URG to Partner With University of Colorado to Quantify Environmental Benefits of Automotive Recycling.
CENTENNIAL, Colo., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Automotive recycling has been a 'green' industry from the start, long before that color became fashionable. Not many seem to realize that reusing good auto parts for repairs is sustainable, cost-effective, and good for Planet Earth. Building a strong case for the affordability,...

DEP Merges State Program With National Effort to Remove Mercury Switches From Cars.
National Project will Remove up to 75 Tons of Toxic Mercury from Air, Water HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania is enhancing its mercury switch removal program to prevent the chemical from entering the environment where it can pollute air and water. It's doing this, said...

Western Europe continues dominance in long-fibre reinforced thermoplastics.
World consumption of long-fibre reinforced thermoplastics (LFRT) was 60.3 kt (133 million pounds) in 2001 and should more than double by 2004. Further, Western Europe will remain the market leader in LFRT for several years, principally because of established technology and new regulations for automotive recycling, according to the...

One man's junk: will the recyclers be coming for your father's Oldsmobile?
Under the looming shadow of the 1990 Clean Air Act and the threat of whopping federal fines if they don't reduce pollution, states are taking a hard look at a symbol of the bad old days--smoke-belching 1960s and 70s cars. But getting the clunkers off the road is no...

Exide Technologies, World's Biggest Battery Company, Is Also Global Recycling Leader.
'Every Day is Earth Day at Exide Technologies' PRINCETON, N.J., April 20 /PRNewswire Interactive News Release/ -- This Earth Day, and every day, Exide Technologies (NYSE: EX), the global leader in stored electrical energy solutions, plays a significant role protecting the environment, keeping the cost...

Recycling of air intake manifolds.
DuPont Engineering Polymers and Toyota Motor Corp say they have confirmed the feasibility of the DuPont Composite Recycle Technology as a means to reclaim and reuse polyamide 6 from automotive air intake manifolds. DuPont Composite Recycle Technology, a closed-loop nylon recycling process, can convert parts made of...

European consortium addresses recycling regulations.
The European Composite Recycling Services Co (ECRC), a European-wide consortium that was recently established to develop composites recycling initiatives that meet new European Union (EU) directives, has now been incorporated. The ECRC says it is already addressing specific issues as a result of recently established and impending...

Audatex to Integrate APU's Real-time Parts Search Engine.
Agreement to include new and enhanced features and business arrangement SAN DIEGO, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Audatex North America, Inc., the North American division of the leading global claims solutions provider serving the automotive industry, signed an agreement to finalize a multi-year product integration and distribution agreement...

Audatex to Integrate APU's Real-Time Parts Search Engine.
Agreement to include new and enhanced features and business arrangement SAN DIEGO, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Audatex North America, Inc., the North American division of the leading global claims solutions provider serving the automotive industry, entered into a letter of intent for a multi-year product integration and...

Call2Recycle Reports Nearly 7 Million Pounds of Rechargeable Batteries Collected in 2008.
Almost 10 percent increase over 2007 collections ATLANTA, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Call2Recycle(R), the nation's most comprehensive rechargeable battery and cell phone recycling solution, today reported a 9.6 percent increase in its collection of rechargeable batteries over last year, with 6.9 million pounds of rechargeable batteries recycled...