Automotive Recyclers of Washington

Ever since vehicles were first manufactured in the early 1900s, they have been reused and recycled. Vehicle recyclers play a valuable role by rebuilding, recovering, and reselling usable parts from worn out or damaged vehicles, as well as recycling materials that cannot be used in their present form. They make it easy for consumers to find clean used parts for all years, makes and models of vehicles. Approximately 10 million vehicles are recycled or reused annually, making cars the number one recycled/reused product in the United States. Seventy-five percent of the material in a vehicle is currently recycled/reused, as opposed to about 61% of aluminum cans. 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.