There are tons of different ways that we can save the environment and try to make less of an impact on things like global warming and climate change, and one of the key concepts is recycling. If something that is no longer of use to us can be used again by others, we don’t need to spend energy, time and money making a brand new product. Of course, recycling is something people are pretty familiar with now – you put your drink cans in one place, you put your paper in another, and so on. But recycling goes far beyond normal household rubbish, and one of the biggest things in life that you can recycle is your car.

The environmental impact of car recycling is one that not many people really consider when they find themselves having to sort out a vehicle that’s been written off. Every car has a number of materials that can be salvaged, and every car has a number of toxic materials that need to be disposed of with car. Some cars, even those written off, can be sold at an auction and a select few models can even have their parts taken out and sold individually, though that only normally happens with the most popular cars as the market for spare parts has shrunk dramatically in the past few years.

How much impact your ELV makes is really up to you. There are a number of options to take for ELV but one of the newest is using your car to make a donation to charity. Fundraising organisation Giveacar acts as an intermediary between scrap yards and charities in order to take any of the money that could be made from your own vehicle and donate it to a registered charity of your choice. This is a unique service, and it lets car owners not only help save the environment by supporting responsible disposal of scrap cars, it also means that you can help out just about any charity, from animal welfare organisations such as the RSPCA to health and research charities like Marie Curie.

Giveacar takes a lot of the stress out of having to deal with an end of life vehicle. Because they are an ethical company dedicated to the environmental responsibility of vehicle disposal you don’t have to worry about finding a scrap yard that will obey the rules. Giveacar take care of the collection of your vehicle and can arrange a quick and convenient time to pick it up even for vehicles that no longer start, which removes all of the hassle of getting rid of a scrap car. What’s more, it lets you take your old junk and turn it into something useful for a charity you care about, without you having to spend any money on your own donations!

So if you find yourself dealing with a scrap car now or in the future, remember that there are more options than just finding the place that will take the scrap for the best price and then forgetting all about it!