UNSPSC 11191606: Automotive wrecking for waste or scrap

UNSPSC 11191606 Automotive wrecking for waste or scrap, a Commodity code, encompasses collection, processing, and recycling of scrap metals, electronic waste, and waste appliances from county and municipal facilities, with state and local governments structuring contracts as revenue-sharing arrangements tied to commodity market indices. Recent opportunities show counties and special-purpose districts procuring metals recycling, e-waste processing, material recovery equipment, and large-scale waste-to-energy infrastructure demolition and construction, with vendors compensating jurisdictions based on published American Metal Market pricing, commodity exchange rates, or facility gate fees rather than billing for services. Issuing bodies span county waste management departments, county sheriffs' offices, cooperative purchasing vehicles serving local government units, and waste authorities; Sacramento County Department of Waste Management and Recycling, Ventura County, Clayton County Georgia, and the Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County appear as repeat or notable recent buyers. Work ranges from routine metal and e-waste pickup with monthly settlement reporting to large integrated projects such as the Palm Beach County waste-to-energy facility demolition, design, build, operate, and maintain (DDBOM) engagement.

Geographic activity concentrates in California and Georgia, with recent opportunities from Sacramento County, Ventura County, Clayton County, and DeKalb County Georgia, alongside multistate cooperative purchasing through Sourcewell in Minnesota and a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department research inquiry. Representative recent solicitations include Ventura County's RFB 6527 Metal Recycling (bids due June 24, 2026, awarding to the vendor offering the highest revenue return based on American Metal Market index pricing), Sacramento County's 2026GEN0053 Metals Collection and Recycling ITB (due June 9, 2026, covering 10,800–11,775 tons annually of mixed metals and appliances from two landfill and recovery facilities), Clayton County Georgia's ITB 26-65 E-Waste Disposal Services (due June 25, 2026, with fee and revenue structures tied to commodity markets), and the Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County's RFEI 27501JH for a 2,550-ton-per-day mass-burn waste-to-energy facility DDBOM (Letters of Interest due November 18, 2026, followed by RFQ and RFP phases). Prevailing wage compliance and insurance requirements (typically $1–2 million general liability per occurrence) are standard, and cooperative purchasing vehicles such as Sourcewell's material processing and recycling equipment RFP (due November 24, 2026) serve statewide and multistate member entities.