by Brits Car Breakers | Sep 3, 2026 | Car Scrapping Guide
When your car is scrapped, it isn’t simply crushed. A licensed Authorised Treatment Facility (ATF) first drains and safely disposes of hazardous materials — engine oil, brake fluid, coolant, fuel, battery acid, AC refrigerant, and airbag propellant — before the...
by Brits Car Breakers | Sep 2, 2026 | Car Scrapping Guide
Electric cars are no longer a rarity on UK roads — they’re becoming the norm. And with that shift comes a quiet transformation in an industry most drivers never think about: scrap car recycling. For decades, scrapping a car meant a simple routine — drain the...
by Brits Car Breakers | Aug 31, 2026 | Car Scrapping Guide
Quick answer: A scrapped car yields steel (55–65% of its weight), aluminium, and copper as its three most valuable metals, plus smaller but high-worth amounts of lead, platinum-group metals, zinc, and brass. A licensed car breaker separates these using magnets, eddy...
by Brits Car Breakers | Aug 29, 2026 | Car Scrapping Guide
Airbags and other pyrotechnic devices (seatbelt pretensioners, some bonnet-lifting systems) contain an explosive charge that stays live even after the car is off the road. Before a vehicle can be safely shredded, a licensed Authorised Treatment Facility (ATF) must...
by Brits Car Breakers | Aug 27, 2026 | Car Recycling
Quick answer: When a car is scrapped, it isn’t crushed into a single metal block. It’s depolluted, flattened, then fed into an industrial shredder that tears it into fist-sized pieces in seconds. Magnets, eddy current separators, and sorting stations then...
