Tarrant County, Texas
Aerospace, Defense & Industrial Recycling in Fort Worth
Fort Worth is the centre of gravity for aerospace manufacturing in Texas — and aerospace scrap is where our ITAR registration and ISO 9001 certification matter most.
Fort Worth's aerospace and defense concentration is one of the densest in the United States. Fighter aircraft production, rotorcraft manufacturing, a naval air station, an MRO cluster around Alliance, and behind all of it a long tail of Tier 2 and Tier 3 machine shops turning titanium, Inconel and aerospace aluminum into chips.
That material needs a buyer who understands three things at once: what the alloy is worth, what is ITAR-controlled, and which parts must be documented out of the supply chain permanently. We are registered with DDTC and certified to ISO 9001, which means your quality department can approve us through the process they already run.
Serving Fort Worth and the surrounding area
Beyond aerospace, Fort Worth carries heavy rail, logistics and energy-services activity — all of which generate structural steel, electrical equipment and industrial scrap on a scale that justifies a scheduled container program.
Industry and institutions in and around Fort Worth:
- The Lockheed Martin Fort Worth aeronautics plant
- Bell Textron rotorcraft operations
- Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth
- The AllianceTexas industrial and MRO corridor
- BNSF Railway operations
- The Meacham and Alliance airport industrial districts
Services available in Fort Worth
Aerospace Scrap Recycling
ITAR-registered and ISO 9001 certified. We buy aerospace alloys, run bonded and segregated scrap programs, and issue documented certificates of destruction for non-conforming and life-limited parts.
Certified Destruction
When something must be proven destroyed — not merely discarded — you need a witness, a method and a document. We provide all three.
Industrial Scrap Metal Recycling
Ferrous and non-ferrous scrap from manufacturing plants, contractors, fabricators and facilities. Scheduled service, honest scales, documented settlement.
Electrical Equipment Recycling
Switchgear, motor control centers, breakers, panelboards, bus duct, cable and motors. Removed, transported and recycled under documented environmental and safety management.
IT Asset Disposition (ITAD)
Retire IT assets with the data destroyed, the value recovered, the environmental chain certified and the paperwork ready for audit.
Factory Dismantling & Plant Liquidation
Plant closures, line removals and full-site clearance — dismantled, removed and settled, with the recoverable value working against your project cost.
Recycling in Fort Worth — common questions
Are you ITAR registered for defense-related material?
Yes. TDR Recycle is registered with the US Department of State Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, so defense articles and ITAR-controlled technical data stay within a registered chain of custody.
Do you buy titanium turnings from Fort Worth machine shops?
Yes — Ti-6Al-4V and CP grades, turnings, swarf and solids. Segregated by alloy, because mixed loads settle at the lowest alloy present.
Can you set up a segregated scrap program at our shop?
That is most of what we do for aerospace suppliers. Labelled containers at the point of generation, crew training, FOD control and bonded storage for controlled material.
How fast can you reach a Fort Worth facility?
About 25 minutes from our Arlington yard. Same-week service is standard and urgent pulls are usually achievable next day.
Get started in Fort Worth
Send us the details and we will price it properly.
Photos, nameplates, alloy types, rack counts, asset lists — whatever you have. We respond to business inquiries within one business day, usually the same day.
Request a quote — Fort Worth
Tell us what you have.
Send photos, a nameplate, a rack count or an asset list. You will get a written response from a person who has read it — within one business day, usually the same day.
