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Sat 17 Dec 2005 15:23
What happens to... - mss1tw
...all those crushed up cars you see on the back of lorries?

They can't be landfilled surely?

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Sat 17 Dec 2005 15:25
What happens to... - Hamsafar
They are melted down and made into trash cans and license plates!
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Sat 17 Dec 2005 15:25
What happens to... - AlastairW
Shredded, then melted down. A horrible way to go.
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Sat 17 Dec 2005 15:28
What happens to... - mss1tw
Shredded, then melted down. A horrible way to go.


Just a bit!

Plastics as well? Very 'eco friendly' I'm sure...
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Sat 17 Dec 2005 15:31
What happens to... - AlastairW
Strictly the plastics should be removed before shredding. They probably are in most of Europe. However its probably easier just to put the whole lot in the shredder!
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Sat 17 Dec 2005 15:33
What happens to... - mss1tw
Strictly the plastics should be removed before shredding. They probably
are in most of Europe. However its probably easier just
to put the whole lot in the shredder!


Sounds about right! Well that answers that question, cheers guys.

Those things must have some power to a whole car!
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Sat 17 Dec 2005 16:43
What happens to... - Dave N
The shredding machine seperates the plastic from the metal. They can also shred large RSJ's and whole rail tracks.
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Sat 17 Dec 2005 18:22
What happens to... - Civic8
>>The shredding machine seperates the plastic from the metal. They can also shred large RSJ's and whole rail tracks.

by the time the scrappies have had what they want,not much left anyway just a shell.I think also but may be wrong, scrap yards have to strip the car of oil/fuel/plastics before going to main yard to be sold and compacted.
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Steve
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Sat 17 Dec 2005 16:48
What happens to... - R75
Then the metal goes to a recycling plant, gets put into a 20ft iso container and is shipped to the far east!!! Someone is making money from it!!!
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Sat 17 Dec 2005 18:14
What happens to... - bell boy
its all going to china the price is well up for basic scrap at the minute but i have been told that it will be on its knees in january.
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Sat 17 Dec 2005 19:38
What happens to... - Hugo {P}
Here's a useful site

www.wasteonline.org.uk/resources/InformationSheets...m

Also, one that details what happens to cars at one breaker.

www.trents.co.uk/environmental/daytoday/dismantlin...l

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Sat 17 Dec 2005 20:00
What happens to... - Armitage Shanks {p}
In the good old days the metal went to Italy to make Alfas and Fiats!
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Sat 17 Dec 2005 21:28
What happens to... - Sofa Spud
>>Then the metal goes to a recycling plant, gets put into a 20ft iso container and is shipped to the far east!!! Someone is making money from it!!!

So your '87 Montego comes back as an '05 Avensis!

Or, in the case of the Ssang Yong Rodius, they just use the panels from other cars without melting them down first!!

cheers, Sofa Spud
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Sun 18 Dec 2005 00:15
What happens to... - barchettaman
Weren´t Fiats/Alfas in the ´good old days´ made from cheap Russian steel? Something to do with the Lada deal to use Fiat designs?
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Sun 18 Dec 2005 09:27
What happens to... - Dipstick
Never quite sure of the rationale behind "recycling". Always seems to me the fossil fuels and other resources used to gather, ship, process and redistribute the stuff is WAY more than just leaving it be, especially if it gets shipped all the way to China!
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