot selling material. I highly recommend them.

  Jul 11, 2025
• David King

  And would require multiple mid-air refueling hence the positioning. I sent calamari an email asking if they carried the particular metal that I wanted. They affirmed that they did. I showed up the next morning. I was directed to the right Bay in the right building backed up where a young man was waiting for me. Help me load up, went and paid for it. Perfect. Couldn't have been simpler or more pleasant

  Jun 18, 2025
• Jodi Cannan

  They know why. When you remove your review, we will remove ours. We have sent payment to you for the box shortage $1035.00. Please remove your review as we do not like to hurt anyone's company with ill will. We want to move forward and work together in a positive direction.

  Mar 21, 2025
• Samuel Sherrow

  After cleaning out a house in Portland there were several old light weight metal cabinets and old pipes and scrap that needed to be tossed. Instead of putting them in a landfill recycling was a great answer. Twenty minutes down Rt 9, very easy process, and friendly service. Thanks again!

  Feb 22, 2025
• brodey coutant

  Would never use again brought in 50 pounds of clean and dirty brass in a bucket, didn't even let me sort it and gave me iron brass price of 30 cents instead of the 2 dollars it should be that's 100 dollars rip off ridiculous

  Sep 24, 2024
• Jesse LaRoche

  I like the place, everybody is friendly. However they don't understand communication. No notice that they will be closed on Google or Facebook. In fact google says open. This is easy on fb just post "we will be closed July 4-7 2024." I now have to take thousands of pounds of material back out of my truck in order to not derail my entire weekend. Everybody deserves a holiday just tell your customers.

  Jul 05, 2024
• Cory Seeger

  They don’t understand copper wire. I brought in clean THHN wire. Smallest was 12 gauge biggest was 8gauge but all THHN. They put me in a copper 3 category. Which means lowest quality or double insulated wire. It should have been priced at #1 insulated wire for it was all clean and bigger than 16 gauge wire and no sheathing. Also they tried telling me it was because my wire wasn’t big enough which makes no sense copper is copper you go by weight. They then said it was for recovery but that goes into the category you put me in. Which should have been #1 insulated wire not #3 copper which I’ve never seen before this. Been scraping for over 10 years. They stole 1 dollar per pound. Which I got 100 so they pocketed another 100. I researched and everywhere else gives 2.5 for #1 insulated wire or THHN DO NOT SCRAPE WIRE HERE. If calamari can explain to me how I’m wrong I’ll gladly take this down.

  Jun 20, 2024
• denis larkin

  With short notice hooked us up with another local hauler when they could not serve us directly.

  Jun 20, 2024
• Peter Lajoie

  Love this place. Easy in and out Great prices and friendly staff. I will only do business with them

  May 18, 2024
• Kevin Miller

  I love to hunt for items at Calamari's, the staff is always welcoming and puts up with my humor. Keep up the good work.

  Apr 27, 2024
• Ethan Goller

  We disassembled a 3,000 square foot warehouse of steel racking. Calamari Recycling spotted us two 30 yard roll offs, about a week a part, which we filled. Service was prompt, professional and seamless.

  Apr 24, 2024
• Colin

  I had a heat treat oven that I was taking up space in our shop, I reached out to Calimari's and they had a truck that was empty, so they asked if we had any other scrap metal / machinery we would liked removed, and we filled that panel truck up when they came, driver was totally professional I wish I had more to get ride of, thanks for the help

  Oct 18, 2023
• Jon Day

  -Best Scrap Yard I’ve Ever Visited- I’ve been dealing with scrap yards my whole life and usually don’t look forward to it. I heard good things about Calamari’s and brought a big trailer full of mixed metals there recently. I called ahead and spoke with a very kind employee in the office who explained their procedures. When I arrived they weighed me in and again was very kind and pleasant to deal with. I had many different types of metal on my trailer (Lead, copper, aluminum, steel) and they patiently explained where to go and how to get weighed in at various places in the yard. Helpful employees then helped us unload and get weighed in. The guy running the crane was kind enough to unload my trailer with two sweeps of his enormous electro-magnet, saving me at least 20 min. of unload time! Overall I was seriously impressed by Calamari’s- The place was organized, clean, and very user friendly- Their employees where very nice to work with (which generally isn’t the case with typical scrap yards). They run a fair operation- they paid me a very fair sum for my various metals. They also suggested that I would be allowed to purchase any metal from the scrap yard which sounded like a very exciting thought for future DIY projects.

  Oct 09, 2023
• Doris Johnson

  The staff is wonderful., Answers questions and takes car of business at hand quickly. My husband not think of going anywhere else!.

  Jul 16, 2023
• Nathan Wittich

  This place runs adds all over the country for accepting recycling materials "in Connecticut". Seems very unethical and suspicious. Legitimate recycling doesn't have to cross state lines.

  Jun 20, 2023
• Mark Goolsbey

  Quick and easy trip; staff is friendly and gave clear directions (first time visiting).

  Jun 05, 2023
• John N

  Friendly and a fantastic price! Highly recommend for great service. Thanks

  Apr 13, 2023
• Jon S

  First time here and a great experience. Everyone was friendly and helpful. Reasonable pricing. You should go out of your way to support smaller operations, especially this one. You get much better service.

  Oct 04, 2022
• William Burdick

  Calamari has always been a great place to do business with and I look forward to more chances to do business with them.

  Aug 19, 2021
• Eric Auer

  The only place I go for dumpsters and scrap , this place is a well oiled machine , chock full of hard working people making the world turn , nice to see there nice new trucks cruising down 95 , Calamari recycling is bringing class back to scrap .

  Jul 30, 2021
• Bidenflation Victim

  They are 30 miles from me but pay so much better than CT scrap who has been using fudgey math lately to make everything an even $ amount, the drop off for Calamari goes over a hill, much better than backing into the pile resulting in more flat tires

  Jun 26, 2021
• Howard Rivkin

  Calamari Recycling was great to work with. They are very dependable, provide excellent service and have fair, competitive rates. I highly recommend using them for your waste disposal and metal exchange needs.

  Jun 09, 2021
• Joseph Case

  As always a great experience,very nice and very professional! Certainly the only place to bring your scrap metal!

  Jul 16, 2020
• Mark Grano

  I've never had an issue here, always professional. You get more for your junk car here than at a junkyard.

  Jun 22, 2020
• Bella Nucci

  Great place and great people! Everyone was very polite and respectful! They helped me make sure I knew where I was going. I highly recommend going there for anyone who has material to get rid of! I’ll definitely be going back there again!

  May 14, 2019
• Phil Pags Pagliaro

  Fast response.... Great people to work with! They have been around a while and there is a reason for it! Great company to work with....

  Dec 13, 2018
• Matt DeGrand

  Expect to get a flat tire when entering the yard.. if you don't get a lotto ticket. Other-wise easy and effective here's the metal , here's the money.

  Apr 06, 2018