{"id":16022,"date":"2013-11-29T15:56:10","date_gmt":"2013-11-29T21:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=16022"},"modified":"2013-11-29T15:56:10","modified_gmt":"2013-11-29T21:56:10","slug":"car-scrap-recycling-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/car-scrap-recycling-infographic\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happens to Your Car When You Scrap It? [Infographic]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Give much thought to that clunker that you traded in for a new one, or donated to a charity? Probably not: you hand it over, keys and all, and assume that the dealer, charity, and\/or stockyard will take care of that old vehicle in a responsible manner. But do they?<\/p>\n<p>This infographic from online insurance broker <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gocompare.com\/\">gocompare.com<\/a> digs into the process of scrapping an old vehicle and <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2011\/11\/how-many-cars-were-recycled-last-year-infographic\/\">recycling its parts<\/a>. The good news: there&#8217;s a lot of <a href=\"http:\/\/gas2.org\/2011\/07\/25\/three-vehicles-made-from-recycled-materials\/\">potentially valuable material in a car<\/a>, so recyclers have incentive to recover as much as they possibly can. The bad news: efforts to keep costs down can result in outsourcing recycling work to the developing world, where environmental standards are much less stringent. Take a look at the details below, and let us know what you think.<\/p>\n<p>Need a larger version of the graphic? 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