Investing in clean technology
By Lindsey Cooke October 5, 2018 — Li-Cycle, one of the clean technology companies that looks after the recycling of lithium-ion batteries, commonly known as those found in electric vehicles, has received funding for a pilot plant to continue a better recycling process. The Sustainable Development Technology of Canada (SDTC) provided Li-Cycle with $2.7 million to […]
Family-run auto recyclers business wins achievement award
October 18, 2018 — Blenkhorn Auto Recyclers in Truro, Nova Scotia has received the Small Business Achievement award at this year’s Small Business Awards for the Truro & Colchester Chamber of Commerce. A family-run business, Blenkhorn’s Auto Recyclers was founded half-a-century ago by current-owner Sheldon Blenkhorn. The team processes approximately 600 locally sourced vehicles each year […]
Switch Out’s FINAL sweep
October 17, 2018 — The Switch Out program is calling out for its final sweep as it is ending this year. The award-winning program began in 2001 designed to remove, collect and manage mercury-containing convenience lighting switches and anti-lock braking system sensor modules in end-of-life vehicles before they are recycled into new steel. Scout Environmental […]
Tire Take Back on a roll in Ontario
October 4, 2018 – Since 2009, the annual Tire Take Back event organized by the Ontario Automotive Recyclers Association (OARA) has been raising funds in support of the Sunshine Foundation of Canada. This year marked the ninth annual Tire Take Back and Ontarians recycled a total of 9,617 used tires, raising $14,142 in support of […]
Fighting fire with scrap
October 4, 2018 – At Standard Auto Wreckers, David Gold and his team have put their scrap to work. For years now, the Ottawa fire department has teamed up with Standard Auto Wreckers as a training ground for safety and efficiency when it comes to real life collision scenarios. Standard supplies six cars per week […]
Ontario tire dealers get the latest on new recycling program
October 4, 2018 — Ontario tire collectors are to register by the end of the month with a new regulatory group, the Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority. The Ontario Tires Stewardship (OTS) program will be no more come December 31, 2018, with the RPRA taking over as the new regulatory group. Until the new year the […]
Palladium metal prices predicted to fall
December 7, 2018 — At one point, palladium, was the most expensive and precious metal but the times have changed. Palladium is an industrial metal commonly used as a component in autocatalytic converters in gasoline powered engines. According to a U.K research firm, they said they can see palladium prices falling to $1,000 an ounce by […]
Responsible auto recycling
Auto recyclers have been making a conscious effort in recent years to ensure that decommissioned vehicles are both utilized for their working parts as well as keeping the environment in mind when de-polluting an end-of-life vehicle of all harmful substances. This includes batteries, tires, fluids, and mercury switches. CRM spoke with Dominic Vetere of Dom’s […]
Automotive Recyclers of Canada leaves NATA
The Automotive Recyclers of Canada will no longer be a part of the National Automotive Trades Association, according to the organizations executive director Steve Fletcher. “We’re out,” Fletcher said, following a public meeting organized by the Automotive Aftermarket Retailers of Ontario (AARO) in August. “I can confirm that.” Fletcher explained that a lack of activity […]
Newco Metal Auto Recycling plant catches fire
An auto recycling facility in St. John’s Newfoundland caught fire, taking several hours to be extinguished. Around 7 a.m. on June 18, St. John’s Regional Fire Department received a call that thick black smoke was rising from Newco Metal and Auto Recycling plant. When firefighters arrived, the fire had spread to several crushed cars and […]
