All For Olives: Ford working on using discarded olive tree waste to produce car parts
Toronto, Ontario — Ford Motor Co. is continuing to work on using discarded olive tree waste and bio composites to produce car parts and reduce plastic waste. According to the automaker, the waste used includes olive tree branches, twigs and leaves in a process that blends these organic materials with bio composites and then molds […]
Magnetizing Manufacturing: Cyclic Materials launches pilot plant for recycling magnet materials from electric motors
Kingston, Ontario — Cyclic Materials has recently launched a pilot plant in Kingston, Ont., aimed at recycling magnet materials from end-of-life products. The pilot plant project is specifically employing Cyclic’s proprietary technology, Mag-Xtract, which separates rare earth elements in permanent magnets from end-of-life products and parts such as traction electric motors. According to Cyclic Materials, […]
Water in the Works: Full Circle Lithium looks to launch water-based lithium battery fire suppression solution
Toronto, Ontario — Full Circle Lithium Corp. has announced a patent-pending Fire Suppressant Solution for electric vehicles made from recycled batteries. The Canadian company based in Georgia recently opened a lithium processing and recycling plant and with this, a patent for a Fire Suppression Solution (FSS) meant to neutralize fires arising in lithium-ion batteries. “Battery […]
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 […]
Recycling Revelations: New York Times report reveals reality of catalytic converter thefts
Toronto, Ontario — In a recent report by Walt Bogdanich, Isak Hüllert and Eli Tan, featured in The New York Times, the reality of catalytic converter theft and recycling has been put into greater perspective. An examination of business records, social media posts and official interviews reveals that stolen catalytic converters pass through middlemen, smelters […]
Recycler Road Trip: Canadian auto recyclers invited to Orlando field trip by Auto PARTnered Solutions
Orlando, Florida — Grab a lunch box and remember your permission slips, it’s field trip time. Auto PARTnered Solutions is proud to announce the automotive recycler’s experience, a three-day field trip with four experts and a chance to meet repairers from around the world. The trip will take place between April 24 to April 26, […]
Bring on the Batteries: ARC hosts educational EV/hybrid webinar, provides vast overlook of end-of-life batteries and recyclers’ place in supply chain
Ottawa, Ontario — Last Thursday, the Automotive Recyclers of Canada (ARC) hosted a virtual session on Canadian Electric Vehicle and Hybrid Auto Recycling, featuring compelling conversations from industry leaders like Joanna Kyriazis of Clean Energy Canada; Kunal Phalpher of Li-Cycle; Jeff Haltrecht of Call2Recycle and Hans Eric Melin of Circular Energy Storage. The four-and-a-half-hour event […]
In Memoriam: Jack Isaac Cohen of Jasper Auto Parts
By Ian Hope Edmonton, Alberta — September 13, 2017 — Alberta has lost an industry icon with the passing of Jack Cohen, better known as “Jasper Jack.” He passed away on September 4, 2017 surrounded by his family which included his wife of 52 years, Marilyn, and his children Max, Cherie and Dave. It’s hard […]
What makes a recycling operation tick?
By David Gold Toronto, Ontario — August 16, 2017 — Auto recyclers regularly give tours of our operations for a variety of reasons. Sometimes we are asked to partake in community programs and teach a little bit about recycling and the reuse or our products and other times for more technical reasons, for example for […]
Tundra Take-Back launches fourth year of vehicle recycling in Canada’s north
By CAR Staff Nunavik, Quebec and Baffin Island, Nunavut — August 16, 2017 — Canada’s automotive recyclers are once again stepping up to bring their expertise to a new frontier. Tundra Take-Back has been running for the last several years. In brief, the project seeks to bring automotive recycling to communities in Canada’s far north. […]
