The Japanese Experience of Scrapped Automobiles Recycling

Japan adopted a series of policy measures to basically solve the problem of the impacts on environment due to the improper handling of the scrapped automobiles. Combination with legislation and market economic leverage, Japan was built a scrapped automobiles recycling system. Among it, the official background Automobile Recycling Promotion Center (ARPC) dominate the entire process, the manufacturers and the automobile-owners carry out their duties under the supervision of the ARPC: process the scrapped automobiles and pay the processing costs. Dismantling scrapped automobiles get recycled steel, recycled rubber and reusable components can generate economic benefits, this makes the scrapped automobiles recycling industry profitable. Through the study of the Japanese experience, we can look ahead the blueprint of this problem which will be solved completely at last.