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These days, there are many new cars made from recycled materials that are not only easier on the environment, but also on your budget as well.
Your Car is Made of Trash
Amanda Hart
Everyday we are becoming a more environmentally conscious society, and the automotive industry is constantly under the microscope on this issue. One of the biggest ways car makers can help mother Earth is by making cars from recycled materials.
Recycling used vehicles is a massive industry. With over 10 million vehicles recycled every year, cars are by far the most recycled product in the United States. Using old steel takes 74% less energy to use than making new steel, and an average new car's body is made of about 25% recycled steel.
There are many benefits to recycling cars. It marginally slows down our carbon emissions, which helps our environment. It also takes an immense amount of metal, over 11 million tons, out of landfills and back into the market.
Metal isn't the only thing reused in new cars, about 75% of a vehicle is able to be reused, and many recycled materials were never from a car to begin with. Many plastic materials found in your new car very well could have been a soda bottle in its previous life.
Even things you may not expect to be recycled into cars are used these days, such as old carpet, blue jeans and high-density polyethylene materials. Your steering wheel might have been a laundry detergent jug a couple of years ago.
Two eco friendly auto makers on the forefront of recycling car materials are GM and Ford. These two American automotive giants have come up with innovative applications for reusable materials.
For instance, the Ford Taurus and Lincoln MKZ had very nice seats that were surprisingly made of reused plastic bottles and yarn. The GMC Acadia is also made of a lot of recycled materials, and 85% of the 4 cylinder crossover SUV Acadia is said to be salvageable.
Buying new hybrid cars for sale or lower emission vehicles isn't the only way you can help the environment with your new car. The soda bottle you drink and the trash you throw away today could be the car you drive next year.
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