That wasn’t always the case. As I’ll document in this book’s later chapters, only fifty years ago, automobiles were almost impossible to recycle, and as a result millions of abandoned car bodies cluttered and polluted American cities and the U.S. countryside. Collectively, they formed one of the most serious environmental crises in the United States—and then, due to a scrapyard innovation, the problem was solved. Today, the methods and means by which the United States solved its abandoned car problem are being adopted by China and other developing countries with eager car buyers.
Recycled Automotive
