Novey Recycling

How it all started...

1887 Abe Novey is born in Poland. The youngest of two brothers

1903 Arrives in Central PA to work in clay mines

1906  Abe and wife, Ida, start scrap business in Clearfield, PA. He travels by  horse drawn wagon through the streets passing homes and businesses acquiring items such as rags, furniture and metal for recycling or resale 

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As the Industrial era is booming,  the next 40 years has family members helping the business through WW1 and WW2. Scrap metal hand loaded onto dump trucks takes a laborous full day to fill a railroad car. The crew is sleeping well at night!

1954  After the Korean War,  Sol, the youngest of 5 children, starts working at Novey's Iron and Steel. Through lots of sweat and grease, the first crane is purchased. "Production" begins for the company. Tractor trailer transport becomes a more viable option for efficiency.

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1962  Abe's health is failing. He passes shortly therafter. Sol and wife, Gladys, begin a second generation of  family business.

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1978 "Novey Metal Company" is named during the expansion to a second location in Clearfield. Processing different materials with cutting torches, shears and bailers is diversifying the scope of services.

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2007 Sol's 54 years of service to family business and community comes to an end. Gladys continues to oversee the company after his death. Their son, Marty and daughter, Alane, help plan with a promise to move into the next generation. Novey Recycling appropriately becomes the updated name as communities are "Going Green".

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2011  Novey family completes the modernization and consolidation of company into a corporate structure. Business is growing to outlying areas of the county and state.   ​The Mission Statement continues to :"Provide Recycling Services in the Most Safe and Efficient Manner While Conserving our Resources"  The addition of Specialty Trucks and Trailers offers our newest offsite services including dismantling and/or  removal of train cars, water tanks, and towers, bridge materials, heavy equipment.

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2019 Second location open to public thru acquisition of the former GAP Recycling yard located in Weedville,  Elk County, PA

Roll Off services now include landfill services in addition to scrap metal, cardboard pick up 

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2024 Third location open to the public thru acquisition of the former Elias Recycling yard located in Northern Cambria, Cambria County, PA .  Currently hiring employees, experience helpful, but not required. 

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The foundation built on customer service, honest pricing and investment in our employees is a family business model that started over a 100 years ago.  The century old visionary spirit will continue into the next one!