Preliminary study on End-of-Life Vehicles recycling rate for Malaysia

Abstract

Malaysia has yet to introduce a proper laws and regulations that allow appropriate disposal of End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV). Moreover, there are lacks data captured regarding the management of ELV across different management due to unknown practices and systems. The implementation of non-environmentally ELV processed which include river dumping has raised varied issues. Recently, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) and Malaysia Automotive, Robotics and IoT Institute (MARii) has introduced several measures starting with the introduction of national automotive policy towards the importance of reuse, repair, remanufacturing and recycle (4R) concept on ELV management and development of Authorised Automotive Treatment Facility (AATF) to dismantle ELV parts. To evaluate the importance and AATF functions, a study was conducted to examine and characterise AATF process in Malaysia and evaluate the wastes generated from the practices. From the initial results, the recycling rate of ELV done in AATF has managed to achieve 90%. Moreover, it is expected that more materials and components can be recycled and recovered due to the involvement of additional ELV treatment stakeholders.