Scrap your car fast

Traditionally, to recycle or scrap your junk car you would have to drive it to a scrap yard, agree on its scrap value and make your own way home. With Motorway, our partner comes straight to you, collects your car and pays your money within 24 hours. 

A car breaker is just another term for a scrap yard, making it a self-explanatory name for the place where old cars are broken down.

The value of a car that has reached the end of its life can be a difficult thing to figure out. You can get different car prices depending on the route you choose, such as:

• Breaking a car down for parts
• Using a car scrappage scheme
• Selling for metal

Depending on how much effort you’re willing to put in, your car may sell for more in parts than it will as a whole — but not without a bit of elbow grease — or help you get some money off your next car purchase, provided you can find a scheme that will accept it. For a stress-free way to part with your old car, choose the Motorway.

You can’t get much nearer than your home! Motorway works with a partner who will collect your car right from your door, so you don’t have to worry about driving your car to the scrap yard or making your way home. Plus, payment is quick and simple, too.

When you scrap your junk car with an Authorised Treatment Facility (ATF), a document called a Certificate of Destruction (CoD) will be given to you as proof that your vehicle has been recycled. The ATF will tell the DVLA that you have sold your car and that you are no longer responsible for it.

Remember, even if you break your car down for parts, the DVLA will not acknowledge it as recycled until it has been taken to an ATF, and expect you to continue paying road tax or declare it off-road (SORN).

Taking your end of life vehicle (ELV) to be scrapped does require a bit of paperwork. Before you head to an Authorised Treatment Facility to get rid of your vehicle, make sure you have the following with you:

• Photo ID
• Proof of address
• V5C (also known as a logbook or V5)

In some cases, like if you can’t provide a V5C or the keys of the car, the scrap dealer may request proof of purchase to make sure you are the vehicle owner.

Yes, you can, although parting with a car without its V5 can make the process a little more complicated. You’ll need to write to the DVLA to notify them that you have sold your car to an Authorised Treatment Facility (ATR) with the following details:

• Your name
• Your address
• The car’s reg
• The sale date
• Details and signature of the ATR

You’ll need to have your letter prepared and ready for the day you head to the ATR so someone there can provide you with a signature.

If you do have your V5C, all you have to do is fill out the correct section. For V5Cs issued after April 2019, that will be section 4, for all over logbooks, it’s section 9 — just fill it in and send it to DLVA.