Tips and recycling centres
Where to take scrap metal
Take scrap metal to a tip with a metal container, or to a scrap metal dealer. In England and Wales, dealers cannot pay you in cash.
Tips
Many tips have a mixed metal container.
Scrap metal dealers
By law, dealers in England and Wales must pay by bank transfer or by a cheque that cannot be passed on, never in cash.
Check your scrap collector first
GOV.UK says to check a scrap metal collector is on the register of scrap metal dealers. You could be fined if your waste is dumped.
Key facts
- Binmap lists 234 places that say they take scrap metal, including 224 tips.
- Another 296 places may take scrap metal, but they do not say so. Check before you go.
Last updated: 15 October 2026
Written by Binmap using guidance from GOV.UK.
Pages from the organisations involved
What to do
- Keep cables and electricals apart. They go to electrical recycling.
Kinds of place that take it
- Recycling centres
- Specialist disposal points
More local guides
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- Scrap metal in Broxburn (West Lothian)
- Scrap metal in Burnley
- Scrap metal in Canvey Island
- Scrap metal in Clitheroe
- Scrap metal in Farington Moss
- Scrap metal in Gateshead
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