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This page outlines all of "The Green Footprint Projects" including the 3 key projects based around the RV Dually Tour of the USA & Canada to highlight the cost & environmental savings of Green Auto Parts. The objective of all projects is to bring together people with the exisiting infrastucture to progress "Green Footprint Recycling Projects". The facts are that there are millions of people world wide who are already involved in Environmental Reasurch and evaluating ways to better the Global Environment. At the core of "The Green Footprint Projects" concept is a desire to ensure that this valuable resouce of people know about what each other are doing and to help them work in harmony.

Every person that sees the RV during its Criss Cross US trip who is influenced to purchase Recycled Auto Parts instead of New Parts will help reduce the CO2 released into our environment. Every part that is sold by Professional Auto Recyclers has a CO2 saving so the RV will have a Computerised CO2 Savings Ticker which will offset many of the CO2 emissions from the Dually. By actual Building and maintaining the Truck with Recycled Parts it will save at an estimated 21 Tonnes of CO2 Emissions required to build a New Vehicle and New OEM Parts. Photos of the Parts and build at various stages including MPG Improvement add ons will provide a documented history of our developments which will be featured on a special page on the site. The outside of the RV features vinyl adverts (The Recyclers Rolodex) for all participating recyclers in state order, Collages of Modern Recyclers Equipment and sponsors advertising. The RV will carry Recycling Industry flyers for distribution to Recyclers Association Members. The flexibility of the RV and Dually Vehicles will enable it to feature at numerous events to promote all Green Footprint Projects

100 MPG - To incorporate all available systems into our Dual Wheel Diesel Truck to achive a 100 mpg fuel consumtion figure. At the end of each year we will run our truck on one Gallon of Fuel under test conditions to show our achived MPG target. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Target 100 MPG Challenge A - (Vehicle Manufacturers) Beat us to the Target before September 30th 2013 with a Comparable Diesel / Bio Diesel Engined Dually Truck. Target 100 MPG Challenge B - (MPG Product Claimants) To all companies who produce additives, accessories, conversions or anything they claim can reduce CO2 Emissions, Increase MPG or make the 220 million vehicles on the road in the USA already more environmentally friendly. Supply us with their product or system so we can, fit it to our Truck or RV, and give you International Exposure.

Target 100 Tons of CO2 - To prove that a total of 18,250,000 Tons of CO2 per year can be stoped from entering the earths atmosphere by the correct utilisation of Proffesionaly Recycled Auto Parts - Equates to a 100 tons of CO2 for every US state every day for a year. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Target 100 Tons per Day Challenge A - (Vehicle Manufacturers) Provide Documentation and Data Detailing the Recyclabillity of the components of the vehicles produced by your companies. Target 100 Tons per Day Challenge B - (Any Company or Entity) To all companies and entities involved in bettering the environment help us promote "Professional Auto Recycling" and the use of "Virtually Zero Carbon Auto Parts" with an Absolutely Free to use Auto Parts Location Form (Please see the Bottom of this Page)

Target 100 Cents - To run our truck for a distance 100 miles for not more than 100 US cents. Each year we will run our Vehicle under test conditions to ultimatly travell 100 miles on fuel that shall not cost more than 100 cents. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Target 100 Miles for 100 Cents Challenge A - (Vehicle Manufacturers) - Beat us to the Target before September 30th 2013 with a Comparable Truck.

Special Support and Contributions To facilitate Companies, Groups or Individuals who wish to support the goals and ideals of "The Green Footprint Network" in general but do not wish to directly participate we have provided the buttons below. All contributions that help us to maximise our Environmental Messages are gratefully accepted and will be used to support our drive on Environmental projects. If you do not wish to contribute in a financial way but feel you can help in another manner please mail Assistance@GreenFootprintNet.com giving a brief outline. US Dollars 5 Dollars US $5.00 25 Dollars US $25.00 50 Dollars US $50.00 100 Dollars US $100.00 Your Name Canadian Dollars 5 Dollars Canadian $5.00 25 Dollars Canadian $25.00 50 Dollars Canadian $50.00 100 Dollars Canadian $100.00 Your Name British Pounds 5 Pounds UK £5.00 25 Pounds UK £25.00 50 Pounds UK £50.00 100 Pounds UK £100.00 Your Name Euros 5 Euros €5.00 25 Euros €25.00 50 Euros €50.00 100 Euros €100.00 Your Name

