Scrap metal collection for businesses and trades

That comes down to the load, so we won’t promise free collection before we know what you have. With a worthwhile amount of sorted metal, the value of the scrap is paid to you or set against the collection. A small, mixed or distant load may carry a charge. Send photos and a rough quantity, and we will tell you which applies.

There is no fixed minimum, but quantity changes the sums. A cage of copper or brass can justify a collection on its own, while a few lengths of steel usually won’t. If your scrap builds up slowly, a container on site lets it grow into a sensible load. Give us a rough idea of your output and we can suggest a set-up.

Send a description, a rough quantity and your site location, ideally with a few photos. We agree the containers and the collection, then weigh and grade the load. We verify your business name and address, as the law requires, and take bank details for payment. You get the weight, grade and price in writing, plus a waste transfer note.

Very likely, if you are in the North West. We are a licensed dealer at Martland Park, Wigan, and collections are arranged across Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Lancashire, plus Warrington. Further afield, a big load or a strip-out can still make sense, so call 01942 906041 and describe the load and the location.

Yes. Resilient Contracting holds a scrap metal dealer’s site licence from Wigan Council (SML/S0042). We buy scrap cable, copper, brass, aluminium, lead, stainless, swarf and steel from businesses and trades, and pay by bank transfer once the metal has been weighed and graded.

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.

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.

Yes. Scrap metal leaving a business is waste in law, so the duty of care applies and each transfer needs a waste transfer note, kept for at least two years. You also get a record of the weight, grade and price of what we buy.

Yes. As a recycling brokerage we can arrange general waste, dry mixed recycling, cardboard, food, wood and electrical waste collections through registered collectors, so the whole site is covered with one contact.