OCR Child Safety Seat Recycling Program

Each year thousands of child safety seats are sent to the landfill, because there has traditionally been no alternative. In an effort to keep child safety seats out of the landfill, OCR has started a child safety seat recycling program.

OCR is now accepting child safety seats that have expired, seats that have been in car accidents and seats that are no longer being used. All of this is at no cost to the owner. After being disassembled, the car seat materials are then sent to be destroyed and recycled.

OCR would like to encourage parents to be aware of the expiration date on seats and the history of the seats. Child safety seats that have been used in accidents should be destroyed.

Used child safety seats can be dropped off at OCR Monday – Friday from 7:30am until 5:00pm.

Air Quality & OCR

Because the body shop sits on the edge of a neighborhood, it is important not to disturb the air quality any more than necessary. For this reason, all vehicles are positioned on go-jacks while in the shop. Go-jacks fit underneath the tires of each vehicle, allowing the vehicles to be moved front to back and side to side within the shop. This prevents technicians from having to start the vehicles to move them throughout the shop, improving the air quality of the shop and the neighborhood environment. There are also two ventilation systems that are positioned above the paint prep area to eliminate fumes and dust from the shop. OCR technicians use a special dust extraction system that can be hooked up to their sanders. This system helps keep the dust out of the air to improve the air quality for the employees, the customers, their vehicles, and the environment.

Business Reycling

OCR is working on a recycling plan to reduce the amount of waste sent to the landfill. We partner with Metro Disposal & Recycling to recycle plastics, aluminum, paper, cardboard, etc.

Auto industry trends show that Americans scrap about fifteen million cars and trucks each year. Out of that, aproximately 75% of the material from the vehicles is recycled. That leaves 25% of materials that are being sent to the landfill.

As the auto industry continues to improve those numbers, OCR will continue to be a leader in local auto recycling efforts.