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23.2.9 Country-specific Characteristics: China<br />

The volume <strong>of</strong> in-use vehicles in China will reach 55 million by the end <strong>of</strong> 2008 and<br />

the volume <strong>of</strong> ELVs will top 2 million this year. 507 In 2001, China passed a law<br />

regulating the disposal and recycling <strong>of</strong> ELVs, but progress has been slow, with the<br />

rate <strong>of</strong> dismantling just 10%. China has also established some ELV dismantling and<br />

disposal enterprises since 2005, but they are mostly mixed with used car sales<br />

networks, and many ELVs were resold through various channels after simple<br />

remolding.<br />

China's industry authorities have started to amend the country's rules for the recycling<br />

<strong>of</strong> ELVs. The new standards regulating the disposal and recycling <strong>of</strong> ELVs are said to<br />

be in the pipeline and will published later this year. There are expected to be modeled<br />

on a market based system, as in the EU, and require similar targets. 508<br />

23.3 Key Organisations Involved in Implementation and<br />

<strong>Management</strong><br />

Table 23-1 shows that the main types <strong>of</strong> organisation involved are environmental<br />

agencies, car licensing authorities and some kind <strong>of</strong> network or association <strong>of</strong><br />

recyclers.<br />

Table 23-1: Key Organisations Involved in ELV Policies<br />

437<br />

Country Country<br />

Key Key Organisations<br />

Organisations<br />

The Netherlands ‘Auto Recycling Nederland’ (ARN)<br />

Sweden<br />

England<br />

<strong>International</strong> <strong>Review</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>Policy</strong>: Annexes<br />

Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (SwEPA)<br />

Swedish Car Recyclers Association (SBR)<br />

Driver Vehicle License Authority (DVLA)<br />

AutoGreen / Cartakeback<br />

Japan Japan Automobile Recycling Promotion Centre (JARC)<br />

South Korea<br />

Ministry <strong>of</strong> Environment<br />

Ministry <strong>of</strong> Construction and Transport<br />

Vehicle Recycling Associations<br />

507 Gasgoo (2008) China to issue new standards <strong>of</strong> ELV recycling, Accessed 15 th October 2008,<br />

http://www.gasgoo.com/auto-news/6899/China-to-issue-new-standards-<strong>of</strong>-ELV-recycling-in-2008.html<br />

508 C. Kim (2007) A comparison <strong>of</strong> ELV system in Japan and Korea, Presentation for The Centre for<br />

Business Relationships Accountability, Sustainability and Society,<br />

http://www.brass.cf.ac.uk/uploads/elv_kim_c.pdf

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