The Car Heaven program was entirely developed by the Clean Air Foundation and is delivered through a range of additional partnerships. To assist with the delivery of the Car Heaven program, currently the Clean Air Foundation also works with:

• Imperial Oil Foundation provides crucial funding support and publicity for the program.
• In Ontario, the Drive Clean Office at the Ontario Ministry of the Environment is also a main sponsor, and helped to develop the idea behind Car Heaven in 2000.

The Clean Air Foundation manages all the relationships with our program partners, the development of all program materials, handles the public and government relations and the overall strategic planning for the program.
Across Canada, the Clean Air Foundation also works with several key delivery partners who manage the program regionally, run the Car Heaven call centres, pick-up, dismantle and recycle the donated vehicles, issue and send out the Car Heaven incentives and process donations to partnering charities.

Regionally the Clean Air Foundation works with various groups across Canada to assist with local program delivery:

In the Atlantic Provinces, the Canadian Diabetes Association assists with program delivery, and vehicles are picked up by members of the Automotive Recyclers Association in Atlantic Canada (ARAAC). Program launched in March 2006
In British Columbia, the Car Heaven Call Centre is operated through the BC Automotive Retailers Association. Members of B-CAR (The BC Automotive Recyclers) pick up donated vehicles. Program launched September 2006
In Manitoba, the Canadian Diabetes Association assists with program delivery, and vehicles are picked up by members of the Automotive Recyclers of Manitoba (ARM). Program launched in April 2007
In Ontario, the Ontario Automotive Recyclers Association (OARA) operates the Car Heaven Call Centre and auto recyclers who are members of OARA pick up donated vehicles. Program launched in July 2000
In Québec, the Canadian Diabetes Association assists with program delivery, and vehicles are picked up by members of the Association des Recycleurs de Pièces d'Autos et de Camions (ARPAC). Program launched in July 2006
In Saskatchewan, the Canadian Diabetes Association assists with program delivery, and vehicles are picked up by participating Car Heaven recyclers. Program launched in July 2007

Car Heaven is currently available to Canadians in all provinces, except Alberta.

The Clean Air Foundation is a national not-for-profit organization, dedicated to developing, managing and implementing public engagement programs and other strategic approaches to that lead to measurable emission reductions, to improve air quality and protect the climate.

To find out more about the organization behind the Car Heaven program, visit www.cleanairfoundation.org.

This is Imperial Oil’s eighth year of involvement with the Clean Air Foundation. Imperial Oil fully supports its objectives of finding practical and cost-effective ways to improve air quality and reduce smog.

Imperial Oil shares the concerns that all Canadians have for the environment, and recognizes that smog is an air-quality concern in highly populated areas. The Clean Air Foundation's Car Heaven program is a worthwhile and practical initiative that helps reduce smog formation by assisting in taking older, higher-polluting vehicles off the road. As they are replaced by ultra-low-emitting new vehicles, there will be a significant reduction in the levels of smog-forming and greenhouse gas emissions that can be attributed to vehicles.

Recycling cars can be a dirty business! Almost all vehicles at the end of their lives are recycled for their steel but…

Vehicles contain some hazardous components which must be recovered and diverted from the landfill. This includes oil, gasoline, refrigerants, mercury switches and tires. Car Heaven recyclers are committed to the environmentally-sound processing of vehicles and handle all the hazardous components responsibly. They ensure that when the cars are crushed, shredded and recycled for steel that they are as free of hazardous materials as possible, to ensure that our air, water and land is not polluted in the process.

In addition, Car Heaven recyclers reuse any components of the vehicles that are safe to reclaim and which do not contribute to the vehicle’s emissions. This avoids the need to re-manufacture new car parts.

None of the vehicles donated to the program are allowed back on the roads.

See the sections Why should I send my car to Car Heaven? and How does my old car get recycled? for more information.

All vehicles, no matter what the condition, are accepted into Car Heaven. Depending on the condition of your vehicle, you may be eligible for different incentives offered through the program. More information.

Currently, the average car donation to Car Heaven is 18 years old (model year 1990-1991). The typical vehicle donated to Car Heaven would otherwise have been on the road for three additional years.

New cars are considerably cleaner than old clunkers!

Car Heaven’s primary target is pre-1995 live vehicles. Live vehicles are those that are still on the road generating dirty emissions and contributing to our smog problem. As your vehicle gets older, its efficiencies wear down.

The average 14 year old vehicle produces 19 times more smog-forming emissions than a new vehicle. Furthermore, 53% of the vehicles donated to Car Heaven are replaced by “small” cars.

