- Dates
- 1995-09 – 1995-11
- Kind
- Conservation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationeconomytransportationinfrastructurecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
An effort involving USCAR and the Vehicle Recycling Partnership to address Beaver Island’s abandoned cars stalled because moving, processing, and shipping the vehicles cost more than their scrap value. The Beacon reported that Jean Palmer continued seeking a workable solution.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper account of a proposed partnership and its economics, not an executed recycling contract or complete vehicle inventory.
Sources
- Reports USCAR and the Vehicle Recycling Partnership’s interest in researching island vehicles, the cost of draining, crushing, and shipping them, and Jean Palmer’s continuing effort to find a workable solution. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1995-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the vehicle-recycling report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1995-11_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island’s USCAR vehicle-recycling proposal stalls over transport economics in 1995”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-old-car-recycling-partnership-1995/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1995, “Old Cars are an Old Story, on the Beaver.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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