In 1995, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) implemented the Comprehensive Procurement Guideline[2] (CPG) program to promote waste reduction and resource conservation through the use of materials recovered from solid waste, and to ensure that the materials collected in recycling programs will be used again in the manufacture of new products.
Once a product is designated, state and federal procuring agencies are required to purchase it with the highest recovered material content level practicable.
In the UK, a market potential of up to 5.6 billion GBP has been identified in remanufacturing, with the benefits said to be improvement to business margins, revenues and security of supply.
In 2013, APRA was able to solve these communication problems by publishing a common translation list in many different languages in order to unite all those who deal with the automotive industry.
This saves money (by re-using the frame, and some other components, which still have years of useful life) and allows the incorporation of improved technology.
Instead of disposing of engine blocks, remanufacturing enables re-use by coating them with plasma transferred wire arc spraying (PTWA).