Car Recycling Manchester
We are an Authorised Treatment Facility that depollutes, processes and recycles End of Life vehicles
Where possible we reuse all used car parts.
Recycle your car Manchester
Vehicle Recycling Manchester
Barlow Street Auto Salvage are an Authorised Treatment Facility that depollutes, processes and recycles End of Life vehicles (ELV). We endeavour to try and minimise the amount of waste generated from the Vehicle Recycling and ELV disposal process, whilst also reducing any adverse environmental impacts during the vehicle dismantling practices.
The car depollution process basically involves the recovery of all positive components and fluids that may be recycled and re-used (e.g. fuels, oils, coolants, ferrous and non-ferrous metal components, etc), and also the removal of all those negative elements of a vehicle that are potentially harmful to the environment (e.g. tyres, mercury switches, airbags, etc).
End of Life Vehicles Recycling Services
END OF LIFE VEHICLE owners are responsible for ensuring they dispose of their End of Life vehicle in accordance with the 2003 ELV Directive. It is important that these vehicles are only destroyed at a registered Authorised Treatment Facility so that their car, van or vehicle can be recycled legally, without causing any harm to the environment.
At present, approximately 75% of an END OF LIFE VEHICLE is recovered (by weight) via the conventional scrap metal recycling process. However, the recycling and recovery targets set by the ELV Directive are far more stringent, aiming for 85% by January 2006 and 95% by January 2015 – and these targets will only be achieved through the increased recycling, recovery and re-use of a vehicle’s components (in other words, by fully de-polluting each vehicle before scrapping it).
scrap your car in Manchester at Barlow Street Breakers
If the time has arrived when you think to yourself ‘I must recycle my car’ then contact Barlow Street Auto Salvage. We are one of the North West’s leading scrapyard company for the removal and environmentally friendly recycling of your scrap ELV be it a car or van.
We will collect your car at a time and date convinient to you and the de-pollution process of your old car the will begin. This includes the removal of all fluids and hazardous materials, such as engine oil, brake fluid, gearbox oil etc. Airbags will be decommissioned and any CFC gases safely removed. The worn tyres are taken off and removed from the wheels and assesed for their condition and potential for recycling. Basically in recycling your car, any and all materials and metals that can be recycled will be recycled and reused to help protect the environment.
Vehicle Salvage Definitions
Category A, or ‘Scrap’ cars
Cars that are damaged beyond repair and can only be crushed for scrap.
Category B, or ‘Break’ cars
Cars that are vadly damaged and beyond repair but has parts that can be salvaged and recycled if in a codition of repair.
Category S, or ‘Structural’ cars
Frame or structural damage that can be re-sold when fully repaired. A qualified mechanic must pass inspection of the fixed car before being sold.
Category N, or ‘Non-structural’ cars
Equivalent of Cat D, Cat N cars have been involved in a road accident but has not suffered structural or frame damage.
Vehicle Dismantler
When a car reaches the end of its useful life it is usually sold to a vehicle dismantler.
The CAR BREAKER or AUTO DISMANTLER will remove spare parts that can be sold for reuse, remove the potentially environmentally polluting materials such as operating fluids oils and batteries, and then sell the hulk on to a shredding operation.
Cars or vehicles that fall into this category could be cars such as MOT FAILURES, INSURANCE WRITE OFFS, VEHICLES WHERE THE COST TO REPAIR MEANS ITS UNECONOMICAL TO KEEP.
Vehicle Disposal
We follow the EU directive on Vehicle Depollution whereby vehicles offered for disposal must be handled in an environmentally sensitive manner. A & C Auto Salvage are an Authorised Treatment Facility and that have developed careful step by step procedures to ensure the correct disposal of your vehicles to ensure that you comply with your responsibility with both environmental and vehicle legislation.
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Tyre & Wheel Removal
The tyres are removed from the wheels and stored for recycling.The steel or aluminium rims are remelted. We remove any remaining tyres from the vehicle, some tyres aren’t very worn and can be re-used on another vehicle. We perform rigourous tests and measurements to make sure the tyres are safe.
Any worn or damaged tyres are stored and shipped to a specialist handler for disposal
Remove Hazardous Liquids
At the depollution bay all fluids are drained safely and enviromentally friendly. Where possible we reuse anything we can and the remainder is stored until they are collected for safe disposal. Liquids that may be hazardous to the environment include engine oil, transmission and hydraulic oils, brake fluids, engine coolants and even windscreen washer solutions are drained from the vehicle.
Remove Reusable Engine Parts
Any parts that are useable are removed and prepared for resale. The engine and gearbox are removed from the vehicle assessed for reuse or recycling.
Metal Recycling
Car Scrap Yard North West
Our car salvage yard is based in Walkden, Manchester and our vehicle salvage business covers most areas in the North West of England. Including car recovery in the following towns
Car Scrap Yard Walkden, Car Scrap Yard Manchester, Car Scrap Yard Eccles, Car Scrap Yard Farnworth, Car Scrap Yard Salford, Car Scrap Yard Boothstown, Car Scrap Yard Kearsley, Car Scrap Yard Tyldesley, Car Scrap Yard Atherton, Car Scrap Yard Worsley, Car Scrap Yard Bolton, Car Scrap Yard Blackburn, Car Scrap Yard Wigan, Car Scrap Yard Chorley, Scrap Car Yard Burnley, Car Scrap Yard Clitheroe, Car Scrap Yard Lancashire, Scrap Car Yard Darwen, Car Scrap Yard Salford, Car Scrap Yard Oldham, Car Scrap Yard North West
