{"id":198,"date":"2014-05-08T16:18:01","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T16:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zoresrecycling.com\/blog\/?p=198"},"modified":"2017-03-21T21:06:17","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T21:06:17","slug":"why-use-car-crushers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zoresrecycling.com\/blog\/why-use-car-crushers\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Use Car Crushers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_856\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-856\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zoresrecycling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Junk-Car-Buyers-Indianapolis-Indiana-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Indianapolis Junk Car Buyers 317-244-0700\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zoresrecycling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Junk-Car-Buyers-Indianapolis-Indiana-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zoresrecycling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Junk-Car-Buyers-Indianapolis-Indiana-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zoresrecycling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Junk-Car-Buyers-Indianapolis-Indiana-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-856\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Indianapolis Junk Car Buyers 317-244-0700<\/p><\/div>Many people might wonder now and again, why we need to squash, shred, and strip cars and trucks in crushing machines. The first and most apparent answer to this inquiry is to reduce the amount occupied space. Landfills, junk yards, scrap metal lots, and more are continuously being filled with new shipments and drop-offs of junk vehicles and machinery. This land-overflow can quickly become a problem for both people and the environment. Scrapping metal and recycling junk vehicles is a start to<br \/>\nprotecting our ecosystem and personal health.<\/p>\n<h1>The Importance of Car Crushing and Junk Car Recycling Services<\/h1>\n<p>When it comes to automotive recycling, there is a lot more to it than simply stripping and reselling a vehicle\u2019s parts.  Stripping and salvaging automotive components is actually only a small percentage of the junk car recycling market. You see, the average vehicle is comprised of more than 60 percent steel. Steel and iron are typically worth anywhere from $200-$250 per ton. The average two-door car would be worth around $400-$500, depending on several variables. <\/p>\n<p>Automotive recycling is becoming largely popular and widely practiced all over the world. Nearly 14,000,000 tons of steel and iron are being scrapped from junk cars each year; making the worldwide industry total over 70 million tons of recycled scrap metal. With the price of steel circling $200-$300 per ton, it is obvious to anyone that they recycled automotive industry is a multi-billion dollar operation.<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_808\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-808\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zoresrecycling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Metal-Recycling-5-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Metal Recycling Center 317-244-0700\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zoresrecycling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Metal-Recycling-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zoresrecycling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Metal-Recycling-5-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zoresrecycling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Metal-Recycling-5-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-808\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Metal Recycling Center 317-244-0700<\/p><\/div>If you were to ask the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), they would tell you that manufacturing new steel requires nearly 75% more energy than reprocessing recycled metal. In addition, recycled steel is less expensive because funds are not required to finance the mining process for brand-new ore. In fact, all steel that is manufactured in today\u2019s society contains at least 25% of recycled material. <\/p>\n<p>In other industries, products are made entirely from recycled steel and iron. When it comes to the world\u2019s industrial infrastructure, automotive recycling and scrap metal recycling are vital. There are infinite environmental and economic benefits to reprocessing metal and recycling junk vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>When a junk car or truck is recycled in whole, it is transported to a car crushing center to be squashed flat like a pancake. Then once junk vehicles are crushed flat, they are transported again to a scrap metal or junk car recycling center. Here they are stripped, separated, and shredded into tiny parts. These tiny pieces are then separated into their individual metals. Once they are sorted into categories, they can be used in various industries as reprocessed metals and materials.<\/p>\n<h2>Indianapolis Metal Recycling Services<\/h2>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_668\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-668\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zoresrecycling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/cropped-logo-2-300x150.png\" alt=\"Indianapolis Metal Recycling 317-244-0700\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zoresrecycling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/cropped-logo-2-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.zoresrecycling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/cropped-logo-2-768x385.png 768w, https:\/\/www.zoresrecycling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/cropped-logo-2.png 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-668\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Indianapolis Metal Recycling 317-244-0700<\/p><\/div><strong>Call Zore\u2019s Recycling at 317-244-0700<\/strong> and receive a free estimate for <strong>Indianapolis metal recycling services<\/strong> today. We offer 24 hour phone services, free pickup and drop-off services, free towing for scrap vehicles, junk car sales, junk car buying, and much more! For more than 50 years, Zore\u2019s Inc. has provided Hoosiers with exceptional and professional metal recycling, towing services, and junk car buying in Indiana. We offer the highest returns for scrap metal, and except all ferrous and nonferrous materials. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoresrecycling.com\/contact-us.php\" title=\"Zore's Recycling Indianapolis Indiana\" target=\"_blank\">Contact Us<\/a> today at 317-244-0700 and learn more about Indianapolis metal recycling services and <strong>junk car recycling in Indianapolis, IN<\/strong> and its surrounding neighborhoods. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many people might wonder now and again, why we need to squash, shred, and strip cars and trucks in crushing machines. The first and most apparent answer to this inquiry is to reduce the amount occupied space. Landfills, junk yards, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoresrecycling.com\/blog\/why-use-car-crushers\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[77,78,177,79],"class_list":["post-198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-automotive-recycling","tag-indianapolis-metal-recycling-services","tag-junk-car-recycling","tag-scrap-metal-recycling","tag-zores-recycling-indianapolis-indiana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zoresrecycling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zoresrecycling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zoresrecycling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zoresrecycling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zoresrecycling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.zoresrecycling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":859,"href":"https:\/\/www.zoresrecycling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions\/859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zoresrecycling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zoresrecycling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zoresrecycling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}