0 a place where old vehicles and machines are collected and either sold or prepared for being used again
Its operational usefulness is no greater, to say the least, than that of battleships that have preceded it to the scrapyard.
It is important to remember that most local authorities are only now beginning to embark on the licensing of their scrapyards.
One is a 30-year-old tug saved from the scrapyard.
There are approximately 2,500 shredders, dismantlers and scrapyards currently operating under waste management licences and exemptions.
When they escaped from the scrapyard, the dogs started terrorising some children on a nearby estate.
The day he returned home he was back in the scrapyard where his father and his mates were.
For many years waste regulators have been making it clear that scrapyards present considerable potential for serious pollution.
But that does not constitute a reason for ending controls on scrapyards and metal recycling plants, which can be a source of local environmental problems.
