Executive Summary:
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) notified the Environment Protection End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV) Rules, 2025, effective January 6, 2025, to promote environmentally sound management of ELVs. The rules, based on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), set targets for vehicle manufacturers to scrap ELVs, establish guidelines for Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facilities (RVSFs), and mandate environmentally sound handling of ELVs. Compliance will be monitored by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs)/Pollution Control Committees (PCCs), with penalties for non-compliance.
Key Points / Main Content:
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR):
* Vehicle producers have mandatory EPR targets for ELV scrapping, covering all transport and non-transport vehicles except agricultural tractors, trailers, combine harvesters, and power