• Silverlake bolsters senior leadership team

    • 3 November 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Silverlake Automotive Recycling has appointed Greg Rose to the newly-created role of continuous improvement manager He will help to develop, refine and streamline processes across the business to ensure maximum return on every salvage vehicle, either through re-marketing and auction or via dismantling and the [...]
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  • Synetiq calls for industry-wide EV strategy

    • 13 October 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Synetiq is calling for a collaborative industry approach to identify a solution for safe recycling of EV batteries within the next 12-24 months This is after it reported a tenfold increase in electrified car and van disposal over the last two years The government’s multimillion pound Local EV Infrastructure [...]
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  • Copart secures Living Wage status

    • 24 August 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Online vehicle remarketing and recycling specialist Copart UK has announced that it is now officially an accredited Living Wage Employer Copart’s Living Wage Employer accreditation joins a set of social responsibilities which the company supports and encourages their partners, stakeholders, and suppliers to align [...]
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  • LV= secures green parts contract

    • 25 July 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    (LV= GI) has entered into an agreement with Synetiq to increase the number of green parts used to repair vehicles The commitment to green parts continues LV=’s focus on sustainability; its offices are now powered 100% by renewable electricity and the company is also working to cut greenhouse gas emissions, paper [...]
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  • Copart CEO recognised in Women awards

    • 20 June 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Categories: Featured, News
    CEO of Copart UK & Ireland Jane Pocock was a finalist in the Executive Category of the 2022 Autocar Great Women in the British Car Industry Top 100 The event which celebrates the most influential women in the British car industry across categories including marketing, sales, vehicle development, and [...]
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  • SYNETIQ achieves 96% recycling rate

    • 23 November 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    SYNETIQ has announced it now recycles an average of 963% of each vehicle it processes Thanks to investment in training, data systems managing the inventory of stock and innovative operational processes, the new figure is thought to be the highest within the vehicle recycling industry By maximising the potential [...]
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  • Ageas celebrates green parts landmark

    • 22 November 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Ageas has announced it is now using green parts in around one in five of its vehicle repairs following the expansion of its green parts programme and willingness of its repair network to embrace more sustainable repairs Ageas pushed the accelerator on its use of green car parts in March 2020, following a successful [...]
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  • Recycling target in the can

    • 26 July 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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  • Volvo steps up recycling

    • 18 June 2018
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, today announced its ambition that from 2025 at least 25 per cent of the plastics used in every newly launched Volvo car will be made from recycled material Volvo Cars also urged auto industry suppliers to work more closely with car makers to develop next-generation components that [...]
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