| onment awareness has increased around the | | | | tanks. These should be labeled and inspected on a |
| world together with the necessity for better | | | | regular basis in order to prevent alterations or |
| regulations that will allow automotive salvage | | | | leaks. In case they are deposited outside the |
| become a safe environmental occupation. Under | | | | salvage yard, they must be equipped with a |
| law enforcement, automakers should take care of | | | | double protection system from the external |
| their products from cradle to grave. Carmakers | | | | environment. |
| are subjects to great international pressure and | | | | One great advantage that automotive salvage |
| urging that all dismantled car pieces, wrecks and | | | | has is that it makes possible the reduction of the |
| carcasses should no longer pile up in waste metal | | | | production price per component in big vehicle |
| yards, but be reused or recycled. | | | | companies that can invest in recycling items or |
| Is it just metal piling up in salvage yards, which | | | | reconditioning them for reuse. Some automakers |
| has brought automotive salvage into the spot | | | | are also talking about increasing the number of |
| light? Only partially; as there remains the risk of | | | | recycling points, where automotive salvage might |
| chemical pollution and infestation due to all the | | | | become the starting point for alternative building |
| vehicle fluids that pollute the soil, should there be | | | | materials. |
| any leakage. Those company owners that deal in | | | | The question that has brought much heated |
| car dismantling should follow some general basic | | | | debate is: "To whose expense?" Who pays for |
| environmental security rules when fragmenting | | | | automotive salvage that is for dismantling, for |
| cars to pieces. | | | | reusing, for recycling? The answer to this may be |
| The best way to minimize spill-over during | | | | the answer to a whole bunch of environment |
| automotive salvage operations is by evacuating | | | | issues that originate in careless automotive |
| fluids before dismantling and depositing these fluids | | | | salvage in junkyards. |
| to safe tanks or containers. Fluids should be | | | | Managing the automotive salvage yards would |
| immediately removed from all the constituents of | | | | dramatically reduce the amount of scrap that fills |
| the vehicle. If this were not possible, check for | | | | the land. There are thousands of independent |
| leaks, and in case you find any, isolate them and | | | | automotive salvage yards owners who need a |
| reduce the risk of contamination. | | | | efficient recycling system as they see the pile |
| The fluids that result from dismantling automotive | | | | growing on their property, as not all of it can be |
| salvage should be kept in safe containers or | | | | sold or re-used without reconditioning. |