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ARA Updates
Industry news from the national association
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LSB Financial
Waterloo, IA
MCI Core
St Louis, MO
Metro Salvage Pool
Des Moines, IA
Nordstrom's Automotive, Inc.
Garretson, SD
OverBuilt, Inc.
Huron, SD
Pal Fleet Truck Equipment
Council Bluffs, IA
PAM's Auto
St Cloud, MN
Panhandle Converter
Recycling
Dothan, AL
PDCM Insurance
Waterloo, IA
Professional Automotive Recycling Industry Well Repre-
sented at First G7 Workshop on "Life Cycle Concepts" -
Focus on the Auto Sector
ARA and other recycling industry stakeholders actively participated in the G7
Alliance on Resource Efficiency's first workshop on March 22 - 23. The 2-day
event in Arlington, Virginia was entitled "U.S. Workshop on the Use of Life
Cycle Concepts in Supply Chain Management to Achieve Resource Efficien-
cy" and was focused on the auto sector.
ARA President Mike Swift was a presenter on
the first panel and discussed the framework of
the professional automotive recycling industry
and the necessity of the OEM's partnering
with recyclers in life cycle design through end-
of-life strategic planning. His comments were
extremely well received by other presenters
and workshop participants. ARA CEO Michael
Wilson, ARA Director of Policy and Political
Affairs Delanne Bernier, Car-Part's Jeff
Schroder, Hollander's Anders Moeller, and
Eric Harris of ISRI also participated in the two-
day sessions.
The workshop was orchestrated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agen-
cy (EPA) and participants included representatives from U.S. and foreign
governments, scholars from academia, automakers and other domestic and
international auto industry stakeholders as well as experts in life cycle and
sustainability from other manufacturing industries. The focus centered on dia-
logs between the public and private sectors, discussions of life cycle and
supply chain analysis and end-of-life challenges. The Alliance was estab-
lished "...to serve as a forum to share knowledge, create information net-
works across G7 countries, and encourage collaboration with large and small
businesses and relevant stakeholders to advance resource efficiency, pro-
mote voluntary best practices, and foster innovation." This workshop was a
direct result of the annual summit of G7 countries in Germany in June 2015.
Current G7 members and participants are Germany, France, United King-
dom, Italy, Japan, Canada, United States and the European Union. ARA is
proud to have been invited to be an active participant in this ground breaking
event to educate domestic and international auto industry stakeholders and
governmental entities on the critical importance of a robust global automotive
recycling sector.