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 June 9, 2011

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*Sonshine Auto Parts yard tour
*Lecavalier nominated for environmental award
*UN report calls for more metal recycling
* Training Tips Of The Week




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According to the Kentucky Auto & Truck Recyclers Association, approximately 11 million vehicles are recycled every year, saving an estimated 85 million barrels of oil that would otherwise be used in the manufacture of new replacements parts.

 

 
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Greetings!

 

I hope everyone is doing well and soaking up the long awaited sunshine. It's a good time to start selling all of those AC compressors that have been sitting around for the winter.

I was really happy to see a great story about Denis Desjardins of Sonshine Auto Wreckers in the Ottawa Citizen newspaper this week. It's more proof  auto recycling is catching on with the mainstream media. More positive media coverage means more public awareness, which leads to more customers.You can read the story here.

Less encouraging was United Nations' report on global metal recycling rates. Though it doesn't focus specifically on auto recycling, vehicles are obviously a great source of reusable metal. We're doing a great job in Canada of exploiting that goldmine of resources. Maybe Canadian recyclers could teach recyclers in other countries -- particularly developing countries where, the report points out, much work still needs to be done --  how to help the planet and make money doing it.

That being said, I'd like to ask, what role could/should Canadian auto recyclers play outside of our own borders?  

One last note, we want to reach every auto recycling employee across Canada and bring them together as a community. If you know of anyone at your facility that isn't receiving this e-zine, please send their email address to me so they can get in the loop.  
  

See you next week. Take care,

- Michael Raine
Editor, Canadian Auto Recyclers magazine
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Around the town
Sonshine Auto Parts yard tour

The good folks at Sonshine Auto Parts in Cumberland, ON  were kind enough to send over some photos of their yard.

The Sonshine facility operates on 80 acres and has approximately 3,000 vehicles on-hand.

We would like to include many more yard/facility tours so if you'd like to show off your business, send over some photos.
 
Sonshine staff photo

The wonderful staff at Sonshine Auto Parts.


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 Tire Take Back Days part two: AADCO Auto Parts

AADCO Auto Parts in Brampton, ON sent along more photos taken during the Tire Back Days. As you'll see, AADCO incorporated a BBQ into the event to give it a party atmosphere.

Keep the photos coming everybody! 
 
AADKO Tire Take Back

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News
Lecavalier nominated for prestigious environmental award

Lecavalier Auto Parts has been named a finalist for the "Ph�nix de l'environnement." The contest is the highest recognition for know-how in environmental protection and applications of sustainable development in Qu�bec.   The winner will be announced June 9 at the Salon Rouge de L'Assembl�e Nationale du Qu�bec.  

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 Global metal recycling rates 'discouragingly low,' says UN report

The United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) recently released a report calling for greater levels of metal recycling around the world. The UNEP says the report is the first attempt to gather accurate and consistent information on the extent to which metals are collected, processed, and reused globally.   

 

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LKQ donates 10,000 trees as part of Get Green promotion

LKQ Corporation the largest auto and truck recycler in the United States has announced its partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation for the 2011 Get Green promotion was a success. Everyone who supplied a valid email address at the Get Green website during the month of May received a tree donated in his or her honor and the chance to win a host of Apple(R) prizes. LKQ donated over 10,000 trees, which will be planted in Florida's Belmore State Forest, the company says. 

 

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Upcoming events

SARA sets date of meeting to officially form

 

As previously reported, auto recyclers in Saskatchewan are forming their own provincial organization in order to have a united voice in the industry. A date of June 23 has been set for an organizational meeting of the Saskatchewan Auto Recyclers Association (SARA).

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Weekly Features
Training Tips Of The Week

Tip 1

 

The inner structures of today's automobiles are becoming more and more high tech with the use of exotic steels, non-conventional manufacturing processes, and multiple inner reinforcements. Companies also exist today that are dedicated to repairing accident-damaged vehicles, and then re-crashing them to test the repair methods. The repairs must ensure that the vehicle will pass all Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) that were in effect when the vehicle was manufactured. The Thatcham automotive research centre found that improperly repaired vehicles had up to 70 percent more intrusion into the passenger compartment, making the FMVSSs null and void. For this reason, most automobile manufacturers are carefully preparing collision repair manuals that explain such things as what parts can be repaired and what must be replaced. If a part is allowed to be sectioned, it may give exact sectioning locations (to the mm). It will also explain when parts must be placed to factory seams, or the entire assembly replaced, etc. These procedures will differ from vehicle to vehicle, and possibly even from model year to model year.   

As the collision repair centre follows the vehicle manufacturers repair procedures, they may become more demanding on the LKQ business when ordering front ,side, and rear assemblies as they will request parts to be cut at exact locations so that they have enough material to follow the repair guidelines. Some of the more standard section cuts such as at top of the B pillar, or centre of the doors on rockers, may not be adequate on the particular vehicle being repaired.

 

 

- Thank you to Stu Klein from Fix Auto for providing this tip.  

 

Tip 2

 

When packaging and shipping parts from Cardinal Couriers use a bucket because it's hard to break the parts, any fluids are contained, it's reusable, and has a carrying handle.
Tom Huehn bucket 

- Thank you to Tom Huehn from 400 Auto Wreckers for providing this tip.

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From the Canadian Auto Recyclers archives

A Roundtable to Remember

Auto recyclers from around the world gather in Qu�bec City for the IRT.

It started as a simple forum-an exchange of ideas and discussion of how the auto recycling industry could improve the business. Currently in its 5th round, the International Roundtable on Auto Recycling-IRT for short-has become a global phenomenon, uniting leaders and scholars in auto recycling, insurance, collision repair and government in one forum over the course of a few days. This year, the Auto Recyclers of Canada (ARC) played host to the IRT in Qu�bec City. Representatives from Canada, the US, Japan, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Australia, Mex- ico, Malaysia and more met to discuss the issues and challenges impacting the worldwide industry.

 

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Written by Megan Ng 

Appears in the January 2011 issue of Canadian Auto Recyclers magazine. 


Sincerely,

 


The Canadian Auto Recyclers Team.