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About AROW
AROW is the vehicle recycling
industry association in Washington
State. Over 350,000
vehicles are disposed of in Washington
State every year.
Vehicle recyclers play a key role by removing and reselling usable parts from
worn out or damaged vehicles. Reuse is even better for the environment than
even recycling because it uses less energy and other resources. Vehicle
recyclers make it easy for consumers to find clean and very serviceable used
parts for all years, makes and models of vehicles. Vehicle recyclers also
play a major role in protecting the environment by removing and recycling
vehicle fluids like oils, anti-freeze, gasoline, brake fluid, mercury
containing components, air conditioning gases, etc. Once all of the reusable
parts have been removed, they prepare the remaining vehicle for recycling.
Seventy-five percent of the material in a vehicle is currently reused or
recycled, as opposed to about 61% of aluminum cans. And, vehicle recyclers do
all of this at no cost to the public, create family wage jobs, and generate
and pay business taxes to help support federal, state and local government
operations.
Nationally, approximately 10
million vehicles are recycled or reused annually, making cars the number one
recycled/reused product in the United States. Vehicle recycling
generates approximately 12 million tons of recycled steel every year in the United States,
representing 37% of all ferrous scrap, generating an energy savings of
approximately 74%, enough energy to power 18 million households for one year.
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