{"id":843,"date":"2017-04-07T14:18:28","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T13:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scrapcarnetwork.org\/news\/?p=843"},"modified":"2020-04-09T13:52:05","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T12:52:05","slug":"the-scrapping-process-what-is-vehicle-depollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scrapcarnetwork.org\/news\/the-scrapping-process-what-is-vehicle-depollution\/","title":{"rendered":"The Scrapping Process: What Is Vehicle Depollution?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Safety is a major concern in the car scrapping<\/a> industry, and quite right too. Depolluting is a crucial part of that safety process, and it\u2019s exactly what it sounds like \u2013 removing all the harmful chemicals and suchlike that could pose a risk to human and environmental health. Our Authorised Treatment Facilities take this duty very seriously, under the ever-watchful eye of the Environment Agency.<\/p>\n

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Why Do Cars Need To Be Depolluted?<\/h2>\n

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You might not necessarily realise it, but your beloved four-wheeled friend is more toxic than you\u2019d like to think. After all, cars are quite complicated machines, and they need things like oils, fuels, battery acid, coolants and refrigerants to work properly. Those are all fantastic at their jobs when they\u2019re actually in the car, but also spectacularly bad for the environment when taken out of it, so they need special handling to avoid damage to plantlife and animals \u2013 and that includes us! As we explained last week in our blog about battery disposal<\/a>, these sorts of scrap car chemicals are known to affect our brains and livers, amongst other things \u2013 not the sort of stuff we want anything tampering with, to be honest. In the same way, once these chemicals are released into the environment, the damage isn\u2019t easily undone. That\u2019s why we, as a species, need to be extra careful they never make it that far, and that\u2019s what depollution is all about.<\/p>\n

What Does Depolluting Involve?<\/h3>\n

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While the actual process is obviously fairly involved, the main steps of the process are pretty simple. We\u2019ve mentioned all the components that pose a risk to human health \u2013 depollution is just a matter of ATF professionals removing and disposing of these hazardous materials. This sometimes means setting them aside and storing them for a bit until they can be forwarded on to a more specialised facility. Obviously, it\u2019s not ideal to have boxes full of hazardous waste casually knocking about the place for too long, so the Environment Agency has rules on the amount of waste each ATF is allowed to store. Once over that limit it becomes unsafe, so as you can imagine it\u2019s usually all shifted pretty quickly in practice.<\/p>\n

Just a few examples of items that ATFs routinely remove are:<\/p>\n