Letter: Thanks for help with vehicle amnesty
On Dec. 13, Pick-n-Pull Auto Dismantlers in conjunction with the City of Madera and Madera County sponsored a Vehicle Amnesty Day. The intent of these events is to allow the citizens of the area to clean up their property by removing unused or junk type vehicles through a no-cost program.
These vehicles are a blight on the community and are a major source of ground and air pollution if not properly dismantled.
The average vehicle contains eight gallons of gas, two gallons of oil, two gallons of transmission fluid, two gallons of coolant and two pounds of Freon, all of which can contaminate the groundwater and soil. They also carry other chemicals and heavy metals, two mercury switches and five tires, all of which have or will leak onto the ground or into the air.
Pick-n-Pull would like to thank everyone in the area who took advantage of this free program to rid their property of these vehicles and be a part of the solution for community clean up.
We would also like to thank Tom Fraser from the City of Madera Code Enforcement and Eric Yancy from Madera County Code Enforcement for helping to get the word out and being proactive in this clean up effort.
If anyone missed participating in this event, we are planning a similar event for next spring.
Watch for the ads in the Madera Tribune announcing the next event.
Thank you,
Jan Daniels
Pick-n-Pull
