ARA Action Continued
It is reprehensible for GM’s corporate position to be one that does not support the reuse of recycled GM parts in vehicle repair while claiming a leadership role in the circular economy movement.
not support the reuse of recycled GM parts in vehicle repair while claiming a leadership role in the circular economy movement.
ARA believes that the Federal Trade Commission should take a serious look into the actions of GM and other auto manufacturers that continue to engage in activities that malign the recycling of their own products without a shred of research to substantiate their claims. To view the entire press release, please visit
www.a-r-a.org.
ARA Represents Member Businesses at 2016 NACE and CARS Conference
epresentatives of ARA were in Anaheim, California for the NACE Expo and Conference to represent the professional automotive recycling indus- try and ARA member businesses. ARA Second Vice President David Gold, ARA Gold Seal Committee Chair Amanda Matlock, and ARA CEO Michael Wilson took full advantage of the confer- ence to meet with automotive service industry organizations. ARA also exhibit- ed on the NACE trade show floor to engage directly with repairers and others in attendance about the benefits of using recycled parts and ARA member busi- nesses.
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Said Wilson, “The two-day NACE trade show and affiliated meetings throughout the week provided fertile ground for stakeholder meetings. ARA leadership was able to engage in numerous meetings on issues and concerns important to the
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professional automotive recycling indus- try, as well as speak to a number of atten- dees regarding their interest in member- ship in the Association.
ARA Comments to Justice Department on Volkswagen Partial Consent Decree
n an August 5, 2016 comment letter to the U.S. Department of Justice regard- ing the Partial Consent Decree for Volkswagen diesel vehicles, ARA urged the Department to adopt language that allows the owners of VW engines, not just the entire vehicle, to be “Eligible Owners” eligible for remedy under the recall pro- gram.
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Each day over 500,000 recyclers OEM parts that were designed and built to meet the automakers’ original require- ments for fit, finish, durability and safety are sold by professional automotive recy- clers to consumers, repair facilities, and automobile dealers. ARA’s letter pointed out that the value of these recycled OEM components was recognized in June when a settlement was reached between the United States, the State of California, and Volkswagen that stated all eligible vehicles “may be, to the extent possible, recycled to the extent per- mitted by law.”
ARA believes that the Partial Consent Decree is significantly deficient in pro- viding equitable remedy for “engine owners” such as the professional auto- motive recyclers throughout U.S. that have thousands of these engines in their inventories.
Auto Recyclers of Canada to Launch the End-of-Life Vehicle Sector Council
he Automotive Recyclers of Canada (ARC) is preparing to launch a spe- cial, unaffiliated, not-for-profit The End- of-Life Vehicle Sector Council (ELVSC) to:
T • Maintain uniform environmental
performance standards for Canadian ELV recyclers that will also serve as a baseline for jurisdictions that have not developed regulated standards; • Facilitate the education and training of ELV recyclers;
• Provide a critical clearinghouse serv- ice to facilitate OEM-recycler technical information exchange;
• Collect, collate and report environ- mental data associated with ELV recy- cling in Canada; and • Work with industry partners, gov- ernment and academia to undertake research to support innovation in ELV- related resource recovery. According to Steve Fletcher, manag- ing director of ARC, which is an affiliate member of ARA, he sees the potential for recyclers to improve their business through the recycling of ELV compo- nents.
Increasing sophistication of incoming
ELVs and potential demand by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for return of components for remanufac- turing may mean new commercial part- nerships and increase technical com- munication be-tween OEMs and ELV recyclers. ELV recyclers may become part of the OEM vehicle reverse supply chain, says Fletcher. The full story can be found on page
20 of Recycling Product News at the fol- lowing link:
www.recyclingproduct-
news.com/files/issues/digital/rpn/24- 6-full/
index.html.
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