Hardin Surplus & Salvage

Here's How to Price Scrap Metal

Learn about the steps necessary to price scrap metal properly, including tips on identification and market resources.

What can be recycled?

There's a long list of things that can be recycled and sold as scrap metal. Find out what recyclable summer items you can sell and see what we buy.

What Not to Donate: Thrift Store Donation Guidelines

Every thrift store has different rules, but these items are commonly turned away at donation centers. Call ahead to see if your local store can accept them.

10 reasons why thrift stores are awesome

It's cheap, funky, and recycled. You really can't go wrong with second-hand shopping.

How to Find Designer Brands at Thrift Stores

How to find designer dresses when shopping at thrift stores.

This surplus gear has 1000-&-1 uses

Does Military Surplus Work Well for Camping?

It's becoming more and more popular to use military surplus as camping equipment. Is this just a fad, or is surplus good for camping?

It's Make or Break for the World's Biggest Marine Salvage Operation

The Costa Concordia salvage operation has entered its next, most dangerous phase

How Cascadian cities can be smarter about their surplus land

What if local governments viewed surplus land not as a revenue generator but an opportunity to reduce displacement?

19 Sweet Salvage Upcycles

Can't get enough of West End Salvage? Now you can relive it with 19 unbelievable upcycling projects from the show.

“Salvage logging” doesn't work!

Tell lawmakers that “salvage logging” worsens fire conditions in forestsWrite to your federal and state lawmakers and urge them to re-prioritize precious tax dollars toward controlled burning and home- and structure-hardening efforts in California wildfire zones— not toward removal of dead trees and other vegetation from the forest. Any thinning should be done sparingly and with careful planning and generally as a last resort. Large-scale…

Mobile tech meets marine salvage; two things I love to do

My full time professional naval architecture job includes serving as a marine salvage engineer when casualties occur. Mobile technology has helped me get my job done in several different ways.

Salvage Dawgs: 13 Upcycling Projects to Spark Your Creativity

Let these upcycled creations from Salvage Dawgs be your inspiration.

Salvage Signs create custom designs with rustic Montana flare

Salvage Signs, owned by Jeff and Heather Kempka, are works of art handcrafted from rustic old barn wood made to create the feel of history, Montana, Northern Rockies, iconic outdoor