By turning over the Canadian vehicle fleet from old clunkers to new, cleaner cars, Car Heaven is reducing emissions to the environment. To date, Car Heaven has prevented the release of:

• 46,586 tonnes of carbon monoxide (CO)*
• 4,847 tonnes of smog-forming emissions (VOCs&NOx)*

* Based on the emission facators (g/km) for NOx and VOCs of a 1995 or older vehicle compared to a 2004 or newer model - Environment Canada.

(Source: CVMA)

Environment Canada projects that smog-causing emissions, specifically hydrocarbons (HC) and nitrogen Oxides (NOx) , from the total auto sector are currently in decline as newer, cleaner vehicles replace older, higher emitting vehicles in the fleet.
This is due to the fact that, since 1971, the federal government has adopted increasingly stringent standards for smog-forming emissions from motor vehicles. One more recent example is the new On-Road Vehicle and Engine Emission Regulations which came into effect under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, on January 1, 2004. For passenger vehicles, the regulations phase-in more stringent standards between 2004 and 2009. When these regulations are fully phased-in, all passenger vehicles will be subject to the same set of emissions standards. These regulations will result in a reduction of the allowable level of nitrogen oxide and volatile organic compound emissions from new vehicles by up to 95% and 84%, respectively, relative to previous requirements.

The chart below shows the allowable limits for hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen oxides averaged over the Canadian vehicle fleet and illustrates how these allowable amounts have been reduced over time.

The improvements made since Tier 0 and Tier 1 vehicles shows why Car Heaven targets pre-1995 live vehicles. New cars have better technology in them!

Here’s a breakdown of how the Car Heaven program works:

1. Connect with Car Heaven by:
   • checking-out the Car Heaven website at www.carheaven.ca, or
   • calling a Car Heaven Call Centre.
2. Fill out the donor form online or over the phone.
3. Mail in your vehicle registration and/or ownership to the Car Heaven Call Centre.
4. Within two weeks of receiving the donor form and vehicle ownership, Car Heaven will send out one of our recyclers to pick-up your donated vehicle (where available – valued up to $200), right from your driveway!
5. The vehicle is recycled responsibly and you will receive your incentive for participating in Car Heaven.

In the Atlantic Provinces:

• The donated vehicle is towed away for free (valued up to $200), AND
• All donors receive a charitable tax receipt from the Canadian Diabetes Association or Mothers Against Drunk Driving for $35** which the auto recycler pays for picking up and processing the vehicle.

In British Columbia:

• The donated vehicle is towed away for free (valued up to $200), AND
• All donors receive a charitable tax receipt from their choice of affiliated charities, either for $50** which the auto recycler pays for picking up and processing the vehicle.

In Manitoba:

• The donated vehicle is towed away for free (valued up to $200), AND
• All donors receive a charitable tax receipt from the Canadian Diabetes Association or Mothers Against Drunk Driving for $50** which the auto recycler pays for picking up and processing the vehicle.

In Québec:

• The donated vehicle is towed away for free (valued up to $200), AND
• All donors receive a charitable tax receipt from the Canadian Diabetes Association or Mothers Against Drunk Driving for $50** which the auto recycler pays for picking up and processing the vehicle.

In Saskatchewan:

• The donated vehicle is towed away for free (valued up to $200), AND
• All donors receive a charitable tax receipt from the Canadian Diabetes Association or Mothers Against Drunk Driving for $50** which the auto recycler pays for picking up and processing the vehicle.

In Ontario:

• The donated vehicle is towed away for free (valued at $200), AND
• a charitable tax receipt from their choice of 15 affiliated charities, either for the $60 set value or the bid value of the vehicle, whichever is greater, AND
• all donors in the Toronto area are also eligible to receive a discount on a membership for AutoShare, a car-sharing program, and the deposit is entirely waived.

AutoShare and Car Heaven have teamed up to bring you a special discount offer to join AutoShare for only $99. Autoshare provides 24 hour, self-serve access to modern cars and vans at over 100 locations across Toronto, for rent by the hour.

Car Heaven participants can become members of AutoShare for just $99 + GST!

AutoShare is dropping their deposit ($250), and is giving you a $26 discount on the regular cost of membership, for a total savings of $276.

This offer is only available to Car Heaven participants, please visit www.autoshare.com/carheaven/ for more details.

**Partnering charities remit an administration fee to Car Heaven for donations received, which supports the program delivery infrastructure.