Scrap metal collection and buying in Bury
Foundries and paper machines made Bury’s name. Today we buy scrap from the engineers, fabricators and contractors working there, 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.
Bury built the machines other towns ran on. Robert Hall & Sons made looms at the Hope Foundry, Smith & Law of Bury built the paper machine installed at Holcombe Mill in 1885, and the East Lancashire Paper Mill in Radcliffe employed more than 1,200 people at its height before it closed in 2001. Packaging is still made in Ramsbottom, and the borough’s estates are busy with engineers, fabricators and building trades.
Resilient Contracting collects and buys scrap from Bury businesses: cable and copper in cages, stainless and brass in their own bins, and steel in a skip. Each load is weighed and graded, the seller’s identity is checked under the Scrap Metal Dealers Act, and you are paid into your bank account, never in cash.
What we buy in Bury
Scrap we buy from Bury businesses
Cable, copper, brass, stainless, swarf and steel, collected from sites in Bury 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 Bury
Industrial estates and business areas we cover, including:
- Radcliffe
- Dale Industrial Estate
- Eton Business Park
- Sunnybank Mill
- Warth Industrial Estate
- Bridge Trading Estate
- Woolfold Industrial Estate
- Blackford Trading Estate
- Riverside Business Park
- Whitefield
- Park 17
- Prestwich
- Mountheath Trading Estate
- Ramsbottom
- Heywood Distribution Park
Not on the list? Call 01942 906041 with your postcode.
Radcliffe, Whitefield and the estates along the Irwell
In Radcliffe, the Dale Industrial Estate off the bypass, Eton Business Park and the units at Sunnybank Mill on Cams Lane hold engineering and trade firms within reach of junction 2 of the M66 or junction 17 of the M60. Between Radcliffe and the town centre is the Warth Industrial Estate on Radcliffe Road, while the Bridge Trading Estate sits beside the Irwell on Bolton Street, with Woolfold to the west and Blackford and Riverside on Manchester Road.
In the south of the borough, Park 17 on Moss Lane in Whitefield sits by junction 17, and the refurbished Mountheath Trading Estate in Prestwich has 28 units. Prestwich is also being regenerated, with the Longfield Centre making way for a new village centre. Clearances like that release steel frames, cable and ductwork, all of it worth separating on site.
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.
Our unit in Radcliffe produces aluminium offcuts every week. Is that enough to sell?
Usually, yes, especially if it’s kept clean. Aluminium is graded by type: extrusions, sheet, castings and turnings are each priced differently, and painted section is kept apart from mill finish. A bin or bulk bag for each type builds into a load faster than you’d think. Send us a photo of a typical week’s offcuts and we’ll tell you how best to store them.
We have an old machine to scrap at our works in Bury. What do you need to know?
What it is, roughly how big and heavy it is, and how we get to it. It must be drained of oil and coolant and disconnected by a competent electrician before collection, and any lagging should be checked for asbestos. Cast iron beds, steel frames, electric motors and brass parts are graded separately, so the more you tell us, the more closely the price reflects what’s there.
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.
- Bolton10 miles from our Martland Park site
- Salford17 miles from our Martland Park site
- Manchester19 miles from our Martland Park site
- Leigh8 miles from our Martland Park site
- WiganOur home town
- Chorley7 miles from our Martland Park site
- Warrington12 miles from our Martland Park site
- Skelmersdale4 miles from our Martland Park site
- Preston14 miles from our Martland Park site
- St Helens7 miles from our Martland Park site
- Liverpool16 miles from our Martland Park site
Sell your scrap
Sell your scrap in Bury
Tell us what metal you have at your Bury 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