The idea of car scrapping is every bit as old as the internal combustion engine itself. Ever since cars and other vehicles first went mainstream, they’ve all had a limited service life and have they all clapped out on their respective owners. And when all the surgery in the world won’t bring them back to life, it’s a case of getting rid of them…ideally in the most humane way possible.
And that’s of course where car scrapping comes into the equation – we’ve all seen the gigantic car graveyards around the UK and we all know that’s where our beloved rides will one day end up. However, given the fact that this is the 21st century and scrap yards are pretty ancient concepts on the whole, you’d think things would have changed at least a bit along the way. 
And you’d be right…car recycling is the new car scrapping, but what’s the difference?
Stripping and Selling
Well, the way in which the car is first stripped of everything of any real value hasn’t changed at all. Even in a car that looks like it’s about to fall to pieces, chances are there are still dozens of bits and pieces that are more than good enough to be transplanted into another car. This has traditionally been the very reason scrap yards for cars existed – the good stuff got extracted and the rest was tossed on a pile to rust. They made their money selling the parts worth something and that was that…one more dead car on the heap.
Nothing is Wasted
However, what’s changed as of now in a very big way is the fact that almost nothing is wasted…at least nothing that can be put back into use. In the hands of a skilled recycling company, the car is stripped to its bare bones and every last shred of recyclable stuff is sent off for processing. From electrical wires to battery casings to the glass in the windows – even the sulfuric acid in the battery can be recycled and once again put into circulation! Well over 80% of the car heads off for steel recycling and there’s practically nothing left by the time it’s all done with. As such, car recycling has the potential to completely abolish the classic scrap car pile as we know it.
Drivers Are Rewarded
As for what’s in it for the driver, responsible car recycling firms are doing their utmost to make the process not only easy, but rewarding. When drivers are incentivized to recycle then of course they’re more likely to do the right thing. As such, while it may be somewhat traditional for car owners to pay for a scrap yard to take their vehicle of their hands, it’s now the recycling agent that pays the driver for the car. Not only that, but they’ll even come and take the car at a time and date to suit, without it eating into the price paid for the car so much as a penny.
So you see – car scrapping really has come a long way over recent years!
