Car Recycling
In the UK about 2.2 million vehicles come to
the end of their lives each year, either by fire, abandonment,
recovered by the DVLA (Operation Cubit in Kent) or scrapped.
Currently 85% of an end of life vehicle is recycled, by 2015 all
end of life vehicles must meet the 95% recycling & recovery
targets.
As the last owner you can surrender your
vehicle for recycling.
Local companies that will collect
your car free:
Or use www.recycleyourcar.co.uk to
find your nearest Authorised Treatment Facility (ATF)
What Happens Next
Vehicles are taken to the Authorised Treatment Facility.
At an Authorised Treatment Facility the first stage is to remove
all potentially hazardous liquids; petrol, air conditioning gases,
oils, coolants, transmission and suspension fluids are drained and
stored in specially designed tanks. Specialist recycling takes care
of wheels, batteries, airbags, mercury switches and LPG tanks. The
steel from the exhaust and the precious metals platinum, rhodium
and palladium from the Catalytic converter can be recovered when it
is replaced.
Tyres can be ground down into a crumb which is used in sports
and play surfaces, brake linings, landscaping mulch, carpet
underlay, absorbents for wastes, shoe soles and even be recycled in
road asphalt. Rubberised asphalt can result in fewer ruts, potholes
and cracks in the surface. In 2000 a crumb road was laid near
Battle in East Sussex. Wheel weights and rims separated and the rim
is crushed using a specialised wheel crusher.
What is left of the vehicle is stored on racks awaiting the
removal of all useful parts.
Some are cubed straight away. The more valuable parts of other
vehicles are removed, the car is then crushed into cubes for easy
transportation to the recycle facility.
Your car could be part of an aircraft, used as a food container,
or even another vehicle.
Contact
Dover District Council Wasteline:
01304 872428
E-mail: waste@dover.gov.uk
