This topic could drive you crazy. Fortunately considerable attention is being paid to addressing waste issues through the lens of the automobile.
Setting aside for the moment the SUV-sized issues of fuel source and miles per gallon, you still have to address such questions as:
- What materials are used to make our vehicles, and are they recyclable?
- What are the environmental impacts of our cars during their long, useful lives (for example, where does all that tire tread and windshield washer fluid go?)
- How do we manage our car’s final demise, especially after you have harvested any useful metals and are left with auto-shred residue?
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This market assessment sought to understand if the processing infrastructure for batteries from Electric Drive Vehicles (EDV) in North America will be sufficient for the
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Full Circle — in concert with Triangle Associates — assisted the City with issues regarding effluent from vehicle washing reaching storm drains. This work
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Full Circle has devoted considerable time to used oil policy and program development. Core projects included expansion of used oil collection infrastructure, developing award-winning public
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This broadly recognized program—documented in a peer reviewed journal and a nationally-distributed trade magazine—has achieved a recycling rate above 90% for used motor oil from
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Full Circle provided implementation support for the City of Bellevue and the City of Redmond’s participation in the regional Don’t Drip & Drive—Fix That Leak
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For several years, Full Circle has partnered with the skilled and professional team at Triangle Associates to provide charity car wash outreach on behalf of
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Environmental policy on automobiles has traditionally focused on fuel efficiency and end-of-pipe emissions rather than considering the impacts and issues surrounding the automobile as a
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In this multi-year project, Full Circle’s Eden Mack and David Stitzhal have supported efforts by the WA State Department of Ecology and Region 10 EPA
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