This year marks the 10th year since the introduction of Japan’s Automobile Recycling Law. The law, which governs a delicate system developed by both the government and industry, has played an important role in building a recycling society. On the other hand, major recyclers and groups… Read full post » The post Japan’s…
Scarce and valuable resources, including potentially hazardous materials, are increasingly present in end-of-life vehicles. Electrical and electronic components in motors, sensors, electronics, batteries, and other parts present new materials and material combinations. And compositions will continue to change as new products become safer, more efficient, more communicative and intelligent. A new three-continent collaboration between researchers in Asia, Europe and North America is introduced. The effort… Read full post » The post Remanufacturing…
The Ontario Ministry of the Environment & Climate Change (MOECC) approached the Ontario Automotive Recyclers Association (OARA) to see if they could make a joint presentation to the auto recycling industry at the ARA Convention in Nashville. We readily accepted… Read full post » The post Government and…
Letters to both U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal and Attorney General Holder details benefits of auto recycling they believe were lacking from Blumenthal’s recent comment on recycled parts. The Honorable Eric Holder Attorney General of the United States Robert… Read full post » The post Auto…
by Andrew MacDonald, Maritime Auto Parts SAE WORLD CONGRESS 2015 ABSTRACT: Auto recycling in North America is a unique and dynamic industry. Over the past century it has been growing and refining its ability to identify, catalogue, ensure quality,… Read full post » The post The…
by Sandy Blalock, ARA Past President and Executive Director of the Indiana Auto Recyclers Association, 11 Eastwind Lane, Edgewood, NM 87015 505-228-0401 [email protected] So now you have inherited a recycling facility and you really do not know where to start. You have… Read full post » The post Oh…
by Sandy Blalock, ARA Past President and Executive Director of the Indiana Auto Recyclers Association, 11 Eastwind Lane, Edgewood, NM 87015 505-228-0401 [email protected] So now you have inherited a recycling facility and you really do not know where to start. You have… Read full post » The post Oh…
Neil James had seen the writing on the wall in California. In 1989, the then-president of Ralph’s Auto Supply was approached at one of the Ralph’s locations on Mitchell Island by an official with Richmond City Hall. The… Read full post » The post Auto…
The days when a car was automatically relegated to the junkyard at the end of its life are in the past. Nowadays, an end-of-life vehicle, or ELV in industry parlance, doesn’t become waste in the traditional sense. Up… Read full post » The post In…
Check out this award winning video promoting the Switch Out program but also the professional auto recycling industry. Fabulous work from one of our ARC Board Members Steve Cox from Allwest Auto Parts. The post Allwest Auto wins Switch Out video conte…