Policy to make use of 20% scrap in vehicles must on card | India News

NEW DELHI: The automobile manufacturers may have to mandatorily use 20% recycled metals from scrapped vehicles in production of new ones from 2026-27 and 30% from 2028-29. As per the proposal of Extended Production Responsibility (EPR) Policy for vehicle manufacturers of the environment ministry, which is in the works, the manufacturers will also be responsible for recycling a share of the vehicles they sell in the domestic market.

TOI has learnt that the environment ministry recently held a meeting on the issue, where the draft EPR for vehicle manufacturers was presented. Currently, there are around 33 crore registered vehicles in India and three crore are added every year. The government has come up with the policy for ‘End of Life’ (ELV) of vehicles.
According to the draft policy, the manufacturers and sellers will need to meet the EPR obligations, including the setting up of collection centres or their own authorised vehicle-scrapping centres for vehicles that have reached their end of life.