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REMANUFACTURING PARTS Remanufacturing automotive parts typically reuses about 88% of the raw materials from the original parts. Remanufacturers have been “recycling” for more than 80 years.* Rebuilt engines require of the energy and 67% of the labor that is required to produce new engines. Remanufacturing automotive parts typically reuses about 88 percent of the raw materials from the original parts. Remanufacturers have been “recycling” for more than 80 years.* In remanufacturing, worn-out, missing or non-functioning components are replaced with new or rebuilt components, and the part is reassembled and tested for compliance with performance speciﬁcations. A rebuilt part normally costs 50-75 percent of the cost of a comparable new one, and customarily carries the same warranty. Nearly 58 percent of companies surveyed by AAIA manufacture, distribute, use or sell remanufactured products. The value of remanufactured parts was about $40 billion in the U.S. in 2009, based on estimates by APRA.* remanufacturing PARTS 50% The Environmental Impact About 50 percent of the original starter is recovered in the remanufacturing process, for example. This can result in annual savings in the U.S. of 8.2 million gallons of crude oil from steel manufacturing, 51,500 tons of iron ore, and 6,000 tons of copper and other metals. Rebuilt engines require 50 percent of the energy and 67 percent of the labor that is required to produce new engines. The yearly energy savings by remanufacturing worldwide equals the electricity generated by ﬁve nuclear power plants or 10,774,000 barrels of crude oil, which corresponds to a ﬂeet of 233 oil tankers.** The yearly raw materials saved by remanufacturing worldwide would ﬁll 155,000 railroad cars forming a train 1,110 miles long.** * Automotive Parts Rebuilders Association (APRA) ** The Fraunhofer Institute, Stuggart, Germany The Automotive Aftermarket’s Green Story

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Recycling Engine Oil
Recycling Batteries
Remanufacturing Parts
Recycling Tires
Recycling Oil Filters
Recycling Wood Pallets
Recycling Cardboard and Paper
Recycling Parts Cleaning Solvents
Recycling Scrap Metal
Recycling Dunnage
Recycling Plastics
Recycling A/C Refrigerant

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