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Cash For Clunkers Cars Stacking Up, Can't Be Recycled Quickly Enough

By Nelson Ireson's avatar Nelson IresonNelson Ireson, October 26th, 2009

Cash For Clunkers Cars Stacking Up, Can't Be Recycled Quickly Enough

The Cash For Clunkers, or CARS, program was rather successful in collecting old, junky cars--but it's having a hard time getting rid of them. And that is translating into a lot longer--and potentially dirtier--process than had originally been anticipated.

Recycling the clunkers cars is one of the core tenets of the program, which was founded at least partially on the pollution reduction from getting so many old, inefficient cars off the streets. Its stimulus effect was certainly welcome by the industry and public alike, and now that the sales portion of the program is over, all that's left is the cleanup, but the recyclers are struggling to...

The Cash For Clunkers, or CARS, program was rather successful in collecting old, junky cars--but it's having a hard time getting rid of them. And that is translating into a lot longer--and potentially dirtier--process than had originally been anticipated. Recycling the clunkers cars is one of the core tenets of the program, which was founded at least partially on the pollution reduction from getting so many old, inefficient cars off the streets. Its stimulus effect was certainly welcome by the industry and public alike, and now that the sales portion of the program is over, all that's left is the cleanup, but the recyclers are struggling to... Read More

Tags: cash for clunkers, Car Allowance Rebate System, recycling, C4C