How to Scrap a Car in the UK - Legal Requirements and Resources

There are many ways to scrap a car you no longer need. You can dismantle your vehicle at home. Some car scrap advisers even suggest to organise a car scrapping party. (Obviously, you will have to make sure you only end up taking a car to pieces, not the entire house). Alternatively, you can try and take your car to the scrap yard. You may have to pay for the disposal of car parts, but most importantly, you will need to make sure that your salvage dealer is a registered one. You would not want to pay money to have your car scrapped only to find it being dumped in the street.

As your final resort, you can call your local council and arrange for them to pick up your car. They can do it for free or for a relatively small charge. Yet they are said to be inundated with calls and are likely to forward your query (not even your vehicle yet) to a scrap car dealer or vehicle dismantler.

However, you are now legally required to depollute your car as a part of dismantling it. This is not just another fickle attempt to go green; you will need the documentary proof that you scrapped your car in the environment-friendly way. The laborious process performed with specialist equipment involves removing electrical sources and draining hazardous chemicals, and that is BEFORE you even get to removing tyres and usable parts. Your car disposal site needs to have all the resources necessary to undertake the legally required action on your car. As a result, both environment and your conscience are clean, your V5 log book is processed, and a Certificate of Destruction is issued. This document is vitally important as the proof that your car was dismantled in accordance with legal and environmental requirements. Without proper de-registration the last owner will still be liable for their car under both new and continuous legislation.

So, you need the experts. The good news is that if you live in Bolton you can arrange a meeting with the reputable scrap car dealer directly, as in the case of Metro Salvage. Metro Salvage is the largest local vehicle dismantler, and they not only collect your car free of charge, but also pay in cash for scrap. They also resell the used car parts. The company was featured in the national press and prides itself on improving the Earth atmosphere by professionally depolluting the End-of-Life Vehicles.