ARA members from nearly 30 states were in Washington, D.C. on April 18-19, 2016 to attend the 9th Annual State Legislative Summit and ARA Hill Day. Held at the popular W Hotel next to the White House, attendees spent the two days On Monday, April 18 ARA members focused on state legislative issues impacting the professional automotive recycling industry. […]
The Automotive Recyclers Association (ARA) today is commending Representative Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) for introducing legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives to help protect consumers, support small businesses, and improve vehicle safety by requiring automotive manufacturers to provide original equipment manufacturer (OEM) part data to professional automotive recyclers and other vehicle owners. H.R. 5967 would […]
The Automotive Recyclers Association (ARA) today is admonishing General Motors (GM) and its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mary Barra for GM’s new anti-environmental position on the utilization of recycled GM parts. GM’s revised position statement on recycled and salvage original equipment manufacturers’ (OEM) parts, found on the corporation’s updated “Genuine GM Parts” website, significantly backtracks […]
In an August 5, 2016 comment letter to the U.S. Department of Justice regarding the Partial Consent Decree for Volkswagen diesel vehicles, ARA urged the Department to adopt language that allows the owners of VW engines, not just the entire vehicle, to be “Eligible Owners” eligible for remedy under the recall program. Each day over 500,000 […]
