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Silverlake Automotive Recycling extends police service
- 18/07/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Silverlake Automotive Recycling has won two four-year contracts with police forces to dispose of vehicles via recycling or auction. The company renewed a contract that is has held since 2014 with Sussex & Surrey Police, while also winning via competitive tender a new contract with Hampshire & IOW [...] -
Copart expands with Chelmsford Operation Centre
- 03/07/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Copart UK is increasing capacity by 25% in the South East with a new Operation Centre in Chelmsford. The new 30-acre site joins existing facilities in Colchester, Rochford, Sandwich, Sandy, and Wisbech. It forms part of the company’s ongoing strategy of expansion which will see further announcements around [...] -
Copart lends weight to Global Car Recycling Day
- 20/06/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Copart is urging the industry to join it in supporting Global Car Recycling Day. The international event, taking place today for the second time, is being held to encourage the industry to make recycling vehicles and their parts a greater priority in order to protect the environment. With more than 1.4 billion [...] -
Europcar Mobility celebrates recycling successes
- 30/05/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Europcar Mobility Group UK has announced that recycling parts from its own fleets helped it save more than 76,000kg of CO2 last year. This equates to the emissions generated by 9.2 million mobile phones. Mark Newberry, commercial director and sustainability spokesperson at Europcar Mobility Group UK, said: “At [...] -
VWG UK signs EV battery recycling deal
- 29/02/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Volkswagen Group UK has signed an agreement with battery recycling experts Ecobat to collect and recycle electric vehicle (EV) batteries. As part of the deal, Ecobat will collect EV batteries from dealers, distributors, and end-of-life recycling centres. The batteries will then be processed at Ecobat’s new UK [...] -
Silverlake partners Sunflower to support Ukraine
- 06/02/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Silverlake has partnered with charity UK Sunflower Aid to send recycled vehicle first aid kits to Ukraine to help refugees affected by the war. The company is also supplying fuel for the charity’s vans. The partnership has already seen Silverlake collect and ship over 1,500 first aid kits from its Shedfield [...] -
Copart to develop largest UK Super Centre
- 11/01/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Online vehicle remarketing and recycling specialist Copart UK has announced an expansion of its Sandtoft Super Centre. The site is being developed to create a huge 130-acre site following the acquisition of a 20-acre site alongside the 65 acres of land recently added to the existing Super Centre. Following work, [...] -
SYNETIQ signs innovative EV battery deal
- 10/01/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Vehicle salvage, dismantling, and recycling company SYNETIQ has agreed a new collaboration to develop sustainable solutions for EV batteries at the end of their life. The IAA company is working with Allye Energy, a smart battery technology platform specialising in distributed energy storage at the grid edge. This [...] -
SYNETIQ celebrates Professional Vehicle Recycling Award
- 21/11/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
SYNETIQ, an IAA company, has received the Vehicle Recycling Company (Large) Award at the 2023 ATF Professional Vehicle Recycling Awards. The accolade, which recognises business excellence within the vehicle recycling industry, and celebrates those wo have developed and grown while making a positive contribution to [...] -
Copart announces Westbury expansion
- 28/07/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Global leader in online vehicle remarketing and recycling Copart UK has announced further expansion plans in the South West of England as part of its ongoing growth programme. It is acquiring over nine acres of land beside its current site at Westbury in Wiltshire. Once works are completed it will become an [...]