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Green Vehicle Disposal

Green Vehicle Disposal: Eco-Friendly Auto Recycler Network

Green Vehicle Disposal Logo

In North America, every year 12 million vehicle reach their End of Life and are discarded. While 75% of an old car is recyclable, much of it is hazardous and contain pollutants that continue to affect the environment.

Green Vehicle Disposal offers a de-pollution solution for End of Life Vehicles; removing the battery; draining and properly containing fuel, engine oil, and all other fluids; removing the wheels and tires. The process only takes about 15- 20 minutes and primes the vehicle to be recycled.

When your vehicle comes to the end of its useful life, Green Vehicle Disposal can pick it up from your residence and take it to one of their Authorized Treatment Facilities. The company’s mission is directly stated on their website, “Our aim is to systematically reduce or eliminate the amount of waste produced by End Of Life Vehicles, made possible by our extensive coverage of areas across North America. We hope to have affiliates covering every possible area in North America, so that whenever there is a vehicle that has come to the end of its useful life, one of our affiliates will be able to pick it up and dispose of it accordingly.” Continue reading

10 Ways to Make Your Commute Greener

Use Less Gas With These Helpful Commuter Tips

Go Green On Your Commute

Go Green On Your Commute

American citizens account for 4% of the world’s population, yet we consume 25% of its oil, primarily in the form of gasoline. Given how much we drive, that should come as no surprise. Americans are commuting farther than ever before and consuming far more fuel. However, there are ways to curtail our energy consumption and bring it within reasonable limits. Here are 10 ways to go green on your commute.

  1. Carpool. If coworkers live nearby, or if your residence is on their way to work, try to organize a carpooling schedule. Not only will you save gas and reduce your carbon footprint, you’ll also get a welcome reprieve from driving yourself to work everyday.
  2. Consolidate Your Trips. Running all of your errands at once saves the short back-and-forth trips that doing them one at a time requires. Go to the grocery store on your way home from work, run to the post-office after dropping off your kids, or do all of them in one fell swoop. Continue reading

An Interview With Ford’s New “Green” Marketing Department

Easy Ways to Go Green Interviews Ford’s Green, Award-Winning Marketing Department

Ford Wins Nielson Award for Green MarketingWith Ford fresh off the heels of becoming the inaugural winner of the first-ever Nielsen Automotive Green Marketer of the Year award, Easy Ways to Go Green had the opportunity to pose a few questions to the marketing team behind the award winning campaign and brand. Below are the answers and the questions in this unabridged, brief interview.

EW2GG Question #1) Congratulations on the award for Green Marketing. In what way(s) do you think this will shape the perception of both Ford and the American automotive industry?

Sallie Hirsch: Our research shows that green marketing has a positive impact on consumers’ perception of automotive brands like Ford. In general, consumers reported a 67% increase in opinion for brands that advertise green messages and products. We saw opinions increase for all types of green messages, from simple miles-per-gallon to electric vehicles. Continue reading

G-OIL™ Green Motor Oil by Green Earth Technologies

G-OIL™ by Green Earth Technologies
G-OIL Green Motor Oil by Green Earth TechnologiesAmerica’s first green motor oil is here! New from the Menlo Park-based company called Green Earth Technologies (GET), “the first biodegradable motor oil to provide complete engine protection.”

“G-OIL™,” made entirely from American-grown base oils, promises that anyone interested in “greening” up their lifestyle won’t have to pay a premium price or “sacrifice performance in the process” when it comes to their automobile.

The revolutionary product professes to keep your engine in as good a condition as leading motor oils, minus the damage to the environment and dependence on oil from foreign sources. G-OIL™ is safe to use in hybrids, gas-based and diesel fuel vehicles, and has been manufactured in a full range of weights.
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New White House Support for Biofuels

More Support for Biofuels From the President
Biofuels Interagency Working Group
On Tuesday, those on the edge of their seats waiting to hear exactly what the Administration would have to say on the subject of biofuels were given their first dose of information. In their first statement to the public, no less than 3 cabinet members revealed the details of a plan that would provide aid to corn ethanol producers — shielding them from the current credit crisis. Continue reading

The New 2009 Honda Civic Hybrid Is Here

2009 Honda Civic Hybrid

2009 Honda Civic Hybrid

Official Site of the 2009 Honda Civic Hybrid

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