Getting rid of an old car seems like a simple process, but if you send it straight to the scrapyard without removing valuable parts, you could be leaving money behind. Many components in a junk car ...

Old plastic from scrapped cars can be converted into graphene by grinding it to dust and zapping it with high-voltage electricity, a process that could save large amounts of plastic from landfill.

Ford and Alcan have launched what is claimed to be the North American automotive industry’s first ‘closed-loop’ recycling programme for aluminium sheet scrap. Under the new programme, Ford recovers ...