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Let?s go Recycling Abandoned Cars

automagonthenet | 28 May, 2007 20:52

Abandoning cars has grown as a major and increasing problem in many areas in recent years and doing so are blight on our environment. This persuades criminals to do dreadful things and it makes a certain area look nasty.

A vehicle that is considered to be abandoned it must, first it must be untaxed, on the road and not on private property.

So if you’re thinking of abandoning you’re wrecked car somewhere else, better think twice! I bet the following section from the consultation paper from the Department of Transport will help you realize what’s the best thing to do with you’re non-functioning vehicle.
In the UK, they have sanctions against people abandoning vehicles and these are:

* Abandoning vehicles is a criminal offence under the Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978, carrying a maximum penalty of a fine of £2500 or three months' imprisonment, or both. In practice, the difficulties in tracing the person currently in possession of the vehicle mean that the number of prosecutions is negligible.

* End of life vehicles are to be classified as hazardous waste under the Hazardous Waste List. The maximum penalties for the unlawful deposit or disposal of such waste under the Section 33 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 are, in a magistrates' court, six months' imprisonment or a fine of £20,000, or both; and, in the Crown Court, five years' imprisonment or an unlimited fine, or both.

bandoned vehicles that are not claimed are sent to H Ripley and Company in Hailsham for recycling and to have little waste as possible it has to undergo processes.


1.    De-pollution – all harmful pollutants (like oil, petrol, diesel and brake fluid) are drained off separately using specialized equipment
2.    Vehicles are then dismantled (reusable parts are saved and sold for reuse

3.    Tires are sent for shredding and are made into the soft surfaces on which horses are exercised

4.    Metal bulk also undergo processed and squashed into a cube then it will be melted and made into steel beams for use in construction
Well at least people there are careful of leaving wrecked cars just anywhere.

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