In recent years, there has been growing concern that we are running out of landfill space. While capacity varies from state to state, some states are especially strained. A professional magazine called Biocyle has reported on “The State of Garbage in America.” In that article, Biocycle revealed that some U.S. states, including Rhode Island and Massachusetts, have only twelve years of landfill capacity left. While some used auto parts may very well be recycled in other ways, unfortunately quite a few of them still manage to find their way into landfills, where they take up precious space and require years to decompose.

By purchasing used auto parts from a salvage yard, you are not only saving landfill space, but you are also engaging in both recycling and a reduction of energy consumption. The manufacture of new parts requires the use of some form of energy that could potential pollute the environment or diminish resources. It also requires the use of new materials, such as metal, which could be put to use in the creation of other needed products instead.

There’s some truth in the old adage that “they don’t make things like they used to.” Indeed, sometimes they don’t even make the things they used to at all. If you have an older vehicle, for instance, you may have difficulty finding a part that is a precise match. When you can’t find a new part that matches the old one you need to replace, the salvage yard is an ideal place to look.