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Welcome to Sims Metal Management's Plymouth scrap yard in Devon

We pay competitive prices for ferrous and non ferrous scrap metals including scrap cars, alloys, aluminium, cast iron, and scrap machinery.

Scrap metal merchant services include ELV (end of life vehicle) depollution, factory clearance, scrap metal collections, recycling bin and skip hire.

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 metal.

Sims Metal Management, Plymouth is conveniently located off the A374 Exeter Street, providing fast access to all areas of Plymouth and easy access to the A38 for businesses in South Devon and East Cornwall.

Plymouth scrap yard is part of the world's largest metal recycling company, Sims Metal Management Limited, with 230 recycling centres worldwide, including nearby sites in Exeter and Bodmin.

Email us, visit or call 01752 661 576 today to access a wide range of recycling services.

Trade opening hours

Car batteries - one of the waste items recycled by Plymouth scrap yard

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-12.00pm

Telephone: 01752 661 576
Fax: 01752 228 993
Email

Address: Sutton Road, Plymouth, Devon PL4 0HN

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Scrap metal services

Scrap metal collection vehicles and containers

Sims Metal Management Plymouth scrap metal recycling services:

  • Abandoned vehicles
  • Collections - flat bed truck
  • Collections - Hiab lorry
  • Factory & site clearance
  • Hire - bulker
  • Hire - bulk bags
  • Hire - internal stillages
  • Hire - Rolonof
  • Hire - skips
  • Vehicle (ELV) depollution

Email, visit or call 01752 661 576 today to access recycling services.

Recycling facilities

Scrap copper pipes

Scrap metal merchant facilities at Plymouth scrap yard include:

  • ATF for ELVs
  • Baler
  • Shears
  • Weighbridge

We have experience in clearing industrial sites and decommissioning factories, providing you with residual value for your redundant machinery and plant.

Email Sims Metal Management Plymouth today with your recycling enquiry or call 01752 661 576.

Scrap car recycling

Abandoned vehicle collections

Plymouth ELV Centre recycles 85% of materials from scrap cars and vans.

As an Authorised Treatment Facility (ATF) for End of Life Vehicles (ELVs), we depollute cars in close adherence to the ELV Directive prior to recycling.

Polluting substances such as transmission fluid are recovered prior to recycling of metals and other materials.

We also provide an abandoned car service to local authorities.

Email us, visit or call 01752 661 576 today to find out more about car recycling, abandoned vehicle services or for a scrap valuation on your car.

Cash paid for scrap

Plymouth metal traders pay competitive prices for a range of scrap metals:

  • Ferrous metals
  • Non ferrous metals
  • Alloys
  • Alloy wheels
  • Aluminium
  • Batteries - cars and ELVs
  • Batteries - hazardous
  • Batteries - non-hazardous
  • Borings
  • Brass
  • Bronze
  • 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
  • Palladium
  • Phosphor bronze
  • Plant - mobile
  • Secondary metals
  • Steel
  • Tin
  • Tungsten
  • Turnings
  • Vans
  • Zinc

Regional scrap metal dealer services

Sims Metal Management Plymouth is one of a network of 10 scrap metal yards in the South West operated by Sims including the nearby locations of Bodmin and Exeter

Visit our national locations page for details of metal recycling services elsewhere in the UK.

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.