Ken
Hardie

AUTOTOPIC

RECYCLING IS_ nothing
new at ICBC — in fact, it
has been an important part
of our business since we
issued the first Autoplan
policy in 1974.

Each year, ICBC'’s salvage
operations around B.C. pump
milEons of dollars back inio the
Autoplan fund by recycling thou-
sands of vehicles whick have ci-

Friday, June 5, 1992 - North Shore News ~ 35

Salvage business booming

ther been written off or stolen,
and then recovered after we've
paid the owner’s claim.

Some of the units end up at
auto wreckers, who place bids on
those they want to haul away and
break down into reusable pasts.
Others go to ICBC’s Research and
Training Centre which uses them
to try out new repair techniques
or in crash barrier testing. Still
others, too badly damaged or too
old to be of any value, go off to
the crusher.

At any given time, our main fa-
cility in Queensboro has around
1,500 cars, trucks, vans and buses
lined up row after row.
Queensboro has become a favorite
for TV news crews who use it as a
backdrop for feature items on
traffic safety and commentaries
on the rising number of traffic
accidents.

Each wreck tells a story. Some

have badly mangled metal but
very few damages in the passenger
compartment, proof there is
“room to live’’ in even the most
serious crashes if the people inside
wear their safety belts.

As you would expect, the in-
crease in accidents over the past
few years has meant an
unweicome business boom for
ICBC’s salvage operations. The
Queensboro yard was bursting at
the seams, to the point that ICBC
had io establish a second major
facility in Abbotsford.

Last year, our six salvage yards
in BC sold 28,651 vehicles and
recouped $24,589,612. A quick
calculation and you come up with
the rather stark realization that all
these vehicles, each worth a few
thousand dollars on average, are
reduced in seconds to an average
value of $858.

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NV retailer contributes
to college foundation

HELPING STUDENTS make
their way through the Outdoor
Recreation Program at
Capilano College helps the en-
vironment, says a busy North
Vancouver retailer of outdoor
gear and clothing.

‘Participants in the program
learn not only how to run en-
joyable outdoors programs in a
safety-conscious manner, but
they aiso learn how to
minimize their impact on the
environment,’’ said Chris
Boothroyd.

He and his wife, Carol
Boothroyd, owners of Great
Outdoors Equipment in North

‘ $19,568 “S05

Cyl, convertible

Price $17,120

Vancouver, have contributed
$2,500 to the Capilano College
Foundation to fund a perma-
nent endowment.

Income from the fund will
go toward bursaries for stu-
dents in the Outdoor Recre-
ation Program who demen-
strate high achieveraent and
have financial need.

Great Outdoors Equipment,
in business since 1980, is
located at 201 Lonsdale Ave.,
North Vancouver. Although
the shop is small, it stocks a
wide range of quality
backpacking and cross-country
ski clothing and gear.

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