Every year, AREA does between 60 and 80 onsite inspections of its members by a Qualified Professional. During the inspection, the facility’s Environmental Management Plan is updated as required by regulation and the facility is inspected to assess the operation to the different Federal and Provincial regulations. The frequency of inspection is based largely on […]
The Automotive Recyclers Environmental Association, the BC Chapter of the Kidney Car Foundation and Schnitzer Steel have partnered to clean up First Nations communities and promote kidney health for First Nations peoples. First Nations peoples have a genetic predisposition to chronic kidney disease and the early detection through targetted screening using a simple blood test
A Brief History of the Auto Recyclers Environmental Code of Practice http://carec.ca/carec-en-homepage.htm In the 1990’s, BC was the first Province to develop an Environmental Code of Practice (CoP) and a Certification Program for the automotive recyclers. Currently, there are over 200 automotive recyclers in BC that are Certified by AREA to the CoP. The CoP
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Welcome to the Automotive Recyclers Environmental Association’s password protected ELV Management Information website that will help the Ministry of Environment and the Department of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada: determine compliance of AREA Members with Federal and Provincial laws; highlight non-compliant auto recyclers; and, manage ELVs in Remote Communities. There are 5 different markers
The purpose of this map is to locate the Automotive Recyclers on Federal Lands and the remote First Nations communities with Recycling Strategies. The markers are: Green: Auto Recyclers on Reserve Lands Certified to National Code of Practice; Red: Auto Recyclers on Reserve Lands not certified to National Code of Practice; Blue: Remote Communities that
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Welcome to the Automotive Recyclers Environmental Association’s website that will help you recycle your end-of-life vehicles with a certified automotive recycler. Type in your community or your postal code and the closest certified automotive recycler and instructions will appear. All vehicles will be recycled to all Federal and Provincial environmental standards by the recyclers on
