cremationrecycling.com

What It Is

Cremation Recycling is a specialized post-cremation metal recycling service from Mid-States Recycling & Refining, designed for crematories, funeral homes, and cemeteries. It does not handle ordinary consumer scrap; instead, it processes dental precious metals, pacemakers, medical implants, and other metals left after cremation. The company says it serves more than 750 cremation facilities across the United States and Canada, and handles receiving, melting, assaying, and refining in its own roughly 19,000-square-foot facility.

Core Features

Its main selling point is “transparent recycling.” Customers can receive collection containers in different sizes free of charge for securely storing post-cremation metals; when the materials are shipped back, the company covers transportation and insurance costs. Once the metals arrive at the facility, they go through a 10-step process including receipt registration, weight tracking, sorting, adding copper and flux, melting, sampling, casting, assaying, settlement based on market prices, chemical separation, and resale. The website particularly emphasizes EPA-permitted operations, in-house laboratory assaying, and an Open Door Policy that allows customers to visit the site and observe the processing workflow.

Pricing and Settlement

The website does not provide a conventional price list, because this is a B2B service based on recovered metal value. Customers do not need to sign a fixed-term contract, nor do they pay for containers, return shipping, or insurance. Final compensation is calculated based on the weight of the melted metal bars, assay results, and public market prices. Customers can choose to receive payment directly or donate the proceeds to a designated charity. However, the site does not disclose specific service fees, discount rates, or payment timelines, so these details should still be confirmed before entering into a formal partnership.

Pros and Cons

The advantages are its high level of specialization, complete workflow, strong compliance focus, and efforts to reduce the information asymmetry common in this industry through on-site visits, sample assaying, and detailed reporting. Free trials and the absence of long-term contracts also lower the barrier for organizations considering switching providers. The downsides are that the service is clearly concentrated in the United States and Canada, with limited availability for international customers; the website is primarily in English and lacks online quoting or automated ordering; and for Chinese users or ordinary individuals, there are very few direct use cases.

Who It’s For

It is best suited to crematories, funeral homes, cemeteries, and funeral-service chains that want to improve returns from post-cremation metal recycling while placing a strong emphasis on compliance and reputation management. It is especially suitable for organizations that need to donate recycling proceeds transparently to charitable programs.

Access from China

The website itself is likely accessible directly from China, but the business is built around North American offline logistics and regulatory systems. For Chinese organizations, actual cooperation would be limited by cross-border transport, medical/funeral metal regulations, and communication costs.