Delivery

Please ensure there is enough room for your skip to be placed. Our vehicles will also need room in order to place your skip where you need it.

Obstructions such as parked cars often cause delays, so you’ll need to ensure that the way is clear before delivery and collection of your skip.

Loading your skip

Smaller skips can be loaded by hand by using a shovel for loose material such as soil or by bagging all the material beforehand. Always wear protective clothing such as gloves when handling sharp materials such as glass, metal and laminates.

It is possible to use scaffold planks to form a ramp to the skip but please be aware of the dangers of slipping and falling off!

Larger skips may need to be loaded using a mechanical loader or grab machine. Ro-ro skips can be loaded by hand using a metal staircase.

Please do not overload the skip. Overloading can mean that we cannot collect it.

We cannot be held responsible for any personal injury or damage whilst using our skips.

Restricted Materials

We can take plasterboard but you must put it into separate bags on top of the rest of the material in the skip. Large amounts of plasterboard will require a separate skip.

We cannot take asbestos. This will need to be removed by a specialist asbestos removal service.

Items such as fridges, freezers, computer & TV screens, anything containing a hazardous material, chemical or gas, paint & felt roofing may incur additional disposal charges. Please contact us if you have any concerns about any of the materials intended to be removed before you put them in the skip.

We need to know if the car to be scrapped starts and can be driven or not. It doesn’t matter if not, we’ll deal with the removal of the car in any condition.

If the car to be scrapped runs but failed it’s MOT we will need to know the reason for valuation purposes.

Is the faulty car in one piece? Are all the wheels attached? Are any of the tyres flat?

Is the vehicle to be scrapped parked in a place where our recovery vehicle can access it?

If the scrap car has been in an accident or is accident damaged, was it written off by your insurer and has it been recorded by your insurance provider as an accident damaged scrap car?

If the car has been involved in an accident, been vandalised, stolen and recovered by the Police or has been involved any other criminal activity are the Police satisified that the scrap car can be removed and destroyed?

You will need the vehicle’s DVLA V5 Log Book and two forms of personal ID.

You are responsible for informing the DVLA that you no longer own the vehicle.  This can be done online using the reference number on the yellow part of the logbook or by posting the yellow part to DVLA. You must state that you have “Sold the vehicle to a Motor Trader”, and NOT Scrapped or New Keeper. Please get in touch if this isn’t clear!

We don’t need it but you can leave any of the scrap vehicle’s service history in the glove box.

We do not need an MOT certificate.

You don’t need to clean the vehicle but please make sure you have removed all personal items including any CDs and tapes you may have left in the radio player. Please remove any rubbish from the interior and the boot of the car. We only take the car, we do not take household rubbish.

Depending on the location and condition of the scrap car it’ll take 10-15 minutes to remove the scrap car & complete the DVLA paperwork.

Yes, but you’ll need to pay any release fees due prior to Swindon Metal Recycling recovering the scrap vehicle. We can’t take the car away and pay you if this has not been done.

Yes, however Swindon Metal Recycling may ask you to provide some other form of proof that the vehicle is yours, e.g. an insurance document.

Yes, please tell us in advance and we’ll bring the tools to be able to enter your car prior to removal.

Yes, DVLA charge a yearly fee for keeping the registration, we can advise you on this when we remove your scrap car.

Most of our customers are quite happy with a bank transfer however we can pay by cheque if you let us know prior to removing your scrap car. As of 01/10/2013 it is illegal in the UK to pay cash for scrap metal.

Swindon Metal Recycling is a licenced waste carrier with the UK Environment Agency.

We’re registered with Swindon Borough Council for the disposal of waste materials.

We’re also a DVLA Authorised Treatment Facility for the recovery and treatment of ELVs (or End Of Life Vehicles).

Yes, we’ll collect & recover lorries, trucks, ex military vehicles, steel river boats, railway stock, tractors and other agricultural machinery, fork lifts, ambulances and any commercial vehicles. Please contact us with details of the metal to be scrapped.

We collect & recover vehicles from Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Berkshire, Hampshire and Oxfordshire. Please contact us if you would like your vehicle collected outside of those areas.