When cars are thrown away, some of the materials are burnt
or buried, but some of the materials are recycled.
About 75% of a car is recycled.
Some parts can be re used in other cars or sold again
but the rest is crushed and recycled.
Reusing car parts
It is usually better to reuse parts of a car than to
recycle, burn or bury the materials. This is because it uses less energy.
Recycling steel
Steel is the material most used for recycling because
it is easy to separate from other materials. More that half the weight
of a car is steel
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