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EMR Ashford
Scrap Metal

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Opening Times

Monday to Friday

7am to 4pm

Saturday

7am to 11am

🎄Christmas and New Year opening times🎄

Mon 23 December — Regular hours

Tues 24 December — Reduced operating hours (normal opening time)

Wed 25 December to Wed 1 Jan, 2025 — Closed

Thurs 2 Jan, 2025 — Regular hours

Local metal recycling with EMR

We buy all kinds of metal (aluminium, copper, iron, steel, and more), old cars, and other items. Fast, friendly service with same day payment.

 
 
we're easy
to find
 

EMR Ashford
Cobbs Wood Industrial Estate
Brunswick Road
Ashford
TN23 1EL

If you use our postcode, some sat navs will take you to the opposite end of Brunswick Road.
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ON ARRIVAL

The entrance to the Ashford depot can be found on Brunswick Road, opposite the Junction with Carlton Road. If you keep the household recycling centre on your right, keep heading down Brunswick Road and we are also on the right opposite the junction with Carlton Road. If you are bringing non-ferrous metals, please enter the second gate just past our main gate. For scrap cars and ferrous metals please use the main gate and report to the weighbridge.
 
 
WE BUY METAL OF ALL SHAPES AND SIZES
WE BUY METAL OF ALL SHAPES AND SIZES

no load too big or too small

 
 

We buy the following at EMR Ashford:

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Ferrous metal — Iron, steel

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Non-ferrous metal — Aluminium, brass, bronze, copper, lead, nickel alloys, stainless steel, tin, titanium, zinc

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Scrap vehicles (ELVs)

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Vehicle batteries

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Catalytic converters

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Cables

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Large domestic appliances — Cookers / ovens, dishwashers, tumble dryers, washing machines

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UPVC window frames (glass and kick panels removed)

What we buy
What we buy

The following materials are not accepted:

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Fridges, freezers

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Dairy trolleys / cages

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Shopping trolleys

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Beer kegs / casks

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Sealed cylinders - unless they have come through authorised routes

The following additional items are prohibited, so cannot be accepted at any of our yards:

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Asbestos

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Radioactive materials or containers

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PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls)

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CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons)

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Ammunition shells or other explosive ordnance

How to dispose of these items
How to dispose of these
 
Pound sign
 

Pound sign

Getting
Paid

At EMR Ashford we get you weighed and paid fast and fuss free. Choose between contact-free payment direct to your bank account or cashing a cheque* on-site. If this is your first time cashing a cheque, you’ll need to bring ID, proof of address and complete the form given to you upon arrival, after that you only need to bring your ID. Click here to find out what forms of ID we accept.

*a small transaction fee applies

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BRING ID
WITH YOU

We'll need to see identification before we can pay you. Have a look at what you'll need to bring along when you visit.

ID Required
 
ON-SITE
FACILITIES
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PPE available to buy (cost deducted from ticket)

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Help with unloading your vehicle

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Covered area for unloading

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Payment office waiting room

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Customer toilets

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Drinks vending machine

 
Car recycling logo
 

Car recycling logo

GET THE BEST PRICE FOR YOUR SCRAP VEHICLE

 

EMR Ashford is fully geared up to responsibly recycle your scrap cars, vans and vehicles.

Bring your vehicle and V5 documentation to site and we will get you weighed and paid – fast and fuss-free. We’ll take care of all the paperwork for you and will de-register your vehicle with the relevant authorities.

The ELV process
 
 
 
 
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