Ministry of Steel vide press release dated 15 March 2023 has issued clarifications regarding implementation of the Steel Scrap Recycling Policy issued in the November, 2019. The policy provides a framework to facilitate and promote establishment of metal scrapping centres in India for scientific processing and recycling of ferrous scrap generated from various sources.
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) and Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF & CC) have a major role in implementation of the Steel Scrapping Policy.
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has formulated the Vehicle Scrapping Policy that includes a system of incentives/dis-incentives for creation of an ecosystem to phase out older, unfit polluting vehicles.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF & CC) has notified the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) [HOWM] Rules, 2016 to ensure safe storage, treatment and disposal of hazardous and other wastes in an environmentally sound manner without causing adverse effect to environment and human health.
