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Friday, December 23, 2011

Recycling of scrap metal and vehicles

By Milena Jones


When a product such as a motorbike, car or truck product reaches its end of life, it is often reduced to scrap metal. Vehicles, home appliances and electronic products are only some of the things from where scrap metal can be deduced from and it is often recyclable. This is what makes scrap as something which is of significant monetary value.

Vehicles, especially cars, are the primary source of scrap metal. Since a car usually reaches its end of life at the end of around twelve to fifteen years (depending on kilometres driven), a vehicle owner usually begins to find that its maintenance has become way too expensive for him or her. So, the only choice is to dispose the old one and buy a new one. Buying a new one would be easy, however, disposing the old one in the right way may not be that easy.

Millions of cars around the world reach their end of life every year around the world. Their proper disposal is not just an issue for the individual owner but also for the economy as well. If you leave your old cars in the driveway, allowing it to rust, or sell it off to an illegal scrap dealer, you may be doing a lot of harm to the environment as well as your health.

If these end of life products are improperly disposed, they not only will pollute the air we breathe in but also the water we drink. Not to mention the fact that this can be hazardous to our health as well as the health of the future generations. This is why it is important that we find a legal scrapper who takes care of disposing of these things in a proper manner.

You can get in touch with these wreckers who will remove the material from your house. These will then be taken to a wrecking yard or scrap yard. There are people who come looking for engines and other parts to these wrecking yards to find something that they can use.

Some of these parts will be sold if a customer is willing to pay a price that is acceptable for the scrap dealer.

If the individual parts cannot be sold, it may be bought by a smelter. This is usually done on a weight basis. The scrap yard owner will negotiate with a smelter and it will be sold at a price that is equally profitable for both of them.




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