Scrap metal collection and buying in Preston
Preston and Leyland have built trams, aircraft parts and lorries. We buy the scrap metal their engineering firms produce today, 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.
Preston’s engineering runs deep. Dick, Kerr & Co built trams on Strand Road and in 1918 became one of the founding companies of English Electric, and the old tram factory made aircraft components until 1992. A few miles south, Leyland Motors grew into Leyland Trucks, which builds DAF lorries in the town. The supply chain around that work fills the estates of Preston and South Ribble with machine shops, fabricators and electrical firms.
Resilient Contracting buys their scrap: swarf and bar ends from CNC shops, offcuts and skeletons from laser cutting, cable from installers and structural steel from strip-outs. We collect from site, grade every metal separately and pay by bank transfer. Photos of what you produce are the quickest way to a price.
What we buy in Preston
Scrap we buy from Preston businesses
Cable, copper, brass, stainless, swarf and steel, collected from sites in Preston 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 Preston
Industrial estates and business areas we cover, including:
- Ribbleton Lane Trading Estate
- Preston Technology Centre
- Marsh Lane
- Eastway Business Park
- Fulwood
- Leyland
- Lancashire Business Park
- Leyland Business Park
- Farington Park
- Centurion Way
- Moss Side Industrial Estate
- Titan Business Park
- Old Mill Industrial Estate
- South Ribble Industrial Estate
- Walton-le-Dale
- Cuerden
Not on the list? Call 01942 906041 with your postcode.
Leyland’s engineering belt and the estates north of the city
Lancashire Business Park on Centurion Way was originally the home of Leyland Motors, and alongside Leyland Business Park, Farington Park and the Moss Side Industrial Estate it is home to manufacturers and engineering firms of every size. Titan Business Park sits on the old Leyland test track. Vehicle builders and their suppliers produce steel pressings and offcuts, aluminium, copper and machining swarf, often in volumes that justify a roll-on roll-off container.
North of the city, Eastway Business Park is close to junction 31A of the M6 and junction 1 of the M55, and Caxton Road in Fulwood and the Ribbleton Lane Trading Estate hold trade and industrial units. With outline consent granted for the Lancashire Central employment site at Cuerden, more new units are coming, and every fit-out leaves cable drum ends, cable tray and pipe offcuts behind.
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 run CNC machines in a unit near Leyland. Will you take swarf as well as solids?
Yes. Turnings and solids are graded differently, so keep them apart: swarf in lidded, leak-tight bins at the machines, bar ends and offcuts in a stillage or cage. Split the metals too, because aluminium, brass and stainless swarf are each worth more on their own than mixed in with steel. Drain off as much coolant as you can before collection.
We’re a Preston electrical contractor working on jobs across Lancashire. Can you collect from the job?
Yes. Contractors often have scrap building up on several jobs at once, such as cable and tray from a factory rewire in one place and switchgear from a plant room in another. We can collect from the job as it finishes or from your own yard once you’ve gathered it, and each purchase is paid by bank transfer with a record of weight and grade.
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.
- Chorley7 miles from our Martland Park site
- Skelmersdale4 miles from our Martland Park site
- WiganOur home town
- Bolton10 miles from our Martland Park site
- Leigh8 miles from our Martland Park site
- Bury16 miles from our Martland Park site
- St Helens7 miles from our Martland Park site
- Salford17 miles from our Martland Park site
- Warrington12 miles from our Martland Park site
- Manchester19 miles from our Martland Park site
- Liverpool16 miles from our Martland Park site
Sell your scrap
Sell your scrap in Preston
Tell us what metal you have at your Preston 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