Category archives: Auto Recycling USA

I just watched a really great video from OARA (Ontario Automotive Recyclers Association) and thought I would share it with you.  The auto recycling industry is such an important part of building a greener earth!

We have heard there will be a new player in the Junk Car market in the USA and Canada – the buzz is that this one will have a nice ‘green’ spin to it and that is good news for everyone that cares about the planet!!!  Not much info right…

Cash for Clunkers AKA CARS program was quite successful, maybe too much so.  By the time Cash for Clunkers ended in late August, B & R Auto and Truck Recycling in rural Mapleton was nearly overflowing with junkers. For a while, they closed the north gate to the salvage yard…

Why can I see my daughter doing this?

It seems Peter Gorrie at The Toronto Star and I see eye-to-eye on the fact that the ‘Retire your Ride’ program here in Canada needs to be sweetened. Ottawa, noting the frenzy over the American “Cash for Clunkers” program, is mulling whether to sweeten its incentive for taking gas-guzzling, polluting…

But this one is too nice to dispose of, it brings new meaning to the chia pet.

So the money went fast, very fast and with a lot of confusion too.  But now President Obama has signed a bill to add another 2 billion dollars in emergency funds to the program. The additional funds come less than a week after confusing and conflicting messages about the program’s…

There is has been a lot more information released on the CARS.gov site and here are some very important points to remember. Your vehicle must be less than 25 years old on the trade-in date Only purchase or lease of new vehicles qualify Generally, trade-in vehicles must get 18 or…

There is lots of new information posted on the CARS site and we will be looking through it and offering opinions shortly. Consumers Bill of Rights: Qualified consumers may participate in the CARS Program between July 1, 2009 and November 1, 2009 until authorized funds are no longer available. Qualified…