About GTA Auto Recycling
A Clarington yard, buying cars since 2017
We buy scrap and junk cars, sell the parts people need from them, and take scrap metal from the public.
The yard at a glance
- Opened
- 2017
- We pay
- Cash or e-transfer
- Where
- Clarington, Ontario
- Open
- Monday to Saturday
- Pickups
- 48 towns, Pickering to the Kawarthas
The yard
Opened in Clarington in 2017
GTA Auto Recycling opened its Clarington yard in 2017 and has been buying cars there since.
When you call, you’re talking to the people who look at the car, work out the number and send the truck. There’s no call centre between you and the yard, so what you’re told on the phone is what happens on pickup day.
Today the yard does three things for the area: it buys cars, running or not; it sells used parts from the cars it buys; and it takes scrap metal from anyone who brings it in. Bring your car in yourself and we add $50 to your offer.
Doing it properly takes longer. Fluids out first, parts checked before they’re sold, metal sorted before it leaves the yard. That’s how we run it.
Inside the yard
What happens to your car
Five steps from your driveway to the recycler. Most of a car’s weight is metal, so most of it gets used again.
- Step 01
Pickup or drop-off
Our truck brings the car in. Or you drive or tow it to us and get $50 on top of your offer.
- Step 02
Check-in
The car is matched to its ownership, signed over to us. The plates come off and go home with you.
- Step 03
Fluids out first
Before anything else, the fuel, oil, coolant and other fluids are drained and collected, and the battery comes out.
- Step 04
Parts people need
If there’s demand for a part, it comes off, gets checked and goes on the shelf for customers who call or text.
- Step 05
Metal recycled
What’s left is sorted and sent for scrap metal, where it’s melted down and made into new metal.
Three ways to deal with the yard
We buy cars
Running, dead, wrecked, burnt or on blocks. One cash number with towing included, or $50 more if you bring it in.
We sell used parts
Call or text the year, make, model and part. Every used part we sell has a 30-day warranty.
We buy scrap metal
Steel, iron and appliances; copper, aluminum and brass; car batteries, catalytic converters and rims. Call first.
How we deal with people
Five things you can hold us to
These are the rules the yard runs by, whether you’re selling a car or buying a part.
- One number, towing in itYou get one cash number. Towing is already counted in it, so nothing gets added on pickup day.
- We’ll say if you should sell it yourselfIf your car would fetch more as a private sale, we tell you on the call.
- No pressure, no chasingIf the number doesn’t work for you, that’s the end of it. No follow-up calls.
- No promises we can’t keepWe don’t promise same-day pickup. We book a time that works and turn up for it.
- You talk to the yardThe person on the phone works the yard. Ask anything about your car and you’ll get a straight answer.
Around the yard
A look at the place your car goes.
Old, wrecked or dead in the driveway, we’ll make you an offer.
Talk to the yard
Auto recycling in Clarington since 2017. We buy scrap and junk cars, fleets and dealer stock, sell used parts with a 30-day warranty, and take scrap metal from the public.
Member of OARA & Automotive Recyclers of Canada