What happens to cars once they’ve been scrapped? Do they get sent off in a heap somewhere, where all the other scrap lies abandoned and slowly rusting away?
Well actually, scrap cars are disposed of in a more eco-friendly way these days thanks to scrap metal recycling. When a vehicle is at the end of its life and no longer useful, scrapping your car at an Authorised Treatment Facility (ATF) is the best way to ensure that you don’t get in any legal trouble.
Here’s an overview on the process for scrapping your car below!
Scrap car collection
The first thing that will happen is that a scrap car dealer will visit you personally or send a driver round to pick up the vehicle. The place might be your garage or driveway for example. Once they have taken a complete assessment of your car, the vehicle is then valued by its weight and content. Generally, heavier and larger vehicles such as SUVs and vans tend to be worth a lot more on the scrap metal market.
Here at Clear My Scrap, in order to ensure a trouble-free vehicle scrapping service, our team will need the V5 logbook and keys, as well as proof of I.D in order for you complete vehicle sale paperwork with ease! We also offer waste transfer notes that can be issued and paid on collection day too.
Vehicle depollution
Once the fee has been paid for your old scrap car, it will be taken away and disposed of ethically via a process called vehicle depollution. This is where all harmful substances like fluids (oil, petrol etc.) and components such as batteries need to be properly disposed of to ensure public safety and environmental protection.
Dismantling and crushing
After everything hazardous is removed, vehicles are dismantled into its component parts which include the body shell or chassis, wheel rims, engines, tyres, transmissions and other major components that are then recycled for other uses such as spare parts.
Now it’s time to crush, where vehicles are stacked on top of each other and flattened into cubes. All of its individual parts are separated by material classification including metal, fibre and plastic, then fully recycled.
Scrap car recycling
Finally, these scraps go through an extensive recycling process; meaning they could become almost anything - scaffolding, tins, even a new car! It all helps preserve our natural resources for generations yet to come.
Scrap your car today!
Pretty cool right? So when you scrap your car, van or truck, don't think about dropping it off at some obscure location in the middle of nowhere, recycle it instead!
Get in touch with us on 01613007980 or send an enquiry via the form on our website.
