Cash For Cars partners with vetted Lower Mainland recyclers to pick up scrap, junk, and end-of-life vehicles across every Burnaby neighborhood — Metrotown, Brentwood, Lougheed, SFU on Burnaby Mountain, Edmonds, and Burnaby Heights — with cash paid when the vehicle is taken.
Cash For Cars buys scrap, junk, and end-of-life vehicles across Burnaby — partnering with vetted Lower Mainland recyclers to deliver same-day pickup citywide, with cash paid when the vehicle is taken. The service covers vehicles that have failed a BC commercial vehicle inspection, been written off by ICBC, stopped running, or simply sat unused on a driveway long enough that a private sale is no longer realistic.
Burnaby sits between Vancouver and Surrey, the two largest demand zones in the Lower Mainland. Partner recyclers operating from yards in both directions can reach every Burnaby postal code in a tight window during business hours, and pickup zones routinely overlap with adjacent cities at the borders — Burnaby Heights bleeds into East Vancouver, Edmonds bleeds into New Westminster. To see an estimated payout for your vehicle before you book a pickup, use the scrap car value calculator.
Scrap car payouts in Burnaby, BC typically range from $200 to $500 for sedans and $350 to $1,000 for SUVs and trucks, based on 2026 market conditions and the BC steel rate of $0.09 per pound. Burnaby's central Lower Mainland position — closer to both Vancouver and Surrey recyclers than almost any other BC city — keeps offers at the stronger end of the BC provincial range, particularly for vehicles with intact catalytic converters and reusable parts.
| Vehicle class | Typical Burnaby range | Steel rate |
|---|---|---|
| Sedan / compact car | $200–$500 | $0.09 / lb |
| SUV / mid-size truck | $350–$1,000 | $0.09 / lb |
| Pickup / heavy truck | $500–$1,000+ | $0.09 / lb |
Final offers depend on weight, year, condition, whether the vehicle is running, and whether the catalytic converter is intact. A complete, running vehicle prices toward the top of its class; a non-running vehicle missing its converter prices toward the bottom. For a class-by-class comparison across the province, see scrap car prices in BC. For a live estimate on your specific vehicle, use the scrap car value calculator.
Cash For Cars partner trucks work across every Burnaby neighborhood, with same-day pickup standard citywide. Response time after a confirmed appointment is typically under three hours during business hours.
Burnaby's commercial core and one of the densest mixed-use zones in BC. Pickup access via Kingsway and Patterson Avenue; the Expo Line SkyTrain corridor cuts through. High-density buildings near Metropolis at Metrotown require a coordinated meet at the loading area.
Pickup access via Willingdon Avenue and Lougheed Highway; the Millennium Line SkyTrain corridor runs along Lougheed. Same-day pickup is standard, with Brentwood tower clusters using the same loading-area protocol as Metrotown high-rises.
Highway 1 meets Lougheed Highway in this corridor. Pickup access is direct via the Cariboo and Brunette interchanges, and partner drivers cover this area often because it links Coquitlam-side yards to central Burnaby.
Simon Fraser University and UniverCity are accessed via Gaglardi Way and University Drive East. Pickup is available on the mountain, with the route coordinated in advance, especially in winter when chains may be required.
Pickup access via Edmonds Street, 6th Street, and the Edmonds SkyTrain station on the Expo Line. Older single-family neighborhoods and newer high-rises around Highgate Village are covered with standard residential access.
Pickup access via Hastings Street and Boundary Road. Older detached residential streets and steep grades on the Capitol Hill side often work best when partner drivers approach by Hastings instead of back lanes.
Many Burnaby pickups involve underground parkades, townhouse complexes, and shared-access strata properties — access rules, ceiling-height clearance for tow trucks, visitor parking restrictions, and loading-zone arrangements are confirmed before pickup so the right equipment is dispatched. Westridge, Sperling-Duthie, Big Bend, and smaller Burnaby pockets are covered the same way: if your address is in Burnaby and reachable by a flatbed or tow truck, the partner network handles it.
Selling a scrap car in Burnaby follows the standard British Columbia process — ICBC ownership records, the pink slip, and BC vehicle-retirement programs matter more than any out-of-province rule. Burnaby pickups are partner-served through vetted Lower Mainland recyclers.
In BC, vehicle ownership is documented through ICBC, not through a transferable provincial title. The owner holds the pink slip — the lower portion of the vehicle registration form (APV250) — and that document proves the right to sell or scrap the vehicle. If a Burnaby vehicle has been declared salvage or non-repairable through the ICBC write-off process, the owner can still sell it for scrap.
The BC Scrap-It Program is a province-wide incentive program administered by the BC Scrap-It Society. Burnaby-registered vehicles meeting the Society's age, emissions, and ownership-history criteria can commonly stack a Scrap-It incentive on top of the Cash For Cars cash offer. Cash For Cars handles the cash side; the Society administers the incentive program directly with the owner.
The City of Burnaby enforces bylaws covering vehicles stored in disrepair on private property and vehicles abandoned on city streets. Booking a scrap pickup helps resolve bylaw exposure and the cash side in a single appointment when the owner has the required vehicle documents ready.
Have the ICBC pink slip ready, along with photo ID matching the name on the slip and the keys. The vehicle does not need to run; it does need to be accessible to a tow truck from the road, driveway, loading zone, or approved parkade access point.
Enter your vehicle's make, model, year, and condition into the scrap car value calculator. The estimate uses the BC steel rate, curb weight, catalytic-converter presence, and running condition to produce a Burnaby-area payout range.
A Cash For Cars partner serving Burnaby contacts you to confirm the offer, set a pickup window, and arrange flatbed access. Most Burnaby appointments are booked same-day, with pickup windows typically two to three hours during business hours.
Have the ICBC pink slip, photo ID, and keys ready. The vehicle does not need to run, but it must be reachable from the road, driveway, loading area, or an approved access point arranged before pickup.
The partner driver inspects the vehicle, confirms the offer, completes the pink-slip transfer, and pays cash on the spot. The vehicle is loaded and removed from Burnaby the same day.
Cash For Cars partners also pick up across the rest of the Lower Mainland. Burnaby's neighbours include Cash for cars in Vancouver, BC to the west across Boundary Road, Cash for cars in Surrey, BC to the south via New Westminster and the Pattullo Bridge, Cash for cars in New Westminster, BC directly across the south city line, and Cash for cars in Coquitlam, BC to the east across the Cariboo/Lougheed corridor.
Seven common Burnaby questions, answered directly — covering payouts, same-day pickup, ICBC write-offs, BC Scrap-It, SFU, the Surrey home base, and parkade or townhouse pickup.
Cash For Cars partner trucks pick up scrap, junk, and end-of-life vehicles across Burnaby — Metrotown, Brentwood, Lougheed, SFU, Edmonds, and Burnaby Heights — with cash paid when the vehicle is taken. Same-day pickup is standard citywide.
