The purpose of Earth Day is to raise environmental awareness and encourage people to safeguard the environment. One way that you can make a significant impact on the environment is to recycle your car for Earth Day. Recycling your car may not seem like an obvious way to celebrate Earth Day, but it is an…
Many people purchase a new car and all that remains is the memories of their old car. Once you’ve moved on, what happens to your old car? In this blog we will go over where your car goes, and the recycling process that goes along with it. Something interesting to think about is that cars…
Each year on November 15, people across the United States participate in America Recycles Day. The day is meant to raise awareness about recycling and the use of products that contain recycled materials. America Recycles Day was created by the National Recycling Coalition in 1997. Every year, the President uses the day to encourage Americans…
Vehicle recycling is the dismantling of vehicles for spare parts. End-of-life vehicles have value as spare parts, which has created the vehicle dismantling industry. According to the Automobile Recycling Association, 12 million cars are recycled out of the 14 million that reach the end of their usable life. On average, 80 percent of a car can…
Unlike Thanksgiving or Black Friday, there’s a November holiday that doesn’t get enough recognition-National Recycling Day on the 15th! In today’s world of mass production and consumption, most people forget about how much waste goes into the environment. Americans create 64 tons of garbage in their lifetime. That adds up to 246 million tons of…
Have you recently found yourself staring at a junk car saying “What am I going to do with this thing?” Maybe you just started an old fashioned restoration project but never got around to finishing it. Or, like many other Americans, may not be able to afford the high cost of a full engine replacement…