Wrecking yard
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A wrecking yard(scrapyard or junkyard) is the location of a business in dismantling where wrecked or decommissioned vehicles are brought, their usable parts are sold for use in operating vehicles, while the unusable metal parts, known as scrap metal parts, are sold to metal-recycling companies. Other terms include wreck yard, wrecker's yard, salvage yard, breakers yard, dismantler and scrapheap. In the United Kingdom, car salvage yards are known as car breakers, while motorcycle salvage yards are known as bike breakers. In Australia, they are often referred to as 'Wreckers'.
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Types of wreck yards
The most common type of wreck yards are automobile wreck yards, but junkyards for motorcycles, bicycles, small airplanes and boats exist too.
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See also
- God's Own Junkyard: The Planned Deterioration of America's Landscape (1964) by Peter Blake
- Scrap
- Historischer Autofriedhof Gürbetal, Swiss wrecking yard which resembles a museum
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