Recycling Marketplace
If you wish to recycle
Automotive Related Scrap
use the Global Recycling Network (GRN.com) to find prospective trading partners.
GRN.com is a neutral platform that allows buyers and sellers to connect directly.
Simply add a request for the materials you are interested in and that will
unleash the power of the network matching service.
Automotive Recycling Information
For anyone seeking current information or research data on the automotive recycling industry,
you may access and ask your
Recycling Questions
to a core group of experienced and knowledgeable recycling industry professionals.
You may also be interested in some of the current
Market Trends
in Automotive Scrap or the
Future Outlook
of auto recycling.
Automotive Recycling
Recycling End of Life (EOL) Vehicles has faced evolving challenges as cars change from mostly metals to
an increasing content of complex non-metallic materials. The increasing technology development has transformed many
mechanical parts to
electronic components,
which are designed to be replaced rather than repaired.
The requirements to operate an
Auto Wrecking
business are constantly changing with consistent demand to learn new knowledge and skill sets.
Tire Recycling Tips
A look into the
Future
of automotive recycling.
Used Auto Parts
The Used Auto Parts Finder Service
is a FREE service to assist you in finding the suppliers
of the USED auto parts you require.
Parts Suppliers - join
this exchange to receive these requests
Auto Cores
Automotive Cores are certain types of automobile parts that are
rebuildable
for future resale.
When replacement auto parts are purchased suppliers charges a "core" fee. This is a form of deposit to encourage the return of the
old part for a refund or credit, diverting these parts from landfill.
The cores are then remanufactured or rebuilt to specifications of the original manufactured product by repairing or replacement of worn out or obsolete components and modules.
Some of the Core Parts that can be rebuilt include
brake shoes,
brake master cylinders,
water pumps,
starters,
alternators
and
air conditioning compressors.
The Auto Core Network was established to promote the trade of cores for the automotive parts remanufacturing industry,
bringing Automotive Core Suppliers together with Automotive Parts Remanufacturers.
USA Auto Core Dealers Directory
Automotive Scrap
Automotive Scrap is accumulated from auto repair shops, auto wrecking yards, scrap metal dealers, etc
Select a material if you wish to learn more :
Battery
Catalytic Converters
Scrap Tires
Used Motor Oil
Antifreeze
Whole Scrap Cars
Whole Prepared Scrap Car Bodies
Flattened Car Bodies Scrap
Scrap Green Car Bodies
Auto Wrecking
In the past Auto Wrecking or Salvage Yards were acres of old vehicles were you went to look for the used parts you needed.
With the evolution of this industry, now upon arrival at a
Auto Recycling Depot,
scrap vehicles are immediately dismantled.
The used Auto
Parts
and
Cores
are removed and added to inventory by make, model, year and serial number,
statistical trends determine what parts and what quantity to retain and which to scrap out.
The higher value
scrap items
are segregated and then the car bodies are
prepared
for the shredders.
Car Crushing
Preparing car body hulks for shedding is a procedure practiced by
Auto Wrecking professionals across the country.
To ensue maximum environmental safety the Fluids are drained for further recovery, any mercury switches are removed, and
gas tanks are removed to reduce explosion risk at the shredder.
Tires, batteries, catalytic converters and other items are also removed before the car bodies are flattened with a
Car Crusher so they can be stacked in storage and accumulated
until transportation to the shredders.
In the past baling whole car bodies was a common practice producing
#3 Bundled Steel,
this procedure is less common today due to the disappearance of domestic North American steel mills that can handle bundled steel.
Auto Shredding
Auto Shredders are constructed of a row of hammers mounted on a rotating shaft, where each hammer can weigh up to 2000 pounds.
The auto shredder operates by rotating the hammers at
sufficient RPM to demolish whole car bodies. It has an appetite to eat 100 car bodies an hour.
A typical operation chews up to 600 - 1200 tons of cars a day. After operating for a
shift the wear and tear on the hammers is so great that the operation has to go into maintenance mode to
repair or rebuild the hammers.
The car bodies are pulverized and the shredded steel is magnetically separated.
Then ASR Recovery Systems are used to separate out the
Mixed Auto Fragments and the
Auto Shredder Fluff.
Mixed Auto Fragments
Mixed Auto Fragments consist of a
minimum of 80% mixed non-ferrous metals and a maximum 20% of non-metallic residue.
This is a grade commonly called
Zorba
and 50% to 60% of the non-ferrous mix consists of aluminum and the balance is brass, copper, zinc, lead and stainless steel.
Auto Shredder Fluff
Auto shredding operations generate Auto Shredder Fluff which is the residue after shreddings have been
processed through magnetic separation to remove steels and eddy current separation to remove non-ferrous metals.
The
Auto Shredder Residue (ASR)
can be utilized as a fuel feedstock for Energy from Waste (EFW)
or for further plastics or hydrocarbon recovery.
Market Price Trends
The Automotive Recycling Composite Index tracks market price trends for a basket of Auto wrecking scrap grades.
The Index takes a
daily snapshot
of spot market prices and allows you to freely take a quick view of the past 7, 30, 90 days and 1 & 2 year trends.
If you require a more granular view of the spot market prices, this is available with a subscription to the
Automotive Recycling Composite Index
Future Outlook
The future outlook for the
Automotive Recycling
industry will experience a dramatic impact with evolution
of technology and a shift in social attitudes towards
Environmental Sustainability.
The movement from a legacy of analog mechanical devices to an electronic solid state digital world is
materially changing the nature of the components built into an automobile.
New production byproducts and eventually End of Life (EOL) waste create a new category of
Automotive Electronics Scrap.
The current changes in automotive production will take a decade to phase into the End of Life (EOL) auto recycling waste stream.
The effect of the trend of decommissioning the internal combustion engine will ripple into an absolute fundamental change
in auto recycling.
The elimination of used motor oil
UMO
and the need for
catalytic converters
will disappear.
A new skill set will be required to recycle electronic sensors, switches, displays and
batteries.
Opportunities will emerge in composite materials, thin film and nano electronics recovery.
