According to USA Today, approximately 12 million car seats are sold each year, and it’s estimated that 29.6 million pounds of car seat material ends up in landfills. That's a lot of waste.
Why would car seats need to be destroyed?
Expired Car Seats: Most car seats expire after 6 years, after which time the plastic can degrade or become brittle, compromising the safety of the seat during a motor vehicle accident.
Recalled Car Seats: The NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) decides which car seats need to be recalled. A recalled car seat should be immediately disposed of and should not be donated, sold, or passed down under any circumstances.
Why not just send them to the local landfill?
The environmental impacts of not recycling your old car seats are staggering. Landfilling the average 45M used car seats creates an enormous about of greenhouse gasses (MTCO2E). Close to 574,000 tons. (EPA WARM model) . It would take over 9 million trees growing for 10 years to be able to absorb the amount of CO2 gasses just from car seats Also consider that all materials that end up in a landfill cannot be repurposed and will require “virgin” materials to be created.
Why not just drop them off at a recycling center?
While not every recycling facility will take car seats, almost all do accept them but there’s a catch. They will take the components but no the car seat as a whole. This is because car seats must be taken apart before being placed in recycling. Metal pieces must be separated from the plastic parts for it to be properly recycled. Most residential recycling centers don’t have the manpower or the time to do this which often results in the seats being dumped in a landfill.
Bottom Line
Bottom line, by car seat manufacturers properly disposing of their product, they help to keep roughly 180 million pounds of valuable material out of landfills each year. They can do this by hiring a reputable product destruction company.
BONUS!
Using professional product destruction services is extremely beneficial to your business. Demolishing expired or damaged products helps protect your brand and keep your items out of the grey market. After all, you don’t want to be linked with products that fail to meet your standards and don’t adhere to your company values.
Product destruction gives you what you want most…peace of mind when it comes to protecting your business and reputation.
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