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“fluff,” is disposed of in landfills. Automotive fluff accounts for about 1.5 percent of the garbage that goes into landfills, compared with almost 40 percent for paper products and close to 20 percent for yard waste. .
The North American Automobile M'ahufacturers (Chrysler, Ford and General Motors), as well as others globally, recognize that the ideal goal is to make vehicles as close to 100 percent recyclable as possible. They’ve bought into the process with commitments and guidelines to improve ' vehicle recyclability, and by working to preserve what is now a viable — and profitable — recycling industry.
At Ford, Susan Day is the company’s vehicle recycling coordinator. Susan sometimes describes herself as Ford’s “goddess of garbage.” She’s a catalyst for vehicle recycling within the company, helping to develop and facilitate programs that advance recycling for Ford cars and trucks.
Susan points out that Ford was the first automaker in North America to introduce recycling guidelines to its suppliers and engineers worldwide.
“These guidelines stress the fact that all of our vehicles should be designed with recycling in mind,” Ms. Day said, “using as many recyclable materials as possible, making the vehicles as easy as possible for dismpntlers to disassemble, and marking plastic parts so recyclers know how to handle them.
“The second part of our effort involves the use of recycled consumer goods, such as plastic soda bottles and used tires, to make components that meet our existing standards for quality and performance,” she said.
Some of those components include splash shields made from old battery casings: grille reinforcement, luggage racks and trunk carpeting made from plastic 2-liter pop bottles; and parking brake pads and step-in \ plates for minivans made from old tires.
Right now, the automobile is one of the most recyclable of all durable goods, thanks to the efforts of manufacturers, their suppli-ers, and the whole recycling industry.
So, if you ever get snarled at by a junkyard dog, cut the pooch some slack. Remember in a way he’s working to protect the environment, too. Just don’t try to pet him
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