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VIDEO: Selling No-Copper Brake Pads

If you haven’t already, now’s the time to make sure that your store is making the shift to low-copper and no-copper brake pads.

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Jan. 1, 2021, marked the next phase in the Copper-Free Brake Initiative, an agreement between the EPA, states and industry associations to reduce the amount of copper and other materials in brake pads. 

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The agreement calls for manufacturers and importers of brake pads to limit the copper content in their products to no more than 5% by weight by Jan. 1 of this year. The voluntary initiative also calls for the reduction of mercury, lead, cadmium, asbestiform fibers and chromium-6 salts in motor-vehicle brake pads.

This video is sponsored by The Pronto Network.   

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