The Benefits of Auto Recycling at City Auto Wreckers

THE BENEFITS OF AUTO RECYCLING A Look at Steel Recycling About 15 million vehicles become unusable in the U.S. every year 75% of the material from these 14 million tons of steel are recycled from vehicles each year vehicles is recycled The average passenger car is 65% steel and iron 25% of that steel is recycled Steel is endlessly recyclable and does not lose its strength No other material in the world is recycled as much as steel More steel is recycled than aluminum, glass, and paper combined 70 million of steel were recycled tons in the U.S. in 2006 ton) Recycling one ton of steel saves: 2,500 1,400 120 pounds of iron ore pounds of coal pounds of limestone 44 Environmental Benefits Recycling metal from vehicles If only steel fenders were recycled, more than 8 million tons of raw material would be saved If only aluminum wheels were recycled, it would save 1.71 billion kilowatt hours of energy Recycling metal uses 74% less energy than making new metal Recycling vehicles saves about 85 million barrels of oil per year Recycling miscellaneous car parts Brake Pads Auto Glass • Contain 15-30% copper • Can be recycled, saving landfill space and reducing need for mining • Windshields and windows can be recycled into asphalt and artificial sand • Glass recycling reduces air pollution by 20% • Glass recycling reduces water pollution by 50% Oil Filters Recycling one ton of steel oil filters results in: 1,700 pounds of steel 30 gallons 10 cubic yards of saved landfill space of used oil Recycling prevents oil from tainting soil and water supplies One-half cup of oil can pollute 31,250 gallons of water CITYAUID Sources: Provided by: http://earth911.com/recycling/automotive/auto-parts/bene- fits-of-recycling-miscellaneous-car-parts-and-accessories/ http://earth911.com/recycling/automotive/auto-bodies/benefits-af-recycling-car-bodies/ http://www.autorecyclersmn.net/benefits.html LUSED AUTOPART www.cityautowreckers.reachsite.com