Green Auto Repair News
Body Shop Pollution
GreenRepairNow.comThe Environmental Protection Agency produced a community information sheet about body shop pollution. This helped to lead many repair shops to start working toward becoming more environmentally friendly. Here is the sheet for you to learn from as well.
Pollution-Related Deaths
GreenRepairNow.comOften we thing of being green as something that helps the enviroment be better. And this is true, but around the world pollution is not something that just causes trees to die, but real people. By choosing a green auto repair shop you might not be saving a life, but you are becoming part of the solution instead of causing just a little more damage. Science Daily has the story.
Dirtiest Air in America, 1969
GreenRepairNow.comChattanooga has fought hard over the recent years to clean the air you and I breathe every second. It has not always been that way. The Realty Times takes a look back into the past.
More Getting Trained with Waterborne
GreenRepairNow.comThere are even more repair shops discovering the benefits of using waterborne paint. The company PPG Automotive Refinish says that "more than 10,000 technicians" are now trained to use waterborne paints. We here at Green Repair Now are excited about the prospect of more shops using environmentally friendly paints. Together we can increase the rate at which we decrease our CO2 emissions.
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Car Care Council launches new website Search-Autoparts.com A frequently-updated blog shares the latest tips and advice, and the site features a comprehensive repair shop locator and a vehicle systems overview. The council's popular Car Care Guide and the new “Ask a Tech” and “Go Green” sections offer insight ... |
 Akron Beacon Journal | Fire breaks out at auto repair, box supply building in Green Akron Beacon Journal By Jim Carney Deputies and Green, Uniontown, Coventry and New Franklin fire personnel respond to a blaze at the Car Tech Collision and All American Box & Supply building, 2984 Chenoweth Road in Green.(Photo courtesy Chris Bayle) GREEN: Nate Wilmoth and ... Fire damages Green commercial building |
Now We Know: The Mechanics You Trust Patch.com Missy Ingle praised Lake and Green Bay BP Auto Care's connection to the community, noting that the owner and his mother and two sisters are from Wilmette and that the business regularly contributes to the village's charities. "The service at the ... |
New Jersey Green Automotive Business Program Re-Certifies Shade Tree Garage as ... PR.com (press release) Morristown, NJ, February 12, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Shade Tree Garage was recently awarded “green” re-certification by the New Jersey Green Automotive Repair Program (NJGARP). With the re-certification they were recognized by NJGARP for implementing ... |
 Autochannel | Virtually All Auto Repair Shops Recycle Scrap Metal Auto Service World Auto repair shops are playing a key role in protecting the environment with 96% of US shops reporting they recycle the scrap metal from automotive components, according to a study done by the Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association (AAIA). 96 Percent of Auto Repair Shops Recycle Scrap Metal |