Proudly A Family Business,

Recycling Metal Since 1858.

Recycle Your Metal

Got metal to recycle? Simply bring it to our yard—we’ll weigh, grade, and pay you for your material.

Recycle your metal

Metal Collections

Need a regular collection, large pickup, or full site clearance? We’ll deliver skips or containers straight to you. Get in touch to book a hassle-free collection.

Book a Collection

Scrap Your Car

Is your car at the end of its life? Bring it to us, and we’ll handle the DVLA paperwork while paying you for the scrap metal value of your vehicle.

Scrap a car

At William Waugh, we specialise in recycling all grades of ferrous and non-ferrous metals.

We offer competitive prices, efficient collection services, and expert assistance at our fully licensed premises in Granton.

As a DVLA-approved disposal centre, we also purchase vehicles for scrap. Serving Edinburgh, the Central Belt, and beyond, we are committed to responsible and sustainable metal recycling.

What We Do

Scrap collection and procurement

We receive, collect, gather, and buy scrap metal based on weight. We welcome gate trade, which includes individuals, tradespeople, or companies who deliver or bring metal directly to us.

Additionally, we collect metal using our fleet of lorries, skips, and boxes from our regular suppliers, as well as from one-off jobs or clearances.

Metal sorting and processing

Once gathered, we sort the metal using specialist equipment, magnets, and a skilled workforce.

For large and high-volume material, we shear it to permissible size for remelting. Smaller, more complex items are hand sorted.

Cable is stripped, and various grades are baled for easier handling. Cars and vans are depolluted to make them safe for baling and transport.

Transforming Scrap into a Secondary Raw Material

Ultimately, we create a new secondary raw material, consisting of metals of the same type, free of contamination, and processed to the correct size and structure for remelting and reuse.

We operate in a highly regulated industry. We hold a Metal Dealers Licence, are registered with SEPA, and have achieved ISO 14001 Certification.