Environmental Efforts: IRT’s webinar, ‘Vehicle Recycling: Sustainable by Default and Driving the Charge” highlights auto recyclers role in environmental sustainability
Toronto, Ontario — Held on July 11, the International Roundtable on Automotive Recycling (IRT) hosted the webinar “Vehicle Recycling: Sustainable by Default and Driving the Charge,” presenting a comprehensive overview on sustainability efforts being made in automotive recycling. Hosted by Haydn Davies, Director of Auto Recycling World and presented by Tom Rumboll, U.K. Managing Director […]
85 Years of Effort: Woodbeck Auto Parts celebrates 85th anniversary in the auto recycling industry
Stirling-Rawdon, Ontario — The Stirling-Rawdon Council recognized Woodbeck Auto Parts on July 15th in celebration of the company’s 85th anniversary in the auto recycling industry. Local news sources reported that MP Shelby Kramp-Neuman and a representative from MPP Ric Bresee’s office also made appearances to congratulate the Woodbeck family. The auto recycling business was originally […]
Roepke’s New Role: Introducing Kelly Roepke as the newest URG board member
Toronto, Ontario – United Recyclers Group (URG) has announced the appointment of Kelly Roepke to the URG Board of Directors. A recent press release noted that Roepke “brings a wealth of experience and a fresh perspective to the board.” The press release further outlined how prior to this, Roepke was the President and General Manager […]
Beyond Batteries: IRT holds free webinar on electric vehicle recycling challenges and opportunities
Toronto, Ontario — On May 2nd, the International Roundtable on Automotive Recycling (IRT) hosted the “Beyond Batteries: Mastering the EV Recycling Challenge” webinar. This free event explored a variety of important topics currently affecting the automotive recycling and electric vehicle (EV) industries. Specifically, featured speakers—Andreas Frossberg, CEO, Sweden’s National Association of Car Dealers and David […]
CO2e Impact of Recycled Parts: Integrated Car Part Pro Reports Help Net-Zero Goals
Fort Wright, Kentucky — 35 MILLION METRIC TONNES of CO2e.* That’s the potential reduction of carbon emissions annually from Car-Part.com’s North American marketplaces, if quotes for top recycled parts are being utilized instead of new parts. That’s the equivalent of 32 percent of annual Canadian driving emissions!† That’s big news for collision industry companies with […]
Sustainable, Resilient, Essential: ISRI rebrands as the Recycled Materials Association
Toronto, Ontario — After more than 35 years, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) has announced that it is now the Recycled Materials Association (ReMA). This new branding was originally unveiled during the closing general session of ISRI 2024 Convention and Exhibition which took place in Las Vegas, Nevada from April 15th to 18th. […]
Renault Readiness: Renault to begin recycling battery materials on a large scale
Toronto, Ontario — Renault plans to extract and recycle lithium and other materials from used electric vehicle (EV) batteries with the goal of being the first European automaker to recycle batteries on a large scale. Chief executive of Renault’s environmental unit, The Future is Neutral (TFIN), Jean-Phillipe Bahuaud recently revealed in an interview in Paris, […]
Molecular Management: Molecular recycling study demonstrates potential closed-loop solution for automotive plastic waste
Toronto, Ontario — Material technology company Eastman says it has developed a new method to recycle automotive plastic waste at a molecular level. Specifically, Eastman’s technology takes automotive shredder residue (ASR) or “auto fluff” and uses this as the feedstock in the recycling process. After breaking down otherwise hard-to-recycle plastics, the new material is then […]
Team with Tandem: Repurposing plastics with Tandem Recycling
Montreal, Quebec — If you have automotive plastics you don’t know what you do with—give Tandem Recycling a call. Tandem Recycling collects end-of-life automotive plastics for recycling, where the company then turns it into remanufactured plastic resin. Remanufactured plastic resin can be used in injection molded products like auto parts, industrial components, pallets, tank containers, […]
Remanufacturing Repairs: GM continues trials for remanufactured headlamps in effort to eliminate production waste
Toronto, Ontario — General Motors (GM) says it has found success in remanufacturing collision-damaged headlamps as part of the automaker’s efforts to create a circular economy. In a recent press release, (GM) noted that when a vehicle is involved in a collision, the headlamp is one of the most commonly damaged components, second only to […]
