Scrap metal collection and buying in Bolton
Bolton built steam engines and spinning machinery for the world, and its estates are still full of engineers and fabricators. We buy their scrap metal and collect it from site.
- Licensed dealerA Wigan Council scrap metal site licence, on the public register.
- Paid by bank transferStraight into your account, with a weight and grade record for each load.
- Graded, not lumped inEach metal priced for what it is, not as the cheapest thing in the pile.
- Paperwork doneWaste transfer notes for every collection, so your records stay complete.
Bolton has a serious engineering record. The firm that became Hick Hargreaves built engines at the Soho Ironworks from 1833 until it closed in 2002, and Dobson & Barlow’s Kay Street works made textile machinery and, in the First World War, shells, grenades and naval mines. Engineering still matters here: MBDA has invested heavily in missile systems manufacturing in the town, and machinists, fabricators and electrical contractors fill the smaller estates.
Resilient Contracting buys the scrap they produce. Cable, copper, brass and stainless are graded separately, steel goes in an open skip and swarf in lidded bins. We collect from your unit, take your company’s name and address for our records, as every licensed dealer must, and pay into your bank account.
What we buy in Bolton
Scrap we buy from Bolton businesses
Cable, copper, brass, stainless, swarf and steel, collected from sites in Bolton and the estates around it, graded and paid by bank transfer.
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Scrap cable
SWA and power cable, copper and aluminium conductor runs, rewire offcuts and whole drums, sorted by type and paid for by bank transfer. Find out more -
Scrap copper
Bright wire, heavy copper, tube, pipe and mixed copper, each grade kept apart so you are paid for what it really is. Find out more -
Scrap stainless steel
Industrial stainless from plant, ducting, tanks and fabrication, sorted by grade so its nickel content counts. Find out more -
Scrap aluminium
Extrusions, sections, sheet, castings and turnings, kept clean and separate from steel and plastics. Find out more -
Scrap brass
Brass fittings, valves, castings and turnings, with steel and plastic parts removed so the brass is not downgraded. Find out more -
Scrap lead
Sheet lead, flashing and pipe from roofing, refurbishment and strip-out work, bought with full ID checks. Find out more -
Swarf recycling
Turnings and chips from lathes and machining centres, bought by metal, drained of coolant and collected in bins or skips. Find out more -
Scrap steel and iron
Structural steel, plate, cast iron, machinery and mixed ferrous scrap from industry, demolition and site clearance. Find out more -
Strip-out and decommissioning scrap
Plant rooms, stainless ducting, steelwork and cable runs from strip-outs and decommissioning, segregated on site and paid for. Find out more -
Scrap metal collection
Cages, bins, bulk bags and roll-on roll-off skips for business and trade scrap, collected, weighed, graded and paid for. Find out more -
Commercial waste brokerage
General waste, recycling, cardboard and the rest of your site’s waste arranged through registered collectors, alongside your scrap. Find out more
Where we collect in and around Bolton
Industrial estates and business areas we cover, including:
- The Valley
- Riverside Industrial Estate
- Waters Meeting Business Park
- Breightmet
- Boundary Industrial Estate
- Tonge Bridge Industrial Estate
- Bolton Central Business Park
- Riversdale Industrial Estate
- Farnworth Industrial Estate
- Moses Gate
- Europa Trading Estate
- Fishbrook Industrial Estate
- Westhoughton Industrial Estate
- Dodd Lane Business Park
- Blackrod Industrial Estate
- Blackrod Interchange
Not on the list? Call 01942 906041 with your postcode.
From The Valley to Blackrod: where Bolton’s scrap comes from
North of the centre, along the A666 in the area known as The Valley, the Riverside Industrial Estate and Waters Meeting Business Park hold engineering and trade firms, with more units planned on the last plot at Waters Meeting. To the east, the Boundary Industrial Estate in Breightmet and the council’s Tonge Bridge workshops house manufacturers, including makers of power components and windows. Expect aluminium section, copper and cable offcuts.
Towards the M61, Farnworth Industrial Estate, the Moses Gate workshops and the Europa and Fishbrook estates on Stoneclough Road in Kearsley hold refrigeration, door and building products firms. Out west are Westhoughton Industrial Estate, the steel portal-frame workshops of Dodd Lane Business Park and the Blackrod estates near junction 6. Refrigeration and heating engineers deserve a mention: their copper pipe is worth keeping apart from everything else.
How it works
From a phone call to money in the bank
Say what the metal is and give us a rough weight or a skip size. A photo or two speeds it up. You will know how it will be priced before anything moves.
Call or send photos
What the metal is, how it is mixed, roughly how much and where it is. A few photos usually tell us most of it.
Collection arranged
A one-off pick-up, or cages, bins or a skip on site so it can be kept apart as it comes out.
Weighed and graded
Each metal is weighed and graded for what it is, so clean copper is not paid as mixed scrap.
Paid by bank transfer
Payment against the weights and grades, with a waste transfer note for the load.
We’re a small engineering firm in Kearsley. Should we keep a cage on site or just call when we have a load?
Either works. If you turn out copper, brass or stainless every week, a cage or lidded bin keeps it secure and separate, and we collect when it’s full. If scrap only builds up when a job finishes, call us or send photos then. It comes down to volume and space, so tell us what a typical month looks like and we’ll suggest the simpler option.
We install and repair refrigeration and air conditioning around Bolton. What scrap can we sell?
Mostly copper and brass. Old pipework and offcuts are worth more with the insulation stripped off and kept apart from brass valves and fittings, while aluminium and steel brackets go separately. Whole units that still hold refrigerant are different: the gas must be recovered by a qualified engineer and the units go as electrical waste, so tell us what you have first.
How do I get today’s price for my scrap?
Call 01942 906041 or send us a few photos through the quote form with a rough weight or volume. Scrap prices follow the metals markets and change from day to day, so we price on what you actually have at the time, by grade, rather than quoting a figure that could be out of date tomorrow.
How will we be paid? Can you pay cash?
By bank transfer. Paying cash for scrap metal has been illegal in England and Wales since the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013, so any dealer still offering cash is breaking the law. You get a record of what was weighed, the grade and the price, so the payment is easy to reconcile in your accounts.
Do you collect from site?
Yes. We arrange collections from business and trade sites, and can leave cages, bins, bulk bags or a roll-on roll-off skip on site so metals are kept apart as they come out. Tell us what you produce and how much, and we will suggest the right set-up and collection frequency.
Nearby areas we cover
We buy and collect scrap across Wigan and the North West.
- Bury16 miles from our Martland Park site
- Leigh8 miles from our Martland Park site
- Salford17 miles from our Martland Park site
- WiganOur home town
- Chorley7 miles from our Martland Park site
- Manchester19 miles from our Martland Park site
- Skelmersdale4 miles from our Martland Park site
- Warrington12 miles from our Martland Park site
- St Helens7 miles from our Martland Park site
- Preston14 miles from our Martland Park site
- Liverpool16 miles from our Martland Park site
Sell your scrap
Sell your scrap in Bolton
Tell us what metal you have at your Bolton site, roughly how much and when it is ready. Photos help. We will come back with how it will be priced and collected.
- Call 01942 906041For today’s price and a collection
- Emailinfo@resilient-contracting.co.uk
- Our siteUnit 11 Otterswood Square, Martland Park, Wigan WN5 0LF