Great question. Actually no, there’s not. I’ve never skimped on safety things, but from this book I learned that this notion about car seats has never been tested.
Interesting. That makes sense though since it's less money the company has to pay for dump fees right? A few months back I was helping a guy I know clear out a commercial building. Tenants left behind some stuff. Found a guy with a truck to remove stuff , they did it reasonably. I told him he could probably sell some of the stuff.
I saw this interesting book yesterday about people/companies that make a lot of money on 'junk' It sounds pretty interesting https://www.amazon.com/Junkyard-Planet-Travels-Billion-Dollar-Trash/dp/160819793X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1468699038&sr=1-1&keywords=JUNK+billions
I'm currently reading Junkyard Planet which is pretty interesting to me, since I have worked in steelyards and scrapyards on a couple different occasions in my life.
I just finished up Magicians of the Gods which I found very interesting since I am a Physical Geography major, and took a few geoarchaeology courses in my undergrad degree.
An interesting retort to the article from Adam Minter, author of Junkyard Planet
http://shanghaiscrap.com/2015/10/something-john-tierney-didnt-tell-you-about-recycling/