Outline of Automobile Recycling Law

Abstract
There had been an efficient recycling system for the collection of parts and metals by dismantlers and crushers for the 5,000,000 end-of-life vehicles which are discarded every year in Japan. However, due to bad conditions like the price of scrap metal being so low and the cost for getting rid of shredder dust being so high, this process has been going in a backward direction and the price of end-of-life vehicles has dropped. This has unfortunately lead to an increase in illegal abandonment and improper handling of end-of-life vehicles. In order to build a new structure for the recycling of end-of-life vehicles due to these latest conditions, a bill on the recycling of resources, etc. for end-of-life vehicles (known as the Automobile Recycling Law) was submitted to the Diet this April, 2002. This paper introduces the outline of this Law.

Key words: End-of-Life Vehicles Recycling Law, Automobile Recycling Law, Waste Management and Public Cleansing Law, ELV, recycling