The car recycling industry is a big industry across the world, and can contribute to many different industries that cover both the recycling and salvaging of cars. If you are looking to scrap a car or vehicle there are a few directions you can go in to make some scrap money from it. It really depends on how much time you have to spend and how much money you want to make. Below we break down some of the general directions when you are looking to recycle your car with a local scrap yard or salvage yard. Below are the solutions and options when scrapping a car to make the most money, but again dependent on your time and experience you can get a bit more advanced in the future. They are rated in difficult on a 5-star scale, with 5 being the hardest.
Scrapping the Whole Car
Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆
If you have the ability to drive the car safely (assuming it is legal to drive on the road with registrations) to your local scrap yard, that is also an easy solution. This will benefit you with some extra money at the yard by not having to pay a towing fee to the scrap yard.

Scrap Car & Catalytic Converter Separately
Difficulty: ★★★☆☆
catalytic converters can be worth anywhere from -200 each, which is a large range. Before you take the time to remove the catalytic converter from you car, it would be a good idea to call your local scrap yard and ask for the value. If the value seems good enough to spend your time on to make a profit, then by all means remove your catalytic converter and sell it separately from your car. You will need to have a reciprocating saw to be able to remove it from your exhaust system.
Separate Major Metal Classes & Parts
Difficulty: ★★★★☆
If you are looking to make some extra money with your car by separating the various metals inside and scrap them separately, it could take time but could be worth it. Usually those that are taking this option, have experience with fixing, repairing, or building cars or their engines. This solution of recycling your car takes experience of knowing what materials to look for and how to separate them into their different categories before going to the scrap yard.
Cars have a wide variety of metals and other materials inside that good profit at your scrap yard. With materials like copper wire, aluminum engine blocks, steel doors, Lead wheel weight, and aluminum rims, among many others, there is a great potential for recycling these metals separately. When you are separating the metals before going to the scrap yard, be sure to check everything with your magnet. You can check out guide about the metals inside a car before going to the scrap yard.
Salvage Parts & Sell Steel Separately
Difficulty: ★★★★★
Knowing the market for salvage parts is important if you are looking to sell the spare parts online with sites like Ebay, Craigslist, or any online auto parts sites. If you can efficiently sell your salvaged parts of your car, you can make about 2 or 3 times the amount of money as if you were to recycle the metals for their scrap value. This is requires a bit more patience, as you may have to continue to list the parts on various sites and could take months or a year to sell the replacement parts.

