[borntoolate]

I don't see how that differs materially from a junk yard.. Cars with popular parts stay on the sorting floor at an urban yard, others go quickly or slowly toward the appropriate lower value reclaim tiers.

[tonyarkles]

In my city there is an absolutely massive pick-your-own-parts yard. I believe they get most of their vehicles from the state-owned insurance company after the insurance company is done harvesting parts from write offs (which they do sell as a side-revenue stream). The pick-a-part facility is cleverly located next door to a steel mill. When a vehicle is done at the part facility it gets stripped and recycled. They don’t need to get shipped, they just pick them up with a forklift and move them over to the lot next door.