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Welcome to Sims Metal Management's Derby scrap yard

We pay competitive prices for ferrous and non ferrous scrap metals including scrap cars, catalytic converters, chrome, nickel, steel, swarf, turnings and zinc.

Scrap metal merchant services include ELV (end of life vehicle) depollution, factory clearance, container, bin and skip hire, total waste management, an abandoned car service and WEEE disposal.

Our scrap metal recycling facilities include an ATF (authorised treatment facility) for depolluting scrap cars, drive on weighbridge, metal cutting shears and a baler for compressing scrap metals.

Sims Metal Management, Derby is conveniently located close to Derby City Centre on the A608, next to the intersection with the A61 Sir Frank Whittle Road and Racecourse Park, accessible from all areas of Derby.

Derby scrap yard is part of the world's largest metal recycling company, Sims Metal Management Limited, with 230 recycling centres worldwide, including other East Midlands scrap dealers in Nottingham and Alfreton.

Email us or call 01332 361 721 to recycle your scrap metals.

Scrap trading hours

Can recycling

Monday: 8.00am-4.30pm
Tuesday: 8.00am-4.30pm
Wednesday: 8.00am-4.30pm
Thursday: 8.00am-4.30pm
Friday: 8.00am-4.30pm
Saturday: 8.00am-11.00am

Telephone: 01332 361 721
Fax: 01332 384 623
Email

Address: Mansfield Road, Derby DE21 4AW

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Scrap metal services

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment

Scrap metal recycling services at Sims Metal Management, Derby include:

  • Abandoned vehicles
  • Collections - flat bed truck
  • Collections - Hiab lorry
  • Factory & site clearance
  • Hire - bulker
  • Hire - Rolonof
  • Hire - skips
  • Total waste management
  • Vehicle (ELV) depollution
  • WEEE disposal - CRT
  • WEEE disposal - fridges
  • WEEE disposal - IT, Telecoms
  • WEEE disposal - non-hazardous

Email us or call 01332 361 721 today to access scrap metal services.

Derby recycling facilities

Scrap car in the ELV Centre

Recycling facilities at Derby scrap metal merchants:

  • ATF for ELVs
  • Baler
  • Shears
  • Weighbridge

Our status as an Authorised Treatment Facility (ATF) for End of Life Vehicles (ELVs) means that we depollute and recycle scrap cars according to the ELV Directive.

This prevents harmful substances such as engine oil entering the environment and reduces the volume of automotive material entering landfill. 85% of materials from scrap vehicles is now recycled.

Email or call Sims Metal Management, Derby today on 01332 361 721 to recycle your car or metal waste.

Skip hire, waste transfer

Skip hire and baulker hire from Sims Metal Management

Sims Metal Management Derby offers a range of scrap metal recycling bins, skips and metal waste transportation services including:

  • Skip hire - various sizes
  • Roll on / off (Rolonof) recycling bin hire
  • Bulker hire (articulated trailers)
  • Abandoned vehicle collections
  • Scrap metal collections - flat bed trucks
  • Metal collection - Hiab truck (onboard lifting equipment)

With the value of scrap metal often outweighing hire and transportation costs, we offer cost effective services over flexible periods

Email us or call 01332 361 721 today to arrange metal recycling storage and collection.

Household waste

Find out how we work with individuals and household waste.

Tackling metal theft

Read our scrap metal dealing policy

Scrap metal wanted!

We pay competitive prices for scrap metals including:

  • Ferrous metals
  • Non ferrous metals
  • Alloys
  • Alloy wheels
  • Aluminium
  • Batteries - cars and ELVs
  • Batteries - hazardous
  • Batteries - non-hazardous
  • Borings
  • Brass
  • Bronze
  • Cans - aluminium
  • Cans - other materials
  • Cars
  • Cars - depolluted
  • Cast iron
  • Catalytic converters
  • Chrome
  • Copper
  • Cupronickel
  • Cuttings
  • Engines - depolluted cars
  • Engines - vans and trucks
  • Iron - heavy
  • Iron - light
  • Lead
  • Lorries
  • Machinery
  • Molybdenum
  • Nickel
  • Phosphor bronze
  • Plant - mobile
  • Steel
  • Swarf
  • Tin
  • Tungsten
  • Turnings
  • WEEE - IT, telecoms
  • WEEE - non-hazardous
  • Zinc

Setting a course for a low carbon future

Carbon Trust Standard logo

Sims is the first metals and electronics recycling company in the UK to be awarded the Carbon Trust Standard.