Many communities are blighted by old retired farm vehicles and scrap cars on their outskirts. This can be unsightly, and can cause tension for the surrounding buildings.
Fortunately, McSteel’s scrap car removal service can help. It removes unwanted dumped vehicles from ditches, fields, and roadsides, making your community a cleaner, safer one. With fire safety in mind, McSteel’s commitment to environmentalism and safety ensures that scrap vehicle recycling is managed responsibly to prevent fire hazards.
Why not join us and make scrap car removal a top priority this year?
McSteel’s Commitment To Environmentalism And Safety
McSteel is more than a scrap removal service. We build sustainability and environmental protection into everything we do. That’s why so many communities are choosing us to recycle their old vehicles this summer.
Safety is a priority for our team. Part of our approach involves using careful planning to avoid harm. Team members always perform hazard assessments before starting a project, and update if or when there is a change in the environment (such as the vehicle moving location). We also ensure staff carry fire extinguishers if cutting torches are used in southern service areas.
Northern service locations tend to be drier and require additional precautions. As part of our risk mitigation strategies, we prioritize additional emergency preparedness in these areas. One of such strategies involves setting up hoses, pumps and tanks along yards, so municipalities can access these in case of emergency, instead of pumping from nearby creeks. Reloading their fire trucks with water is safer and faster this way.
Furthermore, we keep our tire piles on-site low. Tall piles can become unstable and more prone to setting on fire. Storing scrap low to the ground makes extinguishing flames more straightforward for fire services in the unlikely event of an ignition.
To reduce risks further, we recharge fire extinguishers regularly. Any saturated, dirty soil is constantly rakes and cleaned, and disposed of in an environmentally friendly way. Our on-site loader safely scrapes earth to expose dirt while our team torches on bare soil, away from vegetation.
If there are electric vehicle (EV) explosion risks, we take additional steps to protect people and reduce the environmental implications. Our team uses methods that:
- Avoid toxic fluids leaking onto ground soil and into nearby waterways
- Reduce the release of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide into the air
This approach prevents damage to ecosystems and harmful health effects on nearby communities.
Finally, McSteel operates eco-friendly practices when processing metal from scrap cars. We separate shreddable material and ferrous metals, allowing for proper recycling. We also safely dispose of other hazardous materials and elements cars contain, including old tires, oil, antifreeze and freon. Our approach ensures these never make it into the ground and are broken down into harmless byproducts.
Schedule Scrap Car Removal This Summer
McSteel performs hazard assessments before commencing projects, reassessing continually in dynamic environmental conditions. We concentrate on emergency preparedness in dry locations like the northern regions, where measures such as setting up hoses, pumps, and tanks are undertaken to support firefighting efforts.
Don’t wait any longer to remove scrap vehicles from your community. Call McSteel and arrange a collection service.