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<\/p>\nThe global scrap car industry has some impressive achievements to its name, and we\u2019re happy to say that we definitely pull our weight in Britain towards the industry\u2019s steady progress. In fact, there are some pretty cool facts about the scrap car industry just in the UK and Europe \u2013 so many, in fact, that we were a bit spoiled for choice! Here are some of our favourites:<\/p>\n
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We\u2019re not doing so badly in good old Blighty when it comes to recycling cars<\/a>. We\u2019re working to European Union directives at the moment \u2013 which we may or may not continue doing after Brexit \u2013 but we\u2019re having no trouble keeping up with our fellow nations thus far, which is in keeping with our general improvement in the wider recycling industry.<\/p>\n We\u2019ve come a long way in our various techniques and approaches to harvesting materials from our scrap cars. Only a few decades ago, the scrap car industry was still consigning vast amounts of material to landfill. Since then, though, our technology and attitudes have evolved, and today we\u2019re rescuing all sorts of stuff including plastics, aluminium, glass, rubber, electronics, fabrics, ferrous and non-ferrous metals. Some of this goes on to be used in the construction of brand-new cars, whereas other bits go into new industries entirely.<\/p>\n OK yes, we\u2019re patting ourselves on the back a bit with this one again, but can you blame us? The new figures won\u2019t be available until December of this year, but by all accounts so far the official stats show that we\u2019ve been steadily improving in our recycling rates for the last few years. The UK went from an 81% recycling rate in 2006 to an 85.5% in 2013. That may not sound like much, but when you consider how many thousands of cars that little percentage gap represents, that\u2019s a whole lot of waste material that\u2019s not being buried!<\/p>\n Well, you can, just not in the strictest sense of the word. It was decided some years ago that there was a lack of sufficient regulation in the scrap car industry. This in turn was resulting in a lot of people getting unwittingly ripped off by less reputable companies. In response to this, the Scrap Dealers Act was introduced in 2013, which banned the use of cash payments when scrapping cars. Instead, all transactions have to be handled by bank transfer or BACS (which, in case you\u2019re wondering, is exactly what we do here at Scrap Car Network<\/a>). This paper trail means that it\u2019s far easier for the authorities to track down the dodgy stuff, and pinpoint the guys who\u2019re tricking people out of money. It\u2019s worth saying this doesn\u2019t affect the prices involved \u2013 just the way they\u2019re settled!<\/p>\n It\u2019s an enviable claim indeed, but on our humble shores lurks a true metal monster. Originally built by an American company in the early 2000s (at a cost of \u00a310 million), this mighty machine was shipped to Britain shortly afterward, and now resides in a scrap metal dealership in Wales. It\u2019s capable of chewing up 450 cars in a single hour, and consumes so much power that it\u2019s wired directly into the Welsh national grid. Awe-inspiring!<\/p>\n At Scrap Car Network, we can\u2019t pretend to have machines on anything like that sort of scale. But trust us \u2013 our equipment does the job just fine. As well as recycling your car in the most efficient, environmentally friendly way possible, we also give an amount to charity. Not bad, if we say so ourselves<\/a>! Just visit our homepage to enter in your car reg and postcode<\/strong><\/a>, and kickstart scrapping your car today!<\/p>\n\n
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