Scrapping cars isn’t the kind of thing the average person will do more than a few times in their life – maybe just once or twice at the very most. As such, those looking to scrap a car right now may have only ever faced the matter five, ten or even twenty years ago – precisely why most have no idea just how much things have changed. These days, scrapping a car is nothing like it was in years gone by – to be honest it’s not even accurate to call it ‘scrapping’ in the true sense of the word. Why? Well, it’s all about the way things are handled and the industry’s new attitudes toward reuse and recycling. 
Scrapping Becomes Recycling
As of right now, when you talk about scrapping a car you’re actually talking about recycling it. Years ago, to scrap a car basically meant to confine it to a heap of twisted metal where it would sit for years, maybe even decades on end serving no purpose whatsoever. Not exactly the best use of its materials, which is precisely why it’s now the thing to recycle scrap cars. Up to 80% of everything a car is made of can be fully recycled and put back into use once again – including the acid in the battery! Scrapping in the traditional sense is dead – long live recycling!
It Doesn’t Cost You a Penny
One of the other big changes to creep into the industry as of late is the way in which it is no longer up to the person scrapping the car to foot the boot. Instead, it’s much more commonplace for the scrapping service to pay a fair price for the car, which technically is how it should always have been seeing as they’re the ones making money from it! Prices vary and terms and conditions always apply, but any reward is of course way better than the old way where you yourself had to fork out to have your car taken off your hands.
You Don’t Have to Lift a Finger
And it’s not just the costs of the endeavour that have been made less painful – the logistics couldn’t be easier either. Gone are the days of having to find some way of getting the car to the yard in the first place, which in the case of a car with no wheels or engine wouldn’t be the easiest job on the whole. Now, just a single phone call is enough to make all the necessary arrangements to have the car collected at your convenience.
The Paperwork is Done For You
And finally, there are no more headaches to be had on the administrative side of things as a responsible scrapping service will either help the car’s owner go through all such formalities, or perhaps even do the whole thing on their behalf. No more fighting with paperwork, no more worrying about the legalities of the whole thing and no chance of receiving a nasty fine in the post – it’s all taken care of for peace of mind as standard!
