Illuminating Aluminum: Aluminum Air Batteries poised to power electric vehicles using scrap aluminum
Toronto, Ontario — Aluma Power, a Canadian company located on Aamjiwnaang First Nations Land, is just one of many start-up companies looking to use recycled aluminum to power electric vehicles in place of other battery systems. Known as an aluminum-air battery, Aluma Power is working on creating a fuel disk made from recycled aluminum that […]
Breathe in the carbon savings: Auto recyclers reduce Massachusetts CO2 emmisions by 2.5 percent – study
By CRM Staff Massachusetts, United States — January 17, 2018 — While the recycling of auto parts and reclamation of steel and aluminum from cars has long been known to have a dramatic effect on the amount of carbon released into the atmosphere, the actual statistics on carbon savings are difficult to ascertain – at least […]
Automotive aluminum recycling over 90 percent
Detroit, Michigan — August 10, 2016 — New research from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s (WPI) Center for Resource Recovery and Recycling confirms an overall recycling rate of 91 percent for automotive aluminum. The peer-reviewed study, funded by the Aluminum Association, examines how much aluminum used in the light-duty automotive sector is recovered and recycled from […]
Minister Murray to auto recyclers: ‘We need you’
By Jeff Sanford Markham, Ontario — May 4, 2016 — Glen Murray is Ontario’s Minister of the Environment and Climate Change. He recently made some remarks on building a “circular” economy and congratulated automotive recyclers on being ahead of the curve. Murray was refreshingly frank about the realities of climate change during an address to […]
