What Are the Common Recycling Processes?
Coolant recycling can be completed in a variety of ways, but the most common way is to pull the old coolant out of a vehicle using some type of flush and fill machine, or by recycling the fluid using one of many recycling units available on the market today. Old coolant is stored in a drum with that which has been collected from other vehicles for recycling in a separate machine, owned by the shop, by a recycler who visits your shop with his own recycling equipment, or by an off-site recycler. Whatever method your recycler uses, make sure it meets any applicable local regulations. California, for example, has adopted standards for recycled coolant. Florida is reportedly considering similar standards, as are other states. Most of the shop-owned recycling machines (a typical filtration type of coolant recycling machine costs $2,500 to $3,800, plus supplies which include chemicals and replacement filters) use some type of filtration process and chemical reaction to remove contaminants fro
