PRINTER'S NO. 2114
No. 338 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY A. WILLIAMS, KASUNIC, COSTA, WONDERLING,
TARTAGLIONE, KITCHEN, WASHINGTON, MUSTO, FOLMER AND D. WHITE,
JUNE 6, 2008
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, JUNE 6, 2008
A RESOLUTION
1 Urging the Commonwealth and all of its departments, agencies,
2 boards and commissions to procure and utilize, where
3 possible, Pennsylvania remanufactured automobile parts and
4 equipment to perform their designated functions.
5 WHEREAS, Remanufacturing is designed to improve and reuse
6 worn-out, defective or discarded parts or products in a manner
7 that saves money for consumers, protects the environment and
8 conserves natural resources; and
9 WHEREAS, Used parts and products are cleaned, inspected,
10 refurbished and repaired or replaced during the remanufacturing
11 process; and
12 WHEREAS, The parts and products then are reassembled and
13 performance-tested to meet industry standards and specifications
14 for the particular part or product; and
15 WHEREAS, Commonly remanufactured items include, but are not
16 limited to, automobile parts, aircraft parts, computer hardware,
17 photocopiers, office furniture and toner cartridges; and
18 WHEREAS, Remanufacturing is a major industry in the national
1 economy, accounting for more than $53 billion in annual sales in
2 the United States; and
3 WHEREAS, The remanufacturing industry provides 480,000 direct
4 jobs at remanufacturing firms and companies in the United
5 States; and
6 WHEREAS, Remanufacturing of automobile parts and equipment
7 accounts for $36 billion in annual sales; and
8 WHEREAS, Remanufacturing of parts and products is a
9 significant source of safeguarding the environment, recycling
10 and conserving natural resources; and
11 WHEREAS, Remanufacturing often saves more than 80% of the
12 energy and materials necessary to create a new part or product;
13 and
14 WHEREAS, Remanufacturing reduces carbon dioxide emissions by
15 28 million tons annually, equivalent to the amount of carbon
16 dioxide released by ten 500 megawatt coal-fired electricity-
17 generating plants annually; and
18 WHEREAS, Remanufacturing automobile parts and equipment
19 significantly reduces emissions, since castings do not need to
20 be resmelt in the remanufacturing process; and
21 WHEREAS, Remanufacturing parts and products saves the
22 equivalent of 400 trillion BTUs per year; and
23 WHEREAS, The 400 trillion BTUs saved by remanufacturing is
24 equivalent to the electricity produced by eight nuclear power
25 plants annually; and
26 WHEREAS, The annual energy saved by remanufacturing parts and
27 products equals 16 million barrels of crude oil or the lifetime
28 fuel consumption of 75,000 automobile owners; and
29 WHEREAS, The material conserved by remanufacturing equals 14
30 million tons annually or enough material to fill a train 1,650
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1 miles long; and
2 WHEREAS, Remanufacturing automobile parts and equipment
3 significantly reduces solid waste by reusing materials rather
4 than sending the materials to junkyards and ultimately to
5 landfills; and
6 WHEREAS, Remanufactured automobile parts and equipment
7 typically save consumers 30% to 50% compared to the price of
8 newly manufactured comparable parts and equipment; and
9 WHEREAS, Automobile parts and equipment are among the most
10 reusable consumer products with 75% to 80% of an automobile's
11 parts and equipment being recyclable; and
12 WHEREAS, Remanufactured automobile parts and equipment shall
13 be labeled as such; and
14 WHEREAS, Remanufactured parts and products typically meet the
15 exacting quality assurance and environmental standards set forth
16 by organizations specializing in those standards, such as the
17 International Standards Organization; and
18 WHEREAS, Remanufactured parts and products often are
19 certified and guaranteed to last as long as newly manufactured
20 parts and products; and
21 WHEREAS, The affordability of remanufactured parts extends
22 the life of automobiles, keeping them on the road rather than in
23 various junkyards; therefore be it
24 RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize the importance of the
25 remanufacturing industry, including the financial and
26 environmental benefits from using remanufactured automobile
27 parts and equipment, and respectfully urge the Governor of
28 Pennsylvania to issue an Executive Order directing the
29 Commonwealth and all of its departments, agencies, boards and
30 commissions to procure and utilize, where possible, Pennsylvania
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1 remanufactured automobile parts and equipment to perform their
2 designated functions; and be it further
3 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
4 the Governor, to the President pro tempore of the Senate and to
5 the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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