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There are laws in place to reduce the impact that scrap cars can have on the environment. All CarTakeBack branches in Ireland are licensed by the authorities to recycle scrap cars.
CarTakeBack are passionate about recycling! To look after the environment, our scrap car recycling centres use the latest methods to safely remove harmful materials from your car, then dispose of them in the safest way. Making sure that the waste oils, tyres and batteries are disposed of correctly, they would cause serious environmental damage if they ended up down the drain or in landfill. CarTakeBack recycling centres reuse parts when possible and recycle as much of your scrap car as they can – the metal, glass and plastics are separated for recycling.
When a car arrives at the scrap car recycling centre there’s a lot that goes into depolluting and recycling it. Fluids such as fuel, brake fluid, even windscreen wash have to be safely removed from the vehicle, ensuring that no excess chemicals leak into the environment. Airbags have to be securely detonated. Any parts that are in a good condition are salvaged for reuse, to get the maximum life out of them.
It’s now ready to be crushed, this is usually done to make vehicles more efficient to transport for further recycling. The cubed or crushed vehicles are then safely transported to a shredder plant. These shredder facilities process the vehicles into smaller pieces and separate the metal, glass, plastics and fabrics, which can then be recycled for use in various ways. At this point there is just 5% of the vehicle leftover that can’t be recycled, which becomes top cover for landfill.
This process is just for a regular petrol or diesel vehicle, but as you might guess, there’s even more involved in decommissioning an electric vehicle! Not only do the high voltage batteries need to be safely disconnected and removed from an electric or hybrid car, but various other high voltage systems and powerful magnets also need to be carefully made safe, before taking the rest of the car apart.
4.8/5 stars based on 1,375 service ratings over the past year
Quick and easy quote for the car, swift pick up date arranged and the gentleman picking up the car was very friendly, knew what he was doing and sorted out the paperwork right away. Received the scap certificate within a couple of business days. Excellent service.
Quick identification of collector with reasonable price quotation. But the collectors communication with customer could be more proactive if an actual pick is delayed.
Seamless process .. car removal was booked for 7.30 am and the truck arrived at 7.30am .. paid me in cash I signed the document and it was that simple .. all done in less than 5 mins
Very happy with service - it took me only 2 days to decide the problem with my old car. The website is very easy and everything has been done in time Thank you
Absolutely fantastic service, filled out the form online, I was given an extremely fair price and the car was collected within 24 hours by an extremely nice man. No fuss. Highly recommended
Driver on the day most excellent an absolutely top fella...from start to Finnish the whole prosses was very good .taken care of everything... THANKS GUYS
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