There are dozens of car scrapping services to choose from across every region of the UK – those that you should in fact put your trust in exist in much smaller numbers. It seems like a pretty easy process – car gets taken, car gets crushed – but there’s quite a lot more to it than what meets the eye. Well, that’s assuming the car’s respective owners want to get the best deal and know their car’s been put to good use – all of which can be ensured by choosing the right scrapping service. 
Best Price Promise
The checklist is kicked off by the promise of the best possible price paid. Competition is huge and it’s inevitable that not all scrapping services will offer the same price for every car – precisely why shopping around can pay off. On the other hand, the easiest solution is to go straight for a provider that offers a 100% guarantee of the best price paid, meaning that if their quote is bettered, they’ll match it.
Free Collection
Some scrap yards offer to pay a good price for old cars, only to then charge the owner a pretty hefty sum to pick it up. This somewhat defeats the purpose of the whole process and doesn’t exactly paint a picture of a reputable scrapping service. As such, it’s a good idea to look only for those that promise not only 100% free vehicle collection, but collection at a time, date and location that’s convenient.
Responsible Recycling
In terms of what exactly they do with the car once it’s been taken, there are those that confine cars to junk heaps or landfill, then there are those that recycle in the most responsible manner possible. Responsible recycling means taking every last shred of the car that can be reused and making sure it is indeed put to use once again. And it’s not only the steel itself that can be processed and reused – so much of the car’s inner-workings and even the battery can and should be recycled responsibly.
Handling of Legalities
The last thing you want after recycling your car is to receive a letter in the post warning that you’re now facing a pretty hefty fine for not properly declaring the thing as scrapped and completing the mandatory paperwork. This is the kind of thing that can bite anyone in the rear end as if you don’t know what you’re doing, it’s easy to go wrong without realising you’d put a foot out of line. As such, only ever scrap with a service that does the legal stuff for you.
Firm Feedback
And finally, nothing says more about the services on offer than the positive feedback of those that have tried and tested them first-hand. As such, it’s a good idea to factor customer feedback, reviews and ratings into the decision you make as this is effectively the only impartial information you have to go on. Scrap with a scrapper that’s won the trust of its customers and chances are you won’t go far wrong.
