ntchito njanjiZitsulo zazitsulo zimayambira m'malo azamalonda komanso nyumba zokhalamo. Nthawi zambiri "chopukutira" chitha kutsatsa ntchito zawo kuti chotsani zidutswa zachitsulo kwa anthu omwe safuna, kapena kuti azikakamizidwa kuti zichotsedwe.

Zidutswa nthawi zambiri zimatengedwa kupita kubwalo lowonongeka (komwe kumatchedwanso scrapyard, junkyard, kapena bwalo la breaker), komwe kumakonzedwa kuti isungunuke pambuyo pake kukhala malonda atsopano. Bwalo lowonongeka, kutengera komwe kuli, limatha kuthandiza makasitomala kuti aziyang'ana malo awo ndikupeza zinthu asanatumizidwe ku smelters, ngakhale mayadi ambiri a zidutswa omwe amakhala ndi zidutswa zambiri nthawi zambiri samatero, nthawi zambiri ma mercantilism mayunitsi onse monga injini kapena makina olemera osagwirizana ndi cholinga chawo. Makasitomala oyeserera nthawi zambiri amafunika kuti apange zida zawo zonse ndi ntchito kuti atulutse zinthu, ndipo ma scrapyards ena angafunike 1 kuchotsera kuvulala kwawo asadalowe. ma scrapyards ambiri amagulitsanso zitsulo zambiri (zosapanga dzimbiri, ndi zina zambiri) polemera, nthawi zambiri pamitengo yotsika kwambiri pamalonda ogulitsa mitengo yofananira.

Posiyanitsa ndi owononga, ma scrapyard nthawi zambiri amagulitsa chilichonse mwakulemera, osati ndi chinthu. Kwa scrapyard, choyambirira cha mpukutu ndi zomwe ntchitozo zingawapatse, m'malo mwa mtengo uliwonse womwe chitsulo chingakhale nawonso. Gwirizanani ndi Nursing Machine wrecker, inayo, ingafanane chimodzimodzi sikelo idathandizira chomwe chinthucho chingakonde, ngakhale zitakhala ndi muyeso. Nthawi zambiri, ngati wowononga sangathe kugulitsa chinthu chimodzi kuposa mtengo wachitsulo, amatha kupita nacho ku scrapyard ndikugulitsa mwakulemera. Zida zopangidwa ndi zitsulo zosungika nthawi zambiri zitha kugulidwa pamtengo wotsika kuposa wa zitsulo zilizonse, chifukwa chopulumutsa scrapyard pantchito yogawa zitsulo musanatumize kuti iikonzenso. Monga Associate in Nursing example, a scrapyard ku Arcata, America America imagulitsa injini zamagalimoto $ 0.25 paundi, pomwe Al, yomwe injini imapangidwa nthawi zambiri, amagulitsa $ 1.25 paundi.