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25-05-2007
The
China National Development and Reform Commission
(NDRC) recently unveiled its goals to increase
the recycling rate of vehicles and the materials
used to make vehicles.
In the Auto Product Recycling Technology Policy
released jointly by NDRC, the Ministry of Science
and Technology and the State Environmental Protection
Administration, there are three step-by-step
goals to achieve an increase in the recycling
and reusing rate.
First, by the year 2010, the recycling rate
of all imported and domestic commercial vehicles
should reach 85 percent, and the rate of reusing
the materials should reach 80 percent. Meanwhile,
the recycling rate of those trucks weighing
less than 3.5 tons and all passenger cars should
be at 80 percent, and 75 percent for the rate
of reusing their materials.
Second, from 2012 onwards, the recycling rate
of all kinds of imported and domestic vehicles
will be targeted at 90 percent and 80 percent
of all materials reused. Lastly, these two figures
should rise to 95 percent and 85 percent respectively
by the year 2017.
In order to achieve these goals and to improve
the management of the auto industry, NDRC held
its third seminar on making detailed policies
and standards, such as the Auto Product Recycling
Administrative Measures and the List of Forbidden
or Limited Materials in Making Vehicles.
Meanwhile, auto manufacturers must shoulder
part of the responsibility in making less of
an impact on the environment. From the beginning
of the desi gning and manufacturing processes,
companies should consider using recyclable materials,
and the manufacturers are asked to provide recycling
and dismantling guiding manuals when they release
new models. From 2010 onwards, carmakers and
their dealers need to be responsible for recycling
their own products and the packages, or they
can ask other agents to do it for them instead.
China plans to record the carmaker's recycling
rate next year. When enterprises are trying
to enter the auto-manufacturing industry, their
recycling capability will also be considered.
And once they fail to meet the recycling requirements,
a series of punishments are waiting for them,
like suspending their production and sale, giving
penalties and charging them with extra environmental
protection fees.
The recycling rate is a key element in energy
efficiency and the auto industry's contribution
to environmental protection. China still has
a long way to bridge the large gap with developed
countries in the process of recycling, dismantling
and reusing materials.
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