One of the most common questions thrown our way is also perhaps the most obvious – where does it all go? This of course refers to all those millions of bits and pieces that go into the average car – all of which don’t just disappear from the face of the Earth regardless of how convenient it might be. Of course, it’s no secret these days that the era of the landfill is well and truly over, so considering just how much stuff there is to deal with in the average car, just where does it all go? 
Responsible Recycling
Well, the simple answer is…if you come to Take My Scrap Car at least…it all goes to a very good home. What separates the car scrapping service from the dedicated car recycling service is the way in which the latter is committed to make sure all bits of all cars get put back to good use. While it might be easier to just rip out the expensive stuff and throw the rest on a pile, this goes against everything the EU tells us we have to do when it comes to recycling.
Which means that if you’re not doing it the TMSC way, you’re doing it the wrong way!
Reuse or Recycle
As you’ll probably already know, the very best kind of recycling is the kind where any given product or component is reused once again without the need for any kind of processing. It just makes sense – when and where there’s anything that still has life left in it, why would you not use it again right away? Unsurprisingly, the average car features hundreds of bits and bobs that are both universally useful and tend to outlive the car as a whole. As such, it’s part of our job to find these parts and pieces, take them off, test them, make sure they’re in good condition and ultimately find a good home or use for them. The only time recycling is unnecessary is when you can reuse!
Then of course there are things like tyres, which despite being in pretty bad condition at the time could very well be repairable. As for the car’s battery, even the acid inside the thing can be recycled – as too can the plastic case. See those plastic plant-pots in the garden? They’re often made from old battery casings.
Anything electronic that’s still got some use in it gets taken away, refurbished and put back to good use – as many any parts of the car’s furniture that might have life left in them.
After this, it’s a case of stripping and separating all the metals that are left over in order to send them off to the appropriate plants for recycling. Be it shredding, crushing or manually dismantling, it’s a heck of a job to say the least.
Some have asked us on occasion if all we do is drive cars to recycling plants. To which we answer, if only it was ever so simple!!
