Car Recycling and Disposal
Car recycling here in the UK is a major industry. To give an idea of the scale of the industry in the UK, there were around 30 million motor vehicles in use 2002. Each year around 2 million new vehicles are registered and a similar number are scrapped / recycled. Around 1.85 million cars are recycled every year with around 80% of materials (mainly metal) being recycled. The remaining 20% goes to landfill.As the number of cars on the road increases its important that we minimize the affect car disposal has on the environment and take car recycling seriously. To give an idea of the effect incorrect car disposal can have see below.
- A car generally holds between 4-6 litres of oil. Just one litre of motor oil is sufficient to contaminate one million litres of water. Waste oil
poured onto the ground will affect soil fertility.
- When tyres are disposed of in landfill, instability of the land can result. It is unknown what long term effect the chemicals in the rubber will have.
As proffesional car recyclers we ensure that all hazardous liquides are removed from scrap vehicles and disposed of safely. Tyres are removed followed by reusable parts such as batteries.
We will provide you with all the necessary paperwork to inform the DVLA that the car has been scrapped.
