Could Your Dead Car End Up as Part of a Brand-New Car?

What happens to a car after its engine stops, repairs become pointless, and it finally gets sent to the scrapyard? You might assume it gets crushed and forgotten. Not quite. An old car contains steel, aluminum, copper, glass, plastics, and reusable components that can be recovered and put back into circulation. Some of those materials may eventually help make entirely new products, including future vehicles. So, could your dead car actually become part of a brand-new car? The answer is more interesting than you might expect.