Auto Recycling World speaks to Shan Lathem, President of Cocoa Auto Salvage, Inc., based in Florida, US, about her new position as the recently elected President of the Automotive Recyclers Association, what she hopes to achieve, her thoughts on the auto recycling industry, and where it is headed especially when it comes to collaboration between industry stakeholders.
After a recently published announcement regarding a new report highlighting opportunities to harmonize the developing EV battery management ecosystem across Canada, Jeff Haltrecht, Executive at Call2Recycle, North America’s largest battery recycling program, provides Auto Recycling World readers with a deeper understanding of the points raised.
In 2021, 97,959 cars were scrapped in Denmark. Up to 70% from these cars was reused or recycled, while around 30% ended up as waste, which ends up in either landfill or incineration.
Kathy Zdravevski, Industry Policy Advisor (IPA) for the Automotive Dismantlers and Recyclers, the body repair and towing operator divisions of the Victorian Automotive Chamber of Commerce (VACC), tells Auto Recycling World more about her role, her take on the correlation between their sector and body repair, the challenges faced by the auto recycling industry in Australia, and government policy on EV recycling.
Paul Delaney, Chief Operating Officer at Fenix Parts, US-based auto recyclers and parts supplier, tells Auto Recycling World more about the company’s recent acquisitions and his thoughts on consolidations within the auto recycling industry.
The electrification of the global car fleet is underway and promises to grow exponentially in the coming years. As research and development departments of major manufacturers are now looking at the car of the future, they must also increasingly anticipate the end of the vehicle’s life and its recycling.
Olivier FRANCOIS, President of the steering committee IARC, and President of EuRIC, discusses topics raised during this year’s International Automotive Recycling Congress and their possible effects on the ELV industry.
Mobilians, the main movement of entrepreneurs in the mobility industry, including, vehicle trade, fuel and new energy distribution, repair, recycling and all automotive services, discusses the reason for EPR Systems for ELVs in France, and its challenges with regard to the organisation.
Rarely in our present day, have we been able to pause and reflect on the changes we have faced in this new era. What is undeniable is how, industry-wide, there has been an incredible ability to adapt, and overcome adversity with solution. This has been crucial in the evolution of the auto recycling industry as we know it.
Auto Recycling World spoke to Jose Amaral, Director of Operations at VALORCAR, a private, non-profit entity, licensed to manage the integrated management system for ELVs and waste batteries and accumulators in Portugal, to find out about the operation, its relationship with ATFs and government, and what pursuits are planned for the future.
Steve Fletcher, Managing Director of the Automotive Recyclers of Canada, discusses the change in the relationship between salvage auction and auto recycler, and how better communication between all industry stakeholders could open up better opportunities down the line.
Matthias Hummel, Key Account Manager at KUMAsoft GmbH, based in Germany, tells Auto Recycling World about the creation of ClaimParts software and supplier of high-quality, used auto parts and how the continued use of these parts puts us into a more sustainable future.
Auto Recycling World finds out about the work the Italian Vehicle Recycling Association (ADA) is doing to combat illegal activity in the vehicle recycling sector.
Edmund Schwenk, Metallurgist/CEO of Noble6, formerly PGM Recovery Systems, a US-based automotive precious metals experts, discusses the difference between CATs for gasoline and diesel engines and their value to the auto recycler.
Susanna Gotsch, Sr. Industry Analyst, CCC Intelligent Solutions, provides a summary regarding supply chain issues of auto parts, the effect this has had on the auto industry, and what this means for suppliers of secondhand auto parts.
Vicente Comesaña, CEO of Multibreves Network S.L., a Spain-based company offering software for vehicle recyclers to sell auto parts online in Europe, speaks to Auto Recycling World about the benefits of using such software.
Rafael Gómez, Second Vice President of the Andalusian Association of Dismantlers (AAD) and owner of Provaluta España Reciclaje de Metales, SL, a vehicle recycling centre based in Córdoba-Andalucia, Spain, provides Auto Recycling World with his view on the current situation concerning the vehicle recycling industry in his country, how the market compares to pre-COVID and since our last interview, what involvement has the AAD had to make changes to the industry.
“You can’t just keep doing what works one time, everything around you is changing. To succeed, stay out in front of change.”
– Sam Walton
Earlier in the year, Adam Małyszko, CEO of the Association of Car Recycling (FORS) in Poland, spoke to Auto Recycling World about his views on where the vehicle recycling industry was headed. We caught up with Adam to see whether or not his predictions about 2022 were accurate.
Andreas Frossberg, the Chairman of Sweden’s National Association of Car Dealers, provides his thoughts on what the very near future holds for EVs with regard to sustainable vehicle recycling in Sweden.
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