Scrap metal collection and buying in Wigan
Our licensed site is at Martland Park, on the north-west side of town. We buy scrap metal from Wigan businesses and trades, collect it from site and pay by bank transfer.
- 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.
Resilient Contracting is a Wigan business, and our scrap metal site licence is issued by Wigan Council for Unit 11 at Martland Park. The council describes Martland Park as the largest employment area in the borough, and it sits a few miles from junction 26 of the M6, where the M58 joins it. Being this close helps when a cage of cable needs collecting or a skip of steel needs swapping.
We buy from electricians and M&E firms, engineers, fabricators, demolition and strip-out contractors and facilities teams across the borough, from Standish to Ashton-in-Makerfield and Hindley. Each metal is graded separately, the seller’s details are checked in line with the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013, and payment goes by bank transfer. Ring us or send photos for a price on the day.
What we buy in Wigan
Scrap we buy from Wigan businesses
Cable, copper, brass, stainless, swarf and steel, collected from sites in Wigan 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 Wigan
Industrial estates and business areas we cover, including:
- Martland Park
- Orrell
- Hewitt Business Park
- Standish
- Bradley Hall Trading Estate
- Leyland Mill Lane
- Miry Lane Industrial Estate
- Gidlow Lane
- Goose Green
- Warrington Road Industrial Estate
- Ince
- Makerfield Way
- Rose Bridge
- Hindley
- Greenbank Industrial Estate
- Ashton-in-Makerfield
Not on the list? Call 01942 906041 with your postcode.
Iron, hinges and the estates that came after
Wigan’s metal story starts at Kirkless, where the Wigan Coal and Iron Company built its ironworks in 1858 and was running ten blast furnaces by 1880. Ashton-in-Makerfield was known for hinges, locks, files and nails. The furnaces have gone, but the skills moved into smaller workshops: fabricators, machine shops, steel erectors and the contractors who wire and plumb the borough’s buildings.
North of the centre, the Bradley Hall Trading Estate in Standish sits near junction 27, with Leyland Mill Lane, Miry Lane and Gidlow Lane closer in. To the south and east are Warrington Road at Goose Green, Makerfield Way and Rose Bridge in Ince, Greenbank in Hindley and Lockett Business Park in Ashton. Between them they produce the full range: steel offcuts, stainless from food and process work, copper and cable from electricians, and swarf from CNC shops.
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.
Can we bring scrap to your site at Martland Park?
Please call us before you set off rather than turning up. We’re set up around collecting from customers’ own premises, with cages, bins or a skip left on site for the purpose, and we’ll tell you on the phone how we can best take your load. However it reaches us, every purchase is recorded against your business and paid by bank transfer.
We fabricate in both stainless and mild steel at a unit in Standish. Can the offcuts share a skip?
Keep them apart. Stainless carries chromium and nickel, so it’s graded and priced well above mild steel, but only while it stays separate. Give stainless its own bin or stillage, split 304 from 316 if you cut both, and keep the skip for mild steel offcuts and laser skeletons. Label the containers so new starters don’t mix them on a busy day.
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.
- Leigh8 miles from our Martland Park site
- Skelmersdale4 miles from our Martland Park site
- Chorley7 miles from our Martland Park site
- St Helens7 miles from our Martland Park site
- Bolton10 miles from our Martland Park site
- Warrington12 miles from our Martland Park site
- Bury16 miles from our Martland Park site
- Salford17 miles from our Martland Park site
- Preston14 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 Wigan
Tell us what metal you have at your Wigan 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