Scrap Car News

Everything you need to know about WoF Inspections. Including, which vehicles need them, how much they cost, what gets tested, why they fail…

The average scrap car price dips in August. Find out more and compare scrap car values in our latest update…

While effective car recycling is key to the future success of an environmentally responsible car industry, making cars more sustainable goes beyond recycling them at the end of their life. Long-term progress is coming from the manufacturers that are turning their businesses into true circular economies. We take a look at the companies using environmentally-friendly materials in the production of their new cars.

Our CarTakeBack NZ team were thrilled to hear we have a great reason to support the TWS World Invitation Superstock Champs (stock car racing!). And that reason has come all the way from the UK…

CarTakeBack recycles as much of every scrap vehicle as it can. Here’s 10 key car components that can be recycled…

You’d assume a brand new car would knock the safety socks off a model that was at the end of its life. We decided to see how big the gap is and compare the safety features of an old car vs a new car…

With over 1.4 billion cars on roads globally, it’s vital the public makes, and has the option to make, a responsible choice when their vehicle gets to the end of its life. Global Car Recycling Day is a new awareness day to help achieve responsible car recycling across the globe…

As we near the exhaustion of natural resources, billions of tonnes of waste are sent to landfill across the globe – the simple solution is recycling. We’ve complied some fascinating stats from around the world…