Scrap metal collection and buying in Salford
From the East Lancs Road estates at Wardley to the canal-side units in Eccles and Irlam, we buy scrap metal from Salford firms 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.
Salford has worked metal for a long time. James Nasmyth opened the Bridgewater Foundry at Patricroft in 1836, and his original steam hammer still stands at the entrance to what is now Nasmyth Business Park. Steel was made at Irlam from 1910 until the end of the 1970s. Heavy steelmaking has gone, but the fabricators, machine shops, electrical contractors and plant firms serving the city are still here.
Resilient Contracting buys their scrap and collects it from site. Swarf goes in lidded bins, copper and cable in lockable cages and steel in a skip, and every load is graded before payment goes to your bank. Prices follow the metals markets, so send photos or call and we’ll price what you actually have.
What we buy in Salford
Scrap we buy from Salford businesses
Cable, copper, brass, stainless, swarf and steel, collected from sites in Salford 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 Salford
Industrial estates and business areas we cover, including:
- Wardley Industrial Estate
- Link 580
- Worsley
- Little Hulton
- Towngate Business Centre
- Raven Locks
- Swinton Hall Industrial Estate
- Patricroft
- Nasmyth Business Park
- Barton Business Park
- Mandale Park
- Weaste
- Willan Industrial Estate
- Ordsall
- Fairhills Industrial Estate
- Irlam
Not on the list? Call 01942 906041 with your postcode.
Wardley, Little Hulton and the works by the canal
Along the A580, Wardley Industrial Estate in Worsley and the Link 580 units at its entrance hold warehouse, trade and industrial businesses. Further north, Little Hulton’s Towngate Business Centre and the newer Raven Locks sheds sit close to the M61. Units like these produce steady small volumes: copper pipe and fittings from plumbers and heating engineers, cable offcuts from electricians, aluminium and steel offcuts from fabricators.
West of the city, Barton Business Park and Mandale Park on Cawdor Street in Eccles back onto the Bridgewater Canal, and Nasmyth Business Park occupies the old foundry and Royal Ordnance Factory site at Patricroft. At Irlam, the Fairhills Industrial Estate adds construction and distribution firms. When a unit changes hands, the outgoing tenant’s racking, mezzanine steel and old machinery usually have a scrap value.
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 moving out of a unit on Wardley Industrial Estate. Will you take the old racking and mezzanine?
Yes, once it’s dismantled and safe to load. Pallet racking, shelving, mezzanine steelwork and old machine bases are steel scrap, and we can put a skip or roll-on roll-off container in your yard while the unit is cleared. Keep cable, copper and aluminium apart as they come out, because they’re graded separately from the steel. Machines must be drained of oil first.
We machine brass and stainless at a small works in Eccles. How should we store the swarf?
In separate lidded bins, one per metal, kept well away from the steel. Brass and stainless turnings are worth much more than mild steel swarf, but only while they stay clean and unmixed. Let them drain before they go in the bin, and keep coolant and grinding sludge out completely: oily sludge is hazardous waste with its own specialist route, so tell us about it 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.
- Manchester19 miles from our Martland Park site
- Bury16 miles from our Martland Park site
- Bolton10 miles from our Martland Park site
- Leigh8 miles from our Martland Park site
- Warrington12 miles from our Martland Park site
- WiganOur home town
- Chorley7 miles from our Martland Park site
- St Helens7 miles from our Martland Park site
- Skelmersdale4 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 Salford
Tell us what metal you have at your Salford 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