Metals

Metals are separated into ferrous and non-ferrous materials before being sent to specialist recycling facilities. Aluminium cans are sent to a specialist smelting facility in Cheshire.

Metal collected through our skips is sent to European Metal Recycling (EMR) in London. There, materials are shredded and separated by density and material type using magnets and X-ray technology. The metals and aggregates are sold on to end markets.

Disposal location:

EMR (European Metal Recycling Ltd), Bidder Street, Canning Town, London, E16 4SZ

Metal recycling plays an important role in conserving natural resources and reducing environmental impact.

Benefits include:

• Metals can be recycled repeatedly without losing their intrinsic properties or quality.
• Using recycled metals significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions compared to mining and processing virgin materials.
• Recycling helps reduce the demand for mining virgin raw materials, and the associated impacts on land, water, and biodiversity. Recycling metals can save between 60% and 95% of the energy required to produce metals from virgin raw materials.
• When you recycle metals, valuable materials remain in circulation and are diverted from landfill, supporting a more circular economy.

Because metals can be recycled indefinitely, they are among the most circular materials available today.