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Synetiq calls for industry-wide EV strategy
- 13/10/2022
- 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 [...] -
Copart secures Living Wage status
- 24/08/2022
- 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 [...] -
LV= secures green parts contract
- 25/07/2022
- 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 [...] -
Copart CEO recognised in Women awards
- 20/06/2022
- 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 [...] -
SYNETIQ achieves 96% recycling rate
- 23/11/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
SYNETIQ has announced it now recycles an average of 96.3% 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 [...] -
Ageas celebrates green parts landmark
- 22/11/2021
- 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 [...] -
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 [...] -
Volvo steps up recycling
- 18/06/2018
- 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 [...]
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