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Car recycling broke records
Car recycling has accelerated to historic record levels over the last three months.
Approximately 2020 cars were scrapped between December 2021 and February 24. This is 000 more than in the same period the previous year.
Scrapping volumes have increased by 70 percent.
Suomen Autokierrätys Oy says that never before in the history of Finland's car industry have so many cars been scrapped.
If the market situation remains the same, at least 90–000 cars would end up in circulation at this rate.
The Finnish car recycling association claims that the scrapping incentive has been increased by the scrapping premium and the rise in global metal prices.
According to the Finnish Automobile Recycling Association, the average scrapping age of Finnish cars is over 21 years and the average age is constantly increasing. This makes it difficult to meet traffic emission targets.
95 percent of the car's materials are recycled. Car parts can be reused. Metal is recycled as a secondary raw material for the metal industry, which reduces the use of virgin natural resources.
Photo: Tero Pajukallio. The handling of end-of-life vehicles was presented before Parliament in the early 2000s.
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