noble metals

11.21.09

Recyclable Cars

Cars are (surprisingly) the world's most recycled product. Find out which parts of your car end up as landfill, and which parts don't
By Alison Lakin, Associate Editor, DriverSide.com Posted 05.08.2009 at 1:18 pm 1 Comment

Each year, around 10 million vehicles are disposed of in the United States. Before vexing your conscience though, you should know that over 95 percent of these “retired” cars head straight to one of the 7,000 vehicle recycling operations around the country and 75 percent of these cars' parts are completely recycled, letting cars claim top spot as the world's most recycled product.

DriverSide explores what happens to these automotive materials.

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Spark of Destruction

The plugs inside your car fire a charge hot enough to wear away metal. Here´s how to re-create that process, only bigger
By Theodore Gray Posted 05.01.2007 at 1:00 am 1 Comment

Make Your Own Sparks

Cost: $270
Time: 20
Minutes
Safe | | | | |
Crazy

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