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Welcome to the official Web page of the Vehicle Recycling Partnership (VRP).

Mission
The mission of the Vehicle Recycling Partnership is to conduct collaborative research and undertake collaborative pilot programs that:

promote an integrated and sustainable approach to improving the technical and economic feasibility of vehicle recycling in North America;
promote an integrated and sustainable approach to improving the technical and economic feasibility of vehicle recycling for current and future vehicles produced by U.S. automakers for the global marketplace.

Publications

Press Release: USCAR’S VRP HELPS GET LEAD OUT OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS USED IN CARS AND TRUCKS

USCAR Lead-free Test Plan

VRP Lead-Free Concurrence Letter.pdf

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R & D News Highlights

Circuits Assembly: Auto OEMs Complete Pb-Free Solder Validation Test Plan
Feature story on the work of the USCAR Vehicle Recycling Partnership to develop a validation plan to eliminate the use of lead-based solder.

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AutoblogGreen: Newsflash: Turned in Cash for Clunkers Cars Will Get Recycled

"Power of Automotive Collaboration" Brochure Download Page

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Casting Emissions Reduction Program (CERP) Archive Page

Fuels Working Group

Manufacturing Emissions Committee

Vehicle Recycling Partnership