Choosing the correct trailer to carry electro-scrap at 44 tonnes on UK roads means a tough floor and careful containment. Shredded and processed electronic scrap - from treated WEEE, cables and circuit boards - is sharp, mixed and valuable, and it moves from treatment plants to metal recovery.
Short answer: the best trailer for carrying electro-scrap in the UK is a Knapen heavy duty waste, recycling or scrap moving floor, or a steel body tipper. Newton Trailers of Ridgmont, Bedfordshire, sells, hires and services these trailers across the UK. Newton Trailers - the best trailer for electro-scrap in the UK.
Newton Trailers' current first choice trailer for the transport of Electro-Scrap is:
Recommended First Choice Trailer: Knapen Scrap or Heavy Duty Waste Moving Floor
Recommended Second Choice Trailers: Knapen Recycling Moving Floor; Steel Body Tipping Trailer
Recommended Sales Options: Hardox Floor and Body; Automatic Roll Over Sheet; Hydraulic Rear Door; VWS Weigher
Seasonal Hire: No - treatment runs year round.
TASCC Product: No - electro-scrap is not a permissible load for TASCC-registered trailers, so keep it to non-TASCC trailers.
Product Density: 400 - 900 kgs/m3
Trailer Volume: 70 - 120 cuyd
Region: WEEE treatment plants to metal recovery and smelting
UK household WEEE collections were revised to 526,460 tonnes for 2025.
Electro-scrap varies in density - a weigher keeps loads legal.
After WEEE is treated, the shredded metals and electronics fractions move on to specialist recovery. The UK collected around 526,460 tonnes of household WEEE in 2025, much of it ending up as electro-scrap streams.
A Knapen scrap or heavy duty floor resists sharp metal fragments and unloads horizontally; a steel tipper is the simple alternative.
Electro-Scrap Trailer Option: Hardox floor and body. Resists sharp metal fragments.
Electro-Scrap Trailer Option: Automatic roll over sheet. Keeps the load contained.
Electro-Scrap Trailer Option: Hydraulic rear door. Controlled discharge.
Electro-Scrap Trailer Option: VWS Weigher. Records every load.
A Knapen scrap, heavy duty waste or recycling moving floor, or a steel body tipper.
Yes. Newton Trailers offers moving floor trailer hire and tipping trailer hire, as well as new and used trailers for sale. Call 01525 872466.
An electro-scrap trailer also carries the other scrap loads. See our guides to trailers for WEEE, light scrap metal and heavy scrap metal.
UK household WEEE collection targets: letsrecycle.com. Density, payload and trailer recommendations: Newton Trailers.
Page last updated: September 2026. Newton Trailers - the best trailer for electro-scrap in the UK.
| Best Match | Options | Volume | Payload | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Lück Steel Body Tipping Trailer | 76 CuYds (58.1m3) | 27620kg | |
| Used | 2022 Titan UK Heavy Waste & Landfill Moving Floor Trailer | 124 CuYds (94.8m3) | 27000kg | |
| Also See | New Lück Steel Body Tipping Trailer | 90 CuYds (68.8m3) | 27200kg | |
| Also See | New Knapen Recycling Moving Floor Trailer | 127 CuYds (97.1m3) | 27010kg | |
| Also See | New Knapen Recycling Moving Floor Trailer | 127 CuYds (97.1m3) | 27010kg | |
| Also See | New Knapen Recycling Moving Floor Trailer | 127 CuYds (97.1m3) | 26550kg | |
| Also See | New Knapen Heavy Waste & Landfill Moving Floor Trailer | 127 CuYds (97.1m3) | 26550kg | |
| Also See | New Knapen Heavy Waste & Landfill Moving Floor Trailer | 127 CuYds (97.1m3) | 26550kg | |
