In honor of Earth Day, Eric Schulz CFO of AAA Auto Salvage went to Shannon Park Elementary to talk about how the recycling of cars impacts the environment. Mrs. Spring’s class of 2nd graders, including Eric’s son Cameron, were very attentive while showing pictures of the life of a car after it leaves “a family’s garage.” The question of “what happens to cars” was answered as the 2nd grade class saw the process of dismantling reusable parts off of cars to be sold, to the cars being crushed.

The 2nd graders were able to realize things in their environment that are made out of recycled cars from naval aircraft carriers, steel buildings in Minneapolis and St Paul to the brand new track at Rosemount High School. Unfortunately, many kids know how some Mom’s and Dad’s have had trouble finding jobs in the last few years. These measures of recycling enables companies to provide 46,000 jobs and results in 13 million new vehicles! This is all great news, from the people who are in the jobs to those who get to use the new materials from the recycling of cars.

Finally, the 2nd graders were able to understand first hand, one of the ultimate effects of recycling. It was quite amazing to be able to share with these Rosemount students, that recycling just the wheels could provide enough power to run the entire City of Rosemount for 6 years! So let’s REDUCE – REUSE – RECYCLE and give Mrs. Spring’s 2nd grade a big “high five” for learning about what car recycling is all about!