Keep in mind there’s a difference between old and junk by Lawrence Papoff With dealerships opening but consumers still cautious with their loonies when it comes to car buying, the OEMs have opened the tap on incentives to… Read full post » The post Scrapping…
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Currently, the challenges facing the recycling and waste industry are especially daunting. We have a global pandemic, combined with political and economic uncertainty seemingly everywhere. And let’s not forget about the loss since 2018 of China as a… Read full post » The post Preparing…
Wally Dingman, owner of Caughill Auto Wreckers in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada and Chairman of Automotive Recyclers of Canada (ARC), provides his opinion on whether vehicle scrappage programmes are beneficial or unnecessary for the vehicle recycling industry. For the… Read full post » The post Vehicle…
Toronto, Ontario — Brenda Yu, a research intern for the Automotive Recyclers of Canada (ARC) has spent her summer gathering crucial information for Canada’s auto recycling industry. The whitepaper—to be published in the Fall of 2020—will focus on… Read full post » The post Into…
Toronto, Ontario — After a long and storied involvement with the national association Neil James is stepping down from the Automotive Recyclers of Canada (ARC) Board of Directors, the organization announced August 17. In 1993, Neil first attended… Read full post » The post Neil…
Over the last decade, we’ve seen vehicle complexity steadily increase, driven by government mandates for better fuel efficiency as well as safety. In fact, it could be argued that today, the average passenger vehicle has so many computers… Read full post » The post Greater…
As we start to emerge from COVID-19 lockdowns in both Canada and the U.S., thoughts are turning to how we effectively reopen our economies and some of the strategies we employ to make it possible. A key thing… Read full post » The post Responsible…
With the slow return to normal life after months of social isolation, American and Canadian politicians will soon turn their head to another problem—a sluggish economy. What role the automotive aftermarket will play in this remains to be… Read full post » The post Unretire…
The Automotive Recyclers of Canada (ARC) have created a Covid-19 Relief Fund to support Members during the Covid-19 pandemic and recovery. The impact of the virus has been felt at every level of society, and auto recyclers are… Read full post » The post ARC…
How many occupations can proclaim they save people’s money and the planet? Twenty years ago, an auto recycler’s business greatly relied on customers coming to the wrecking yard on the weekends. “Saturday would be the day when dads… Read full post » The post Proud…