AB&I Recycling is a proud member the Oakland community and committed to the economic and environmental health of our neighborhood, our city and the Bay Area. As the ultimate recycler, the high-quality cast-iron products we make from scrap metal provide employment for hundreds of local residents, contribute millions to the local economy, and create a more sustainable local future.

AB&I Recycling has been an integral part of the Oakland community for over a century, proudly providing good-paying union jobs to residents, contributing millions to the economy, and keeping manufacturing alive in the region.

  • Founded in the wake of the great 1906 earthquake, we’ve been keeping “Oakland-made” manufacturing alive for 113 years.
  • Our East Oakland operations employ more than 200 skilled union tradespeople at good pay and with excellent benefits, providing opportunity for local residents at a time when blue-collar jobs are hard to find.
  • AB&I makes a $60 million annual impact on the local economy thanks to our $11.3 million annual payroll, taxes, and the purchase of local products and services.
  • AB&I and our people also contribute to the local community through support of local schools, teaming with local non-profits and churches to provide meals to our neighbors, organizing community clean-up days, and working with local leaders to fight illegal dumping in the neighborhood.

AB&I is a positive contributor to the green revolution, recycling tons of scrap iron into high-quality, high-tech pipes that serve the water treatment facilities that protect our watersheds.

  • AB&I recycles tons of scrap iron from local sources every year into durable, strong, fireproof soil pipes that connect homes and businesses to the water treatment facilities that protect our Bay and watersheds.
  • By using locally sourced scrap metal that would otherwise be dumped into landfills or trucked to distant factories, we are reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
  • Both our manufacturing process and our products make us an important contributor to a more sustainable and greener future in Oakland and the Bay Area.

AB&I is dedicated to safety for our workers and environmental stewardship for our neighbors, investing tens of millions over the past five years in equipment and technology to keep our air and water far cleaner than even the strictest government standards require.

  • We also recognize our responsibility as long-time members of the East Oakland community to invest in continuous safety and environmental improvements to our facility.
  • We operate our facility with the utmost concern for the safety of our workers, neighbors and the local environment, meeting or exceeding the most stringent regulatory standards.
  • We continue to modernize our operations and add the latest in technology for protecting air and environmental quality around our plant, reducing our water usage by a million gallons a day and our solid waste by 500 tons a year.