Illinois Green CAR Certified

Auto & Truck Recyclers of Illinois (ATRI is the state wide trade association of licensed auto recyclers. The association’s members are companies that have taken a leadership role in safe and environmentally sound vehicle dismantling and recycling. ATRI members promote responsible recycling, worker safety, and environmental protection — including the proper handling and disposal of allautomotive related hazardous materials, such as gasoline, oil, freon, antifreeze, brake fluid, transmission fluid, batteries, mercury switches, and tires.

In 2008, ATRI underscored its commitment to helping promote member performance by establishing one of about a half dozen state certification programs within the United States. The Illinois Green Certified Automotive Recycler (Illinois Green CAR)program was developed to help members improve regulatory compliance and to motivate facility operators to meet the industry’s highest performance standards. This proactive, industry-led approach assists members in complying with the complicated set of environmental, safety, and business regulations that face auto recyclers in Illinois. Certified Illinois Green CAR members are also considered to be CAR-certified by the Automotive Recyclers Association (ARA) — if the company is an ARA member.