here do cars go when their engines fail and their exhaust pipes are exhausted? Thousands of cars in the UK find themselves at the pearly gates of Charles Trent recycling centre in Poole, Dorset. Since 1926, Charles Trent has been taking unwanted cars and giving them a new lease of life. The recycling centre has recently added a 12-metre-tall, 8,500-square-metre facility that includes arguably the most advanced salvage and dismantling process in the country. Watching the production line is like seeing the assembly of a car in reverse. Although it’s got some of the scrapyard staples, such as the forecourt full of cars awaiting the inevitable crushing by a compactor, the process that leads to them becoming a cube is efficient and leaves