Sponsorship   You can E.Mail Spomsorship@GreenFootprintnet.com and we will get back to you however we are assisted by the respected Marketing and Statagy Analyst company Ashcroft Marketing from the UK. David Ashcroft has carried out work for organisations such as The Coca-Cola Export Corporation, Saatchi and Saatchi, Lada Cars, Konica Minolta, Gardencare, Construction Employers' Federation, DETI, The UK Government New Deal Launch, Cordek, BP, Philips, Curry's, The Prentice Group (BMW & Renault), The British Army, The Henry Group, GUS and TV-AM. David Ashcrofts company is part of a Networked group of specialist associates who provide services in specialist areas such as Graphic design, Packaging design, Artwork, Copy-writing, Printing, Public Relations, Web Design and Management, Direct Mail, Company clothing and uniforms, Electronic Media Communications, Exhibition and Conferences and Event management David Ashcrofts key role is to ensure that each of the 3 Challenges Key Sponsors oportunities are maximised to their full exposure potential. His and his key staffs remit is to personally supervise every Sponsors campaign from start to finish. For Sponsors Supporters and advertises the flexibility of the tour being in total 4 or more years with Annual Target Tests allows for changes in route, that benefit the sponsors and advertisers, to be made. He has already, for example, in contact with various Motor Speedways in the US who are offering use of their tracks and technology for mid year and annual "Target 100 trial tests".

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Philip J Higginbotham   Philip J Higginbotham - The Challenges Main Co-ordinator, Co Driver, Mechanical Guru and Motoring Memorabilia collector Building from the start and the "finish". When I was in the Auto Recycling Business, until some twenty odd years ago, we seemed able to sit back and just watch the money roll in. On leaving the Industry I brought a Farm in Norfolk, set to extending it to eight bedrooms with reclaimed and natural materials, got into organic farming in a small way and converted barns into workshops where I could spend time on various projects like my old tractors, 1933 Austin Seven Opel Rebuild and alternative energy supplies. All through my youth and especially during my further education years I had a fascination with alternative energy supplies and reuse of things especially mechanical. Like many millions of people around the world I have never purchased a new Car and had on many occasions used Find A Part for quite a lot of items. I kept in contact and visited my friends in the industry and observed the tons of concrete poured, new buildings and equipment put in at sites in response to the European End of Life Directive but all of them had the same gripe about not being able to compete with companies who had spent nothing on any infrastructure upgrading. During one of these visits I ran into Terry Gray who was upgrading my friends Find A Part software and was surprised when my "Always Busy" friend asked him to stay & join us for a meal but during the day and evening it became clear why my friend enjoyed his company & observations on the industry. Terry eventually visited my farm to see my vintage motorbikes and I realised that the he not only eats and breaths "Auto Recycling" often to his own personal detriment but is a fountain of "Green Footprint ideas" and concepts. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I agree with many of his industry friends, including Americans that because he seem to have a vision of how things will pan out not everyone in the industry can follow his logic. What I do know is that many people in the Recycling Industry Worldwide including my old friends admit, often grudgingly, that for the last 30 years most of his predictions have been fairly spot on. Over the last 10 years or so I have observed first hand his frustration, especially when returning from his trips to the USA and I became involved with Green Footprint Network and Convoy project as having seen many of my old friends in the Industry negatively effected by many of the systems European Legislators had put in place and was aware that US Legislators were starting to Import what they believed were good ideas that had worked in Europe but had in actuality been of no benefit to Auto Recycling. To say my first visit to the USA was an eye opener would be an understatement and many of the people I met seemed to be unaware of the similarities of past events in Europe and ter countries with those developing in the US. What I realised however was that there was a distinct lack of information flowing to the US from European Associations, maybe because they are busy fighting for their own survival, that creates this big chink in the US Industries Armoury of Industry knowledge. Many of my observations regarding my second visit to the US in September 2008 and 2009 will be penned in the future but I have to say that Terry was right when he said that there are "Professional Auto Recyclers" who have vision and desire and I can now count these as personal friends who I also admire.

