Comments on: Can You Recycle Your Car?

By: Diane

Diane — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 02:05:00 +0000

In reply to Steele. Good luck. Let us know how recycling the car goes.

By: Steele

Steele — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 12:35:42 +0000

I did not know that Ford integrated the recycled material into the cloth seating in one of his cars! I have always tried to follow a “green” lifestyle and I like the thought that even cars can be recycled very much! My father has a very old car and I see no point in trying to repair it when you can just have it recycled and buy a new one. Hopefully, he’ll understand me and we will recycle his car.

By: Diane

Diane — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 19:24:55 +0000

In reply to Brian Lee. Yes, making it easy for customers to recycle their vehicles is key. Thanks for writing.

By: Brian Lee

Brian Lee — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 11:05:18 +0000

Recycling is a very good process and should be encouraged. Companies like this one should encourage the recycling of cars, by coming up with good deals for their customers. Cars have many parts that need to be recycled separately. There are always some parts that cannot be recycled and they go straight to waste, but all this is possible after you have made a decision on the recycling of the rust gathering piece of metal lying in your backyard or front lawn.

By: Diane MacEachern

Diane MacEachern — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:49:30 +0000

Thanks for the info on car recycling. I’ve heard that around 80 or 85% of old cars are recycled. That’s pretty impressive!

By: Blaine Smitley

Blaine Smitley — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 01:05:59 +0000

The dealership I work at sends a couple trade ins a week to be recycled. With the economy down, people are squeezing every last mile out of their cars as possible, and by the time some of them are traded in, theirs just no life left in them.
Most of them have over 200,000 miles on them and we have a local company that pays us $190.00 per ton to come and pick them up, or 210 per ton if we deliver them to them, after which the scrap them out. We could probably get more if we parted them out, but we just don’t have time.
For instance just the platinum, palladium and rhodium from a single catalytic converter makes it worth between $20.00 to $100.00 to a scrap dealer. The lead in a battery? The rubber from the tires? The Glass from the windows? All the aluminum and steel?
Flat out? There’s a lot of valuable material in an old car, for recycling purposes. The list goes on and on.

By: Plumbing

Plumbing — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 02:50:35 +0000

I didn’t realize that even the raw materials of cars could produce such a large amount of solid waste and harmful air emissions! Also, InterfaceFABRIC Ford could save 7 million kilowatt hours of electricity annually! That’s just great!
Thanks for sharing all these information, it is indeed useful.

By: plumbing

plumbing — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:23:09 +0000

Automobiles are the most recycled product in the U.S. It is very easy to recycle an end-of-life vehicle (ELV). Many businesses will pay you a small sum to take your vehicle; sometimes they will tow it from your property for free.

By: Hermine Lindsie

Hermine Lindsie — Tue, 03 May 2011 00:45:53 +0000

It’s a huge deal when the car companies themselves do the recycling. Since car manufacturing consumes so much energy and resources, consequently, measures to tone things down can also save as much. And it’s good that we can do our own green ways, too! Thanks for the incredible suggestions, Diane. 🙂