Hawthorne Auto Parts Inc

We strive to incorporate sustainability principles throughout our operation. We are equipped to recycle motor oil, antifreeze, batteries, tires, air conditioning refrigerant, and scrap metal, including catalytic converters, in addition to the cardboard, paper, glass bottles, and packaging (including plastics) generated by daily operations. Engine oil filters are removed to a recycling facility where they are crushed and recycled for their oil and metal content along with transmission, fuel and other filters. Brake lathe turnings are used as a soil supplement. We purchase many of our lubricants and fluids in bulk to avoid disposing of plastic bottles. We use re-refined automotive antifreeze, when indicated, and offer SOAR re-refined engine oil. When the quality is acceptable, we offer remanufactured automotive components as a substitute for installing new parts. We use non-chlorinated aerosols and an aqueous-based hot water washer in parts cleaning. We enlist petroleum-eating microbes for minor spills. . We use recycled printer toner cartridges and, where possible, duplex (two-sided) printing on 100% post-consumer recycled paper in our office operations. (Our bath tissue is 20% recycled, facial tissue 10% recycled.)

Hawthorne Auto Clinic, Inc is powered by PGE and Green Mountain Energy’s “Healthy Habitat” renewable electric power. We support Free Geek by donating our outdated computer equipment to their program. We have converted our lighting to low-energy, high-output fluorescents. We participated with the Pollution Prevention Outreach Team to help create the “Eco-Logical Business” program and write Keep you Shop In Tune: A Best Management Practices Guide for Automotive Industries". We are a Certified Eco-logical Business.

We have partnered with Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) and have calculated our electrical, natural gas, and transportation fuel usage emissions (our carbon footprint) and purchased the requisite green house gas emission offsets. Additionally, we offer Trimet passes to our employees. We provide our customers an opportunity to offset their global warming emissions by offering to purchase carbon offsets for their vehicle’s green house gas emissions.