Scrap metal pickup in Nanaimo.

The minimum pickup is $125, which covers a single large item like a washer, water heater or barbecue. Bigger amounts are priced by trailer space: $300 for a quarter load, $500 for a half, up to $850 for a full 15-yard load. The price includes the lifting, hauling and recycling, and the estimate is free. Metal is heavy for its size, so a scrap load can reach the trailer's weight limit well before it is full: a heavy load can carry a weight surcharge or need a second trip, and $850 is one full load rather than a ceiling. Additions can apply depending on the items, the weight, the access and the location, so send us the details and we will go through your specific situation.

No, we are a pickup service rather than a scrap yard: you are paying us to come to you, do the lifting and haul it away, as soon as we have availability. If your metal is clean, separated and worth yard prices, hauling it yourself to a recycler may earn you a few dollars instead. Most people call us because the convenience is worth more than the scrap.

Almost all of it: appliances, water heaters, pipe and ducting, wire, fencing, roofing metal, bike frames, lawn mowers, patio furniture, car parts and mixed renovation scrap. Propane tanks and anything holding fuel need special handling, so mention those when you book.

Yes. Refrigerant-bearing appliances like fridges, freezers and air conditioners are handled separately: they go to an appropriate facility for proper handling and recycling, which is why they cannot just go on a regular scrap pile.

Yes, the whole mid Island: Nanaimo is our core area, with Ladysmith, Lantzville, Parksville and Qualicum Beach close behind, and Duncan and Port Alberni booked around availability. Fuel or travel charges can apply depending on distance and job size, and the Comox Valley is larger-job work, which is how we run every service up there.

Furniture, mattresses and box springs, appliances including fridges and freezers, electronics and TVs, hot tubs, pianos, yard waste and brush, renovation and demolition debris, scrap metal, carpet, garage, shed and storage-unit contents, and general household junk. We also demolish sheds, decks and fences and haul the debris away. If it can be handled and transported safely, it can go on the trailer, though some specialty and restricted items need separate handling and a few we cannot take at all. When in doubt, text a photo and ask.

Same-day or next-day service may be available depending on our schedule, your location and the size and scope of the job, so call or text and ask what we have open. Being based in Nanaimo rather than an hour down the highway helps. We are open 7 days a week, 6am to 8pm, and short-notice jobs are welcome.

Four steps. First the free estimate: call, text or send photos of the pile and we will come back to you with a number. Second, we arrive when we said we would. Third, the crew walks the job with you, goes over the estimate, and only then does every bit of the lifting and hauling from wherever the junk sits. Fourth, everything is sorted for donation, recycling or disposal, and the space gets swept before we leave. Final pricing is based on actual loaded volume, with weight, labour and applicable surcharges considered.

No. We take it from wherever it is sitting: upstairs rooms, basements, crawlspaces, the garage or the back of the yard. Nothing needs to be bagged, sorted or dragged to the curb beforehand, and you do not need to be able to lift. If piling it up makes you feel organised then go ahead, though the price follows the volume either way.

We prioritise reuse, donation and recycling wherever items are suitable, accepted and practical, and the landfill is the last stop rather than the first. Usable furniture, appliances and household goods can go to local charities, metal to the scrap yard, electronics to the proper depot, mattresses to a facility that strips them for materials, and clean green waste to composting. What each charity or facility will accept is their call rather than ours. Anything that genuinely cannot be reused or recycled is disposed of properly, and that sorting is part of the job.

Some items and materials carry an additional charge, because of disposal fees, weight, handling requirements or special recycling. These can include mattresses and box springs, tires, propane tanks, unusually heavy or dense materials, appliances that need special handling, and hazardous or contaminated material. Dense loads are worth flagging separately: soil, concrete, dense construction debris, scrap metal, tile, and boxes of books, files or tools can reach the trailer's weight limit before it is full by volume, which can mean a weight surcharge or a second load. Any surcharge that applies is identified before the job begins wherever the items and conditions are known.

The first hour of labour is included in the load price. Beyond that, additional labour is $100 per hour, per load. That comes up on jobs spread over several floors, long carries from the truck, or items that need heavy sorting or taking apart before they will move. Anything like that is talked through at the estimate where the conditions are known, and raised with you on the day if it only becomes clear once we are working. Depending on the items, their weight, the access and where you are, additional charges can apply. Tell us what you have and we will walk through your situation first.

Yes. Junk Matters is fully insured, registered and in good standing with WorkSafeBC, and a member of both the Recycling Council of British Columbia and the Greater Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce. We are rated 5.0 across 130+ Google reviews, and the crew works in your home and around your property to that standard.