CHANTILLY, Va. — The Automotive Parts Remanufacturers Association (APRA) recently filed comments with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on two surveys they will be conducting to measure “green jobs” in the U.S. economy.
APRA President Bill Gager stated, “This measurement of ‘green jobs’ in the U.S. economy will be extremely worthwhile if the remanufacturing industry is included in the survey tabulations. Remanufacturing is a very ‘green’ and labor-intensive industry. APRA members not only avoid the consumption of 85 to 95 percent of the energy that is required to produce new parts, but remanufacturing also avoids CO2 emissions associated with reprocessing scrap into new parts and the environmental waste streams that result from the scrapping of failed parts.”
APRA was formed in 1941. For the past 70 years, remanufacturing has been the “greenest of green” industries, the association states.
Gager added, “We are encouraged by both of the surveys that the Bureau of Labor Statistics will be undertaking because the results will highlight the ‘green jobs’ that currently exist in our remanufacturing industry as well as those related to using environmentally friendly production processes and practices. Remanufacturing, properly incentivized by government procurement and tax policy, will be a job creating engine of growth for the U.S. economy.”
There are more than 130 different manufactured product codes outside of motor vehicle parts. The list includes remanufactured products such as toner cartridges, office furniture, locomotives and equipment of all types.
Gager concluded, “There are thousands of companies involved in remanufacturing, and they employ over 500,000 people. There is more potential to create additional ‘green jobs’ in remanufacturing than exist in hybrid vehicles, wind power and other new technologies that Congress and the Obama Administration appear to favor.”
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