Where to recycle scrap metal in United Kingdom

Below are places in United Kingdom that accept scrap metal for recycling: street containers, collection points and recycling centres. The data comes from OpenStreetMap and is kept up to date by the community — if a point is missing, add it yourself in a couple of minutes.

Recycling points

AllPaper 3477Clothes 3303Glass bottles 3185Cans 3140Plastic 1672Glass 1620Plastic bottles 1491Organic 663Electronics 510Batteries 494Scrap metal 365Wood, rubble 252Low energy bulbs 170Engine oil 135Hazardous waste 132Plastic bags 116Car batteries 98Tyres 72

Operators:AllSuez 17Aberdeenshire Council 13Lancashire County Council 13H W Martin Waste Limited 10Newry, Mourne and Down District Council 10Veolia 10Kent County Council 8Veolia Environmental Services ( U K ) Plc 5West Lothian Council 5East Riding of Yorkshire Council 3

Found: 365

Stobcross Household Waste Recycling Centre☆

Stobcross Street · Recycling centre · North Lanarkshire Council

🕒 Mo-Sa 07:00-17:50; Su 07:00-17:20

BatteriesScrap metalEngine oil

Bromsgrove (Quantry Lane) Household Recycling Centre☆

Quantry Lane · Recycling container · Severn Waste Services

PaperPlastic bottlesGlassCansClothesOrganicElectronicsBatteriesLow energy bulbsScrap metalEngine oilTyresWood, rubble

Redditch Household Recycling Centre☆

Crossgate Road · Recycling centre · Severn Waste Services

PaperPlastic bottlesGlassCansClothesOrganicElectronicsBatteriesLow energy bulbsScrap metalHazardous wasteEngine oilTyresWood, rubble

Friarton recycling centre☆

Friarton Road · Recycling centre

PaperPlastic bottlesGlassClothesOrganicElectronicsBatteriesScrap metalEngine oil

Woking Community Recycling Centre☆

Martyrs Lane · Recycling centre

🕒 Mo-Fr 08:00-16:00; Sa-Su 09:00-16:00; Dec 25 off; Dec 26 off; Jan 01 off

PaperGlassCansOrganicElectronicsScrap metalCar batteriesEngine oil

Humberfield Household Waste Recycling Site☆

Petuaria Way · Recycling container

PaperPlasticGlass bottlesCansClothesOrganicElectronicsBatteriesScrap metalHazardous wasteEngine oil

Weymouth Household Recycling Centre☆

Melcombe Regis · Recycling centre · W&S Recycling

PaperPlasticPlastic bottlesGlassGlass bottlesCansClothesOrganicElectronicsBatteriesScrap metal

Frome Household Waste Recycling Centre☆

Manor Furlong · Recycling centre

🕒 Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00, Sa-Su 09:00-16:00

PaperPlastic bottlesGlass bottlesCansClothesOrganicElectronicsBatteriesLow energy bulbsScrap metalHazardous wasteEngine oilTyresWood, rubble

Cole Green Recycling Centre☆

Hatfield Road · Recycling centre · Hertfordshire County Council

🕒 Th-Mo 10:00-18:00

PaperPlasticGlass bottlesCansClothesOrganicElectronicsBatteriesScrap metalHazardous wasteEngine oilWood, rubble

Caergylchu, Cibyn☆

Cibyn Industrial Estate · Recycling centre

PaperPlasticPlastic bottlesGlassGlass bottlesCansClothesOrganicElectronicsBatteriesLow energy bulbsScrap metalHazardous wasteCar batteriesEngine oilWood, rubble

Insch Household Waste & Recycling Centre☆

Market Street · Recycling centre · Aberdeenshire Council

🕒 Tu 09:00-12:30, 13:00-16:30; Sa 09:00-12:30, 13:00-16:30; Apr 1-Sep 30: Tu 16:30-19:00

Glass bottlesClothesOrganicElectronicsBatteriesLow energy bulbsScrap metalHazardous wasteCar batteriesEngine oilWood, rubble

Lynnbottom Recycling Centre☆

Briddlesford Road · Recycling centre

🕒 10:00-18:00; Dec 25 off

PaperPlasticPlastic bottlesGlassCansClothesOrganicElectronicsBatteriesLow energy bulbsScrap metalHazardous wasteCar batteriesEngine oilWood, rubble

Cemetery Road Recycling Centre☆

Cemetery Road · Recycling centre · Suez

PaperGlassCansClothesBatteriesScrap metal

Chester Road Recycling Centre☆

Chester Road · Recycling centre · Suez

🕒 Mo-Su 08:00-18:00

PaperPlastic bottlesGlassGlass bottlesCansClothesOrganicElectronicsBatteriesLow energy bulbsScrap metalHazardous wasteCar batteriesEngine oilTyresWood, rubble

Oakbank (Livingston) Local Recycling Centre☆

Oakbank Roundabout · Recycling centre · West Lothian Council

🕒 Mo-Su 10:00-18:00

PaperPlastic bottlesGlassGlass bottlesCansClothesOrganicElectronicsBatteriesScrap metal

Coxhoe HWRC☆

The Avenue · Recycling centre · H W Martin Waste Limited

🕒 Mo-Fr 10:00-16:00; Sa-Su 09:00-18:00; PH 09:00-18:00; We off; Dec 25 off; Jan 01 off

PaperPlasticGlassCansClothesOrganicElectronicsBatteriesLow energy bulbsScrap metalEngine oilTyresWood, rubble

Bramley Recycling Centre☆

Bramley Lane · Recycling container

PaperPlasticPlastic bottlesGlass bottlesCansClothesOrganicElectronicsBatteriesLow energy bulbsScrap metalHazardous waste

Burscough Household Waste Recycling Centre☆

Abbey Lane · Recycling centre · Lancashire County Council

🕒 Mo, Th-Su 09:00-17:00

PaperPlastic bottlesPlastic bagsGlassGlass bottlesCansClothesOrganicElectronicsBatteriesLow energy bulbsScrap metalHazardous wasteCar batteriesTyresWood, rubble

Milner's Road Waste Sorting Site☆

Milner's Road · Recycling centre

PaperGlassGlass bottlesCansClothesElectronicsBatteriesScrap metal

Heighington HWRC☆

Long Tens Way · Recycling centre · H W Martin Waste Limited

🕒 Mo-Su 09:00-18:00; Dec 25 off; Jan 01 off

PaperPlasticGlassCansClothesOrganicElectronicsBatteriesLow energy bulbsScrap metalHazardous wasteCar batteriesEngine oilTyresWood, rubble