Bins & containers
Scrap bins & containers
If metal builds up at your premises week in, week out, a bin or container on site turns it from a waste problem into a payment.
40+ years in Nantwich
Family run scrap merchants and industrial dismantlers since the 1980s.
Environment Agency compliant
Licensed facility with proper end-of-life vehicle de-pollution.
Weighed and graded on site
Approved scales, sorted by grade, and an 800-tonne Harris shear.
Collection across the region
Own lorries and grab loaders covering roughly 30 miles from the yard.
We place bins and containers sized to your space and the metal you generate, then swap or empty them on a schedule that suits you — or simply when you ring to say it is full.
Who uses them
Engineering and fabrication shops with daily offcuts; garages and commercial vehicle workshops; electrical contractors with cable and fittings; manufacturers segregating swarf, sheet and turnings; farms and estates with a steady trickle of iron; and construction sites where metal needs keeping out of the muck-away skip.
Bins, containers or skips?
Small stillages and bins suit non-ferrous and cable, where value is high and volume low. Open containers suit steel and mixed metal. If what you are clearing is mixed waste rather than metal, a skip is the right answer, and we can supply both to the same site.
Segregation pays
Separate containers for steel, stainless, aluminium, copper and cable pay materially better than one mixed bin, because mixed metal has to be graded down. We will help you set up something workable for your staff rather than something that looks tidy on paper.
Accounts and paperwork
Every collection is weighed and documented, with waste transfer paperwork and a clear record of grades and weights for your own reporting. Account facilities are available for regular customers.
Arranging it
Ring the yard on 01270 611447 or send the form below with your location, the metals you generate and roughly how much a week. We will suggest container sizes and a collection pattern, and tell you what we are paying for the grades involved.
Why Garratt’s
- Bins and containers sized to your space
- Swapped on a schedule or on a phone call
- Keeps saleable metal out of general waste
- Weighed and paid on every collection
- Account facilities available
Step by step
How it works
No jargon and no surprises. This is what happens from the first phone call to getting paid.
- 01
Tell us what you have
Ring the yard on 01270 611447 or send the details through the form — a photo helps us judge it quickly.
- 02
We quote you honestly
We tell you what we are paying today for that grade, and whether it is worth us collecting or better brought in.
- 03
Collection or drop-off
We collect with our own lorries and grab loaders, or you turn up in opening hours and we help you unload.
- 04
Weighed, graded and paid
Your load is weighed on approved scales and paid straight into your bank — no cash, as the law requires.
In the yard
Tap any photo to see it full size.
Request a quote for scrap bins & containers
Tell us what you have, roughly how much of it and where it is, and we’ll come back to you with what we can do and what we’re paying. Prices change daily, so ring the yard if you need a figure today.
Good to know
Scrap bins & containers — questions we get asked
What size bins and containers can you supply?
From small stillages and bins for cable and non-ferrous through to open containers for steel and mixed metal. We size them to your space and how much metal you generate.
How often do you empty them?
On whatever pattern suits you — a set schedule, or simply when you ring to say it is full.
Is it worth separating the metals?
Yes, materially. Separate containers for steel, stainless, aluminium, copper and cable pay better than one mixed bin, because mixed metal has to be graded down.
How is my scrap weighed?
Everything is weighed on site on approved scales and sorted by grade, so you can see exactly what you have brought in and what it is being paid as.
How much will you pay for my scrap metal?
Scrap prices move daily with the metal markets, so we do not publish rates. Ring the yard on 01270 611447 and we will tell you exactly what we are paying today for what you have.
Not sure what your scrap is worth?
Prices move daily. Give us a ring and we'll tell you what we're paying today — no obligation, no nonsense.