Past Projects

M48 & M60 Tanks

During a period of 21/2 years Bedford Recycling processed 1630 non running and running M48 and M60 combat tanks into scrap metal which was melted and reused for new products.  Military personnel were in our facility each day to witness the demilitarization of sensitive components in the tanks.  BRI was also responsible for the transportation of the tanks from Anniston, AL to Bedford IN.

Our 1000th demilitarized tank

Airplanes, Jets, and Helicopters

Bedford Recycling has processed various planes and helicopters such as the F-4B Phantom, the AV-8B Harrier, the B-2 Spirit, C-130, and various helicopters.  The planes were cut into smaller pieces and then shredded in our shredder.  Material was then sorted and then remelted and reused.

Mobile Shear cutting Fighter Jets

Cargo Plane that was demilitarized by BRI

Projectiles

Bedford Recycling has processed more than 400,000 projectiles of all shapes and sizes without incident. We have designed and built custom tooling to process several common sizes of projectiles into usable scrap metal.