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Welcome to the UK arm of Sims Metal Management, the world's leading metals recycler.
Based on over 35 sites throughout the UK we recover end of life and abandoned cars, consumer goods, surplus metal from manufacturing processes and other sources of ferrous and non ferrous scrap metal.
Sims Metal Management then recycles recovered metals, plastics and other materials into products such as fragmented furnace feed for steel works and high grade copper, aluminium and brass for smelting and re-use in manufacturing.
Sims Metal Management works to high environmental and health and safety standards, seeking to exceed legislation and guidelines wherever practicable.
Find your nearest scrap metal recycling centre
With 35 scrap metals recycling centres in England and Wales, Sims Metal Management offers national coverage.
Find your nearest metals yard - we accept most types of ferrous and non ferrous scrap metal at our recycling centres including cars and consumer appliances.
Wanted - scrap metal
Sims Metal Management pays competitive rates for a wide range of scrap metal including:
Recycle your car
Sims Metal Management recycles around 500,000 scrap cars each year in the UK.
We pay competitive rates for scrap cars, scrap vans and other scrap vehicles. Choosing Sims Metal Management means that your car will be disposed of in accordance with UK and EU legislation. We also provide an abandoned cars service for local authorities.
You can take your car to one of over 30 Sims Metal Management UK sites or visit the Recycle Your Car website for details of hundreds more Authorised Treatment facilities.
Skip hire
Sims Metal Management offers a wide range of container hire services to recover surplus or scrap metals including:
- Skip hire - various sizes
- Rolonoff containers
- Baulkers (articulated trailers)
We offer flexible hire periods from over 30 locations in England and Wales. Due to the market value of scrap metal, hire charges are often not required. View skip and container hire services.
Metal Recycling Services
Sims Metal Management provides businesses, organisations and individuals with a wide range of metals recycling services throughout the UK including:
- Scrap car Authorised Treatment Facility (ATF) network
- Recovery of metal manufacturing waste
- Industrial clearance and factory dismantling
- Skip hire, baulkers and roll on, roll off containers
- Abandoned vehicles service for local authorities
- WEEE (Waste electrical and electronic equipment) recycling
- Sale of recycled ferrous metals and non ferrous metal
- Scrap metal transport and logistics
- Total waste management
- Dense media separation services
Visit our products and services pages to find out more.
Electronics recycling
Sims Recycling Solutions is our electronics recycling division, recovering a wide range of WEEE - waste electrical and electronic equipment.
Visit the Sims Recycling Solutions website for service information including:
- IT and telecommunications asset refurbishment and recycling
- Electrical goods recycling
- Specialist fridge recycling
- Toner cartridge recycling
Recycle right.
Recycle now.
Email us or call
0845 270 2485
Car dealers - Vehicle Discount Scheme Offer
Choose Sims Metal Management as your Car Scrappage Scheme partner and you could recoup a signficant proportion of the manufacturer's contribution.
We can help you ease the administrative burden of running the government's Vehicle Discount Scheme. Find out more...
Global locations
Sims Metal Management is a global corporation with 230 recycling centres worldwide.
These include over 100 metals recycling centres in North America and Australasia.
- Visit the Sims Metal Management North American website for metals recycling services in the USA and Canada
- Visit the Sims Metal Management Australasian website for metals recycling services in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea
For investor information, visit our corporate website.
Why choose us?
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Choosing the world's leading scrap metals recycler brings many benefits including:
- Competitive rates paid for scrap metal
- Maximisation of metal recovery rates
- A national service delivered locally
- Specialist expertise such as industrial clearance
- National transport network
- High quality recycled metals and plastics for sale
- High environmental standards
- Safe working practices
Visit the 'Why choose us' page for further information.