If you have ever thought that recycling a car is easy and straightforward, think again. This is not about quietly abandoning your car on the roadside in the hope that it may be picked up by the police. Neither should car recycling be done at home. Recycling your car is all about doing a big favour to yourself and your environment.
Why recycling, you wonder? Well, recycling IS one of those frequently used words today, and for a good reason, too. Too much pollution and the increased impact of the green house effect caused some of us to speculate for long our planet continues functioning without a break. Perhaps, we could think of planet as a car: overload it with too many gadgets, do not clean in or take to the garage regularly, and before long it does not pass the MOT test. Cars can be recycled and changed for new ones. But there is only one planet Earth.
So, we are urged to help protect our planet, and taking a car that need to be recycled to the scrap yard may be a step to make. This happens usually when the car did not pass the MOT test, or when it is too old or too damaged.
But exactly what happens at the scrap yard? First of all, they will remove electrical sources from your car, usually the car battery. They then drain the hazardous chemicals, thus helping to depolluting your car; and then they take out tyres and usable parts. The latter may be anything from an engine (when it is in a good condition) or speakers for an in-car stereo.
This may sound strange. The very nature of a scrap yard suggests that your dear old vehicle is simply going to be smashed. This is not true, and for that consider the term “recycle”: it means to prepare something to be used again. So it is only normal that a scrap car dealer will “undo” your vehicle to remove any parts that can be reused.
In short, if you have an old car which cannot be used or resold, do consider taking it to the scrap yard where they will dismantle and recycle it in the environmentally friendly way. You may even get a small payment to help towards a new car loan or car finance payment.
