Scrap metal collection and buying in Liverpool
Liverpool and its neighbours have made cable and cars for generations, and steel still comes in through the port. We buy scrap metal from businesses across the city region 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.
The city region has deep roots in metal. The British Insulated Wire Company, founded in Prescot at the start of the 1890s, grew into BICC, whose main cable works there closed in the early 1990s. Cables Retail Park now covers the site. In Bootle, Atlantic Park has been built on the former Rolls-Royce engineering works, and Halewood is set to make body panels for Jaguar’s new electric car.
Resilient Contracting buys scrap from the contractors, engineers, fabricators and facilities teams behind that industry. We collect from site, set up cages and skips so each metal stays apart, grade every load and pay by bank transfer, never cash. We’re licensed for our site at Martland Park in Wigan, close to where the M58 from Liverpool meets the M6.
What we buy in Liverpool
Scrap we buy from Liverpool businesses
Cable, copper, brass, stainless, swarf and steel, collected from sites in Liverpool 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 Liverpool
Industrial estates and business areas we cover, including:
- Bootle
- Atlantic Park
- Netherton
- Senate Business Park
- Farriers Way Industrial Estate
- Walton
- Liver Industrial Estate
- Boaler Street Industrial Estate
- Larch Lea Industrial Estate
- Netherley
- Wheathills Industrial Estate
- Brunswick Business Park
- Garston
- Huyton Business Park
- Halewood
- Boulevard Industry Park
Not on the list? Call 01942 906041 with your postcode.
From Bootle’s freeport to Halewood’s car plant
North of the city, Atlantic Park sits inside the Liverpool City Region Freeport, close to the M57 and M58, with Senate Business Park and the Farriers Way estate in Netherton nearby. In north and east Liverpool, the Liver Industrial Estate on Long Lane, Boaler Street and Larch Lea, and Wheathills in Netherley hold trade, engineering and building services firms with a steady flow of copper, cable and steel offcuts.
To the south, Brunswick Business Park sits on the waterfront by Sefton Street, and the Port of Garston handles cargoes from aggregates to steel coil. Over the boundary in Knowsley, Huyton Business Park sits where the M62 meets the M57, and Boulevard Industry Park in Halewood houses automotive and pharmaceutical firms next to the car plant. Car work means pressings, aluminium and swarf, while pharmaceutical plants run on stainless.
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 supply pressed parts from a unit near Halewood. Do you buy production scrap?
Yes. Clean production scrap, such as pressing offcuts, skeletons and spoiled blanks, is some of the easiest metal to grade, because it’s a single material in a known alloy. Keep steel and aluminium apart, and if you press more than one aluminium alloy, keep those apart too. Steady output suits a roll-on roll-off container or stillages swapped on a regular pattern.
We’re based in Liverpool. Why use a scrap metal dealer from Wigan?
Choose a dealer on more than distance. What matters is that the dealer holds a council licence, is registered with the Environment Agency, pays by bank transfer and grades your metal properly. We collect from your site, so where our base is matters less than how your metal is handled, and our licence and registration are both on public registers you can check.
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.
- St Helens7 miles from our Martland Park site
- Skelmersdale4 miles from our Martland Park site
- Warrington12 miles from our Martland Park site
- WiganOur home town
- Leigh8 miles from our Martland Park site
- Chorley7 miles from our Martland Park site
- Bolton10 miles from our Martland Park site
- Preston14 miles from our Martland Park site
- Salford17 miles from our Martland Park site
- Manchester19 miles from our Martland Park site
- Bury16 miles from our Martland Park site
Sell your scrap
Sell your scrap in Liverpool
Tell us what metal you have at your Liverpool 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