Recycling Saturns at the End of Vehicle Life

[Saturn team]

When a Saturn vehicle comes to the end of its useful life – yes, it does happen – it becomes part of the great circle of life. More than 80% of an automobile by weight can be recycled. Some examples of Saturn’s Design for the Environment:

* In just one model year of Outlook production, more than 21,445 tons of polymeric parts have been coded for recycling.

* Advances in the efficiency of the Aura air conditioning system have decreased refrigerant needs by 35 tons for each model year of production (evaluated against a comparable system).

* The unique Belt Alternator Starter (BAS) in the VUE Hybrid saves a potential 23,350 quarts of engine coolant per model year of production. Plus, the BAS system uses only one coolant loop, which saves more than 39,350 feet of hose each model year of production (both calculations are compared to other hybrid systems).

[Odise aka ODIE O James Bryant]

My plan is to make the drive in my completed LS Saturn 00 to the Spring Hill Plant in TENN. and show them exactly how much i love my car and the reason why i not return my car back to them in the buy back program...i may be crazy...but i wasn't stupid...yep the drive from Cali to Tenn...trust me im in and out you'll never know that i was there....or visited the plant...But im going to have fun...

[Rob]

Love it! But overall, how much of the vehicle is able to be recycled? I think Ford was advertising how much of the Escape hybrid could be at some point last summer.

I remember reading all of the environmental issues Saturn dealt with in building Spring Hill and steps it took to cut down waste at the plant. I hope GM is continuing many of those practices at all of the plants, not just the Spring Hill facility. Was just one of the many reasons I felt good about buying a Saturn.