How do I find out the price of my unwanted car?

The unwanted vehicle currently squatting on your lawn might seem like it is worth nothing. I mean, just look at it. It is half eaten by rust and it will never run again. But you might be surprised to learn that it still has monetary value. All it needs is a professional to give it a good inspection and identify how many parts are re-usable, and how much of the material is recyclable.

So this leads to the ultimate question regarding unwanted vehicles. And that question is "how much is my unwanted car worth?" This is a question that can be answered if we look at how many of the materials on it can be recycled and how much money that recycling can generate.

Steel

Every year around eighteen million tons of steel are extracted from scrap cars that people no longer want and subsequently recycled. It’s not hard to find the steel in a car, either. Your average vehicle is made up of sixty five percent steel. And the best thing about recycling steel is the fact that it never weakens. And it can be used in so many different things in its second life. This includes appliances, and so forth.

The Car Battery

The car battery has the title of the component on a car that is the most recycled. That sure is a relief considering the fact that car batteries are full of yucky and hazardous materials. If they were just biffed into the trash, ending up in landfills, those landfills would become toxic cesspools of pollution, seeping out into the environment and making the world a much grubbier place.

That is why materials such as lead are instead take and recycled to make more batteries. There also happens to be sulphuric acid in batteries. When recycled, the acid is neutralized. Once this is done, it is no longer dangerous and can be disposed of.

Catalytic Converters are Also Recycled

The great thing about catalytic converters is the fact that they contain precious metals. What precious metals do they contain? That question is easily answered with the names of precious metals such as platinum, palladium, rhodium, and so forth. These metals are precious means that they are also worth a lot of money. Platinum can make almost one grand for an ounce of the stuff.

So a lot of money gets made from the recycling of cars, providing a great incentive for continuing the practice. But the knock on effect is that the environment also wins. Hazardous materials don’t get into the environment, and we don’t use so much energy in order to mine for materials either. And these energy resources, create carbon dioxide which is a major green-house gas, powering climate change. So if you have an unwanted car outside your house being slowly eaten by rust, spare a thought for both your wallet and the planet, because you are in the position to help both of them. Contact your local Cash for Cars Company today and sort this out for good cause.

Glen Hunter is an online marketing consultant, PHP programmer, project manager, writer, blogger & social media enthusiasts.