• SYNETIQ signs green parts deal with esure
    • 17/02/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    SYNETIQ has signed a green parts contract with esure to supply quality graded, recycled parts to its repairer network. The procurement of environmentally sustainable parts will allow esure to continue work on the decarbonisation of its supply chain. The new agreement is the expansion of an existing partnership [...]
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  • Recycling target in the can
    • 26/07/2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Salvage, dismantling and recycling company SYNETIQ has reported that it extracts about 5,200 tonnes of aluminium during the vehicle recycling process each year. This would be enough to create 346 million drinks cans. The company redistributes it back into the supply chain as part of its integrated, circular [...]
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  • Emissions tracking firm receives substantial funding
    • 11/06/2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Circulor has secured US$14m (£9.88m) in funding to support further growth. Circular helps companies such as Volvo and Polestar measure and track CO2 emissions within supply chains. It will use the investment to drive ongoing innovation and extend its presence in North America and Asia. Douglas [...]
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  • VW emissions scandal continues
    • 04/11/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Shares in Volkswagen have dropped after it reported ‘irregularities’ in carbon dioxide emissions levels, which could affect around 800,000 cars in Europe. VW said the problem, which it came across while investigating diesel emissions, could cost the firm around €2bn (£1.4bn). This new issue could affect [...]
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  • CO2 emissions continue to fall
    • 28/04/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    UK average new car CO2 emissions fall to all-time low of 124.6g/km, beating EU target by 4.2%. The UK has once again beaten CO2 emissions targets, with the average new car in 2014 posting CO2 emissions 4.2% below this year’s EU-wide target of 130g/km, according to a Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders [...]
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  • Audi steps up e-diesel production
    • 23/04/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Audi has taken another big step in the development of new, CO2-neutral fuels: a pilot plant in Dresden, Germany, has started production of the synthetic fuel Audi e-diesel. After a commissioning phase of just four months, the research facility in Dresden started producing its first batches of high-quality diesel [...]
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  • CO2 emissions continue downward trend
    • 16/04/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    According to the figures published by the European Environment Agency (EEA) yesterday, in 2014 average new car emissions were 123.4g CO2/km compared to 186g CO2/km in 1995 - a 33.7% decrease over the period. This is the result of the long-term efforts of the automobile industry, which have been sustained both with [...]
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