5/1/2009 Canada's vehicle recycling program drives British Columbia's future
Ali Pecoskie

British Columbia residents will soon
breathe easier thanks to Canada's new vehicle recycling program, Retire Your Ride. The program aims to prevent the release of 1,944,000 kilograms of smog-forming emissions into British Columbia's air by removing 36,000 vehicles from Canadian roads before the program ends on March 31, 2011.

Managed and delivered locally by Scrap-It and nationally by Clean Air Foundation, Retire Your Ride effectively and efficiently recycles 1995 model year or older vehicles in an environmentally responsible manner. This national initiative is
an effort to improve air quality and encourage the use of sustainable
transportation.

"If your car is 1995 model year or older, you might as well think of it
as a chimney on wheels," says Dan Hopkyns, Program Director for Retire Your Ride at Scrap-It. "A 1995 model year and older vehicle produces 19 times more air pollution than 2004 and newer models. This voluntary program provides an opportunity to do a 'clean sweep' on your environmental impact."

The strength of the program is in the three R's: Registration. Recycle.
Rewards.



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