Stellantis Launches First Vehicle Dismantling Center In South America

Stellantis Launches First Vehicle Dismantling Center In South America​

New São Paulo Facility Aims To Recycle Up To 8,000 Vehicles A Year​

Stellantis has officially opened its first Circular AutoPeças Vehicle Dismantling Center in Osasco, São Paulo, Brazil — marking a major step forward for sustainable automotive practices in South America. The company becomes the first automaker in the region to invest in a dedicated vehicle dismantling operation, a move designed to extend the life of auto parts, reduce waste, and help the environment.

Stellantis Launches First Vehicle Dismantling Center In South America

Stellantis launches its first vehicle dismantling center in South America, promoting sustainable automotive practices in Brazil.

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[The Mopar Junkie]

My buddy Marlos Vey Nidal from AutosSegredos got to go here and see it first hand

 

[bill burke]

Seems like a good test bed for Stellantis to evaluate this process. It does, at first blush, seem to have positive economic and environmental value and it gives manufacturers more control over the true lifespan of their vehicles.
No doubt after market salvage businesses will not be pleased, but it would seem that corporate involvement in the dismantling of useful, and at the same time, potentially pollution generating byproducts would be handled with more care and accountability by manufacturers.
In my first ventures as a young teen into hot rodding, on too many Saturdays I would wander the junk yards in Queens searching for treasure, parts that would augment my weekend hobby. How many times I returned home and my dad would scold me for bringing that “crap” home and I better “use it or lose it” because our driveway wasn’t an auto graveyard. Every junked Chrysler, Dodge, DeSoto and Plymouth became precious finds that I couldn’t resist. If it weren’t for junk parts my fast (not really) first drag cars would have never been built and my Saturday mornings might have been spent studying Algebra or mowing the lawn. These days you can find everything on line so the Junkyards are fading away. Kind of sad in a way. Yea, I still managed to do well in Algebra, but importantly, I hot rodded my junk yard worthy ‘56 Plymouth, (AKA on front fenders as COMMANDO 1 ) into a cool, loud, ridiculous symbol of youthful adventure.
I still have some junk from that Plymouth in my garage to this day. One man’s junk is another man’s treasure.