Car Recycling

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• Many car parts can be recycled, including batteries, tires, and scrap metal.
• Your car recycling options include parting out the vehicle, selling it to a junkyard, or both.
• You can sell your junk car to Peddle, but if your car still runs, you might be able to sell it on a site such as Carvana or Cars.com.

Your vehicle’s usable life will come to an end at some point, but most of its materials can live on through car recycling. Auto recycling companies separate vehicles into their constituent parts, sell usable components, and then prepare scrap material for manufacturing new items.

If you have mechanical experience, you can recycle or sell many components yourself. If not, sell your car to a junkyard and let it break down the vehicle for you. Before beginning the car recycling process, make sure to check whether you can sell your car online, even if it isn’t running. You’ll usually make the most money that way.

How Car Recycling Works

Today, few people just dump an old car off at the landfill. There are always a variety of parts to recycle on each vehicle. According to the Automotive Recyclers Association (ARA), about 86% of a vehicle’s material is recyclable, and over 12 million vehicles are recycled each year in the U.S. So, who actually recycles cars? Junkyards, scrap yards, auto wrecking services, and car recycling centers are all part of the auto recycling industry.

First, the junkyard will remove all fluids from the vehicle and then take out the engine. Many of these fluids can be reused or recycled. Next, the car will be