Progressive Recycling is a full service scrap processor that specializes in the purchase and removal of ferrous and non-ferrous materials such as aluminum, copper, brass, stainless steel, and other from industrial scrap sources who generate new metal scrap as a buy product of their fabrication process.

Common ferrous metals include the various irons and steels. Common non-ferrous metals include aluminum, copper, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc.