There are two types of car scrapping services on the market right now – those that are 100% responsible in what they do and those that aren’t. Admittedly, some are fractionally better or worse than others, but there’s really no place for those that don’t make every effort to operate responsibly and fairly day in and day out for all of their customers. 
Why does it matter to choose a genuinely responsible service? The answers are multiple and include the following:
The Recycling Process
First and foremost, it’s important to think about exactly what it is that will happen to the car you’re scrapping once it has been taken off your hands. For some scrap dealers, recycling means little more than salvaging the parts they can sell for a profit, only for the rest of the car to be left out to rot on a huge pile of twisted metal for all eternity. This doesn’t constitute responsible recycling as it’s estimated that up to 80% of any given car can be recycled and once again put back to use in one way or another.
Safe Waste Disposal
It’s always disappointing to find a recycling service that appears on the surface to be doing everything right, but is in fact doing anything but. There will always be plenty of bits and pieces from across the car that need to be recycled in a slightly different way – the oil from the engine and the acid from the battery, for example. And as there’s a big difference between pouring these down the drain and safely disposing of or processing them, it’s a key factor to keep in mind.
Best Possible Price
A responsible car scrapping service will go so much further than not charging a penny for the process – they’ll also offer a fair price for the car. In fact, those at the very top-end of the industry will make an outright guarantee to the car’s owner that they will not find a better price elsewhere. Admittedly, the exact price offered will vary a great deal in accordance with the age of the car, its condition and the model, but in all cases a fair price should be demanded.
Assistance with Paperwork
The last thing you want is to send your car off for recycling only to be slapped with a hefty fine a few weeks later for not sorting out the paperwork appropriately. This happens far too often and there’s really no excuse for it, so be sure to only ever side with a scrapping or recycling service that promises to help all customers with the paperwork…or ideally take care of it all on their behalf.
Total Convenience
And finally, fair and responsible recycling means making all necessary efforts to collect the cars from their respective owners at a convenient time on a convenient date. It should no longer be left to the car’s owner to move Heaven and Earth to get the thing down to the yard in the first place, which can prove anywhere from difficult to wholly impossible depending on the circumstances.
