Green living refers to an activity that helps minimize or eliminate environmental toxins and improving personal health and Energy. There are many activities that can have a positive impact on the environment, such as consumption of organically grown foods, choose paper bags instead of plastic bags, cans recycling of beer, the Installation of an ecological flooring in your home or driving a fuel efficient car. A recent emerging trend is the recycling of cars to achieve a greener environment.
When the majority of cars have had their day, they are taken to the scrap yards where cars are shredded and other equipment (including mainly iron and steel) is then recycled in automobiles, household appliances and other products. Automobiles are one of the most recycled in the world as three of the four tons of new steel is made from recycled steel products. Other auto parts such as brake pads, shoes, oil filters, rubber seals, polyurethane foam seat, seat covers, floor mats, wheel rims, windshield and side windows glass can also be recycled for use in new cars.
Automobile Recycling provides countless benefits to the environment. It helps to preserve natural resources and protect the environment against contamination by recycling used parts and components. It helps reduce water and air pollution and saves landfill space. As the automobile recycling minimizes the need for processing virgin materials, it helps to reduce emissions of greenhouse gas in particular sulfur dioxide that have adverse effects on the environment and human health.
Automobile recycling uses far less energy than that required for the manufacture of cars. This, in turn, reduces the amounts of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and other carbon compounds in the atmosphere and preserves valuable gas reserves of coal and oil. The recycling of vehicles and their spare parts can save up to 80 million barrels of oil and 40,000 tons of coal per year.
Automobile Recycling saves energy than recycling a kilogram of steel saves enough energy to power a 60-watt bulb for 85 hours. The recycling of automotive glass (windshields and sunroofs) helps reduce water pollution by 45 percent and 25 percent of air pollution. The metal recycling saves up to 70 percent energy and water consumption by 30 percent. Recycling one ton of oil filters not only save 9 cubic yards of landfill space, but it also gives 1,700 pounds of steel. The recycling of oil filters helps prevent petroleum hydrocarbons contaminate water, air and soil. It helps reduce water pollution by about 75 percent of the air pollution and 80 percent. Recycling the brake pads and shoes produces a combination of synthetic materials and copper.
Auto recyclers should control the recycling operations at the demolition sites to reduce the risk of releasing hazardous petroleum compounds and toxic liquids into the environment. Heavy metals such as cadmium, lead, arsenic, mercury, aluminum and chromium should not be allowed to infiltrate the ground. Similarly, solvent acids, batteries and degreasers should be disposed of properly, because they can interfere with the chemistry of the soil and create health risks to marine life and humans.
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