PADNOS

PADNOS is a recycling and scrap-management company founded in 1905 and headquartered in Holland, Michigan. Now in its fourth generation of family ownership, it employs more than 900 people across recycling centres, industrial scales and processing facilities. Its work spans the handling of metals, paper, plastics, electronics and end-of-life vehicles, serving households, manufacturers, municipalities and other organisations.

The company's technical operations cover recycling processing and material recovery, metal scrap management, electronics recycling with data sanitisation, certified destruction and the diversion of waste into circular supply chains. Related service lines include Realcycling™, which provides tailored collection programmes, containers, market development and material recovery solutions; secure electronics recycling; the removal and recycling of end-of-life vehicles; and the sale of recovered metals, paper and plastics.

Industry verticals served include manufacturing, municipal services, residential waste, automotive and electronics. PADNOS states a mission of keeping materials out of landfills and recovering more value for customers, with an emphasis on practical sustainability, safety, efficiency and accountability.