Payment Information For Your Scrap

What you will need

• A bank account

Identification, which can either be:

• A valid Great Britain or Northern Ireland Photocard Driving Licence
• A valid U.K. or EEA state Passport and a utility bill (not mobile phone), bank or building society statement, credit or debit card statement, council tax demand letter or statement which is no more than 3 months old.

What will happen on site?

The entire process of coming into site, weighing your vehicle on the weighbridge, reporting to the office, unloading your vehicle and re-weighing your vehicle on exit will be the same as its always been. Nothing will change in this process. For all casual customers ie: non account customers, we will continue to ask you for proof of identity. Your identity will be copied and kept with our records of the transaction.

Payment options will be:

Bank transfer or cheque.

Data protection

As part of your transaction, any identification taken will be securely held and adhering to the data protection act. Reclamet is compliant with legislation such as the Data Protection Act. Your information will be protected in line with these requirements.

Legal information about cashless trading

When did cashless trading coming into effect? Cashless trading came into force in December 2012, as part of the updated Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishing of Offenders Act 2012. This Act banned the use of cash in scrap metal trading in England and Wales, making it an offense to pay in cash.

Itinerant Collectors are only exempt if they have been granted an order under section 3.1 of the Scrap Metals Dealers Act by the local Police Chief or Local Authority, otherwise they are banned from using cash also. Vehicle dismantlers buying end-of-life vehicles (ELVs or scrap cars) for parts brokerage are still able to pay in cash. [Cashless trading UK, ID requirements, Reclamet Ltd]
Keep updated on cashless trading by visiting the BMRA website.

Operation Tornado

As part of Operation Tornado, it is an requirement for anyone selling scrap metals to dealers participating in providing photographic ID. The scheme was developed in partnership with the British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA), the Home Office, the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) and Durham, Northumbria and Cleveland Police. For more information about Operation Tornado visit the British Transport Police website.

The New Scrap Metal Dealers Act

The updated Scrap Metal Dealers Act (SMDA) came into effect in Autumn, 2013, from this date vehicle dismantlers and itinerant collectors and will all be subject to the ban on cash. The new SMDA also makes it a necessity for identification, at point of sale and its a legal condition. The legal requirements for proof of identification will be very similar to those required by operation Tornado.