"Big money wins - The Earth Looses" ? Our initial 2007 and 2008 plans to build a "Greener GM Silverado Dually" to tow the RV were based on the integration of the British Trident Iceni Technology which had resulted in the production of a 2 Seater Sports Vehicle capable of 200mph plus on bio diesel that had in tests shown a capability of nearly 70 mpg at a constant 70mph. (Shown Right) Considering that the original concept of touring the USA and Canada was to bring attention to cost and CO2 Saving Environmental aspects of "The Industry" and the parts we sell we had to return to our original pre 2008 concept of building the towing vehicle itself from recycled parts and integrating seemingly "buried or lost technologies". Considering Terry and I had ventured personal monies to keep the Iceni project alive, seeing the rights to the vehicle being sold for millions to "The USA" and then not hearing anything was a double blow especially when we considered the Environmentally Beneficial Losses. The why ? There is no logical explanation as to why Millions of Dollars of American Taxpayers Money should have been used to obtain the rights to use technology which had a proven record of the capabillity of being able to double, triple or even quadruple the MPG of a current GM Production Vehicle (Silverado / Duramax Engined Truck) and for nothing to have happend. Got information on "The disapearing Trident Project" - Please Mail me at Philip.Missing.Trident@Greenfootprintnet.com

Suppliers, Associations, Groups. You can Support US & Canadian "Recyclers Association Members" by having a personalised Form based on the Design above on your site ! Simply Click Here Why should your Environmentally minded group, organisation or supplier to the Auto Recycling Industry have a Special form?   The facts are that Recycling Auto Parts is in most cases a manual job and most basic testing can be carried out using the power of the vehicle itself. It is also a fact that there are no CO2 emmision requirements to manufacture or make the recycled part unlike those required in the manuafacture of a Manufacturers OEM Replacement part. It is also a fact the in many cases parts are removed from late date vehicles which have done a fairly low mileage. It is also a fact that many Recycled Parts come from vehicles that either not reached the original manufacturers mileage or age period under which the vehicle and its parts are still under waranty. It is also a fact that the majority of Recycled Engines that are sold are replacing worn out or high mileage engines so are more efficient and by default reduced the vehicles carbon footprint. It is also a fact that by default Recycled Auto Parts are more cost effective than New OEM Parts and by default reduce the overall transportation costs of the country they are sold in. It is also a fact that that the three heavisest and most engineerd components in the average passanger vehicle are The Engine, Transmission and Rear Axle if fitted. It is also a fact that these three components form the largest percentage of Vehicle Parts requested over the last 30 plus years on the Find-A-Part systems and sales by Auto Recyclers. It is also a fact that it follows that the processing and sale of these three components by default saves the most CO2 required by manufacturers to produce new units. It is also a fact that between Recycled Parts and New Parts are Re-Manufactured Parts and the main source of Core Parts for Re-Manufacture is the Auto Recycling Industry. It is also a fcat that Find A Part only alows bona fide members of Auto Recyclers Associations to receive requests and that all Recyclers Associations have membership standards. It is also a fact that the higer the standard of Auto Recycler the Higher their Environmental procedures and Standars are.   The facts are that by having a special form with your own header you will be helping people to save money on Auto Parts, helping the Environment by reducing CO2 emmisions and helping Professional Recyclers to help the Environment more.   I am proud that conservative calculations show my Find A Part systems and our UK Auto Recyclers have in the last 30 plus years stoped about 49,000,000 Tonnes of CO2 from entering the earths atmosphere. It is a fact that because the US Recycling Industry is ten times bigger than Britains it is feasable to stop about 50,000,000 Tonnes of CO2 from entering the earths atmosphere in 3 years.   The Charges for Receiving All Requests Generated via The Copyright Find A Part Forms in the USA and for an ad on the RV Recyclers Index are only $465 per year In reality as we only allow Members of State / Provincial / ARA members to participate as Parts Suppliers this means the maximum you can pay for the Requests is either $365 US for 2 Years or 50 US Cents per Day and If you are a member of the ARA and a State or Provincial Association the daily figure is 33 US Cents per day. Because however the launch of Find-A-Part America Coincides with the "Recyclers Rolling Roladex" Trip start your $465 will cover the trip and receipt of all Find-A-Part Requests for 2 years (1 Association) or untill the trip end on in September 2013 (2 Associations) Please remember that the Find-A-Part System has been operational for over 30 Years in The UK and Europe and can state that "We have still got Professional Auto Recyclers with us who joined at the start" This is why I as Chairman and Founder have no qualms in saying "If at the end of your 2 or 3 years you want your money back, just ask for it" Recyclers who just want to use the system to Locate Parts from Professional Auto Recyclers for Customers you cannot supply simply use the form on this page. Please Note Find-A-Part are Not Parts Brokers - Parts are Supplied Direct from Parts Supplier to Buyer.

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