Juneau-based Channel Construction will resume accepting scrap metal at no charge — including vehicles — starting Friday at the former sawmill property at 6.3-Mile Zimovia Highway.

The company, which brings its barge to communities throughout Southeast to collect scrap metal for hauling to recyclers out of state, will operate its collection site in Wrangell “for the foreseeable future,” the borough announced last week.

The site will be open for people to drop off scrap metal and vehicles drained of oil and gasoline and stripped of their tires from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Fridays and...