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VIDEO from Medialink and General Motors: Earth Day 2008 - Recyclable Cars

Pop Quiz time! What's the most recycled product in the U.S.? (Hum Jeopardy theme song now) Automobiles. The EPA says that 95 percent of all cars are recycled, and 84 percent of the vehicle is recycled by weight on average. Those are pretty good numbers to be sure. The video seen here explains that the process of recycling cars is highly profitable, making it good business sense in addition to being an environmentally-sound process. In fact, automobile recycling is the sixteenth largest industry in the U.S., which is much larger that we would ... Read more →

How much? 3.65 billion tons of scrap in 25 years thanks to car boom Sebastian Blanco

Whenever we calculate things on a global scale, the numbers get unwieldy. I mean, who can really imagine 6+ billion people or just how many gallons of water make up the oceans? A number that might be ...

VIDEO from Medialink and General Motors: Earth Day 2008 - Recyclable Cars 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Pop Quiz time! What's the most recycled product in the U.S.? (Hum Jeopardy theme song now) Automobiles. The EPA says that 95 percent of all cars are recycled, and 84 percent of the vehicle is recycled by weight on average. Those are pretty good numbers to be sure. The video seen here explains that ...

How much? 3.65 billion tons of scrap in 25 years thanks to car boom 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Whenever we calculate things on a global scale, the numbers get unwieldy. I mean, who can really imagine 6+ billion people or just how many gallons of water make up the oceans? A number that might be a little easier to wrap our heads around is this one: 3.65 billion tons of scrap. That's the amount ...


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