Warning: Scrap danger
October 15th, 2010 by Richard Aucock
FORECASTERS say more cars will be built in the next 20 years than in the ENTIRE HISTORY of the car industry to date!
This is set to create problems for car manufacturers and owners alike, if the worldwide recycling business does not create international standards.
There is a fear that millions of scrapped cars could actually find their way back onto the roads, says online salvage auction Bluecycle.
Reputation manager there is Andy Latham, who wants a worldwide code of practice to tackle the ‘clear and present danger’ of rising cars and scrapped cars crossing borders to evade detection.’
The increasing cost and complexity of modern cars means many more cars are set to be scrapped due to uneconomic repair viability of a single component – but which may still be models that are driveable.
He’s speaking on this issue at the USA Automotive Recycling Association annual convention in Texas next week. Over there, he’s going to champion his global Code of Practice idea.
Code of Practice
‘Vehicle salvage has global reach now but there are differing standards of repair and legislation regarding recycled or ‘green’ parts, not to mention a severe lack of information exchange and documentation control.
‘Continuing technical advances are making vehicle repair much harder and more expensive and this has the potential for sub-standard repair and fraud to increase on a global scale unless collective measures are taken to address these issues.’
Such as, he’ll argue, introducing a new code of practice.
He’ll also say that if salvagers don’t do anything, lives will be at risk from dangerous vehicles – which may lead individual Governments to spend big on yet more legislation.
‘There is a tremendous opportunity for the international salvage community to make a major contribution to the safety of motorists everywhere, not to mention the environmental benefits we can achieve.
‘A single code of practice would empower the industry into change.’
By Richard Aucock
Tags: bluecycle, government, legislation, scrap car, scrappage
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