Brit_in_Japan

Before the price of scrap metal dropped, it seemed like you could take any old banger to the scrap yard and get £50. Now it seems like they want payment to take them away. Result? Abandoned cars in lay-bys, dumped in lakes etc.

No-one like to pay more for things, but if an extra say £100 was added to the price of a new car, to be redeemed from the govt when it is scrapped, it would solve the abandoned car problem as any car would have an inherent value.

It would take a while for this scheme to filter through, but once established it would reduce/stop the problem.

Would it work? Does anyone have any better ideas?

Dracoro

Already done IIRC. From 2007 all cars are paid for by manufacturers to be scrapped. Or something like that.

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

Try a decent scrapper....I've alway had payment from scrapped cars. Never had to pay a penny - ever.

Even had a tenner for my severly smashed 1984 polo...and that was dragged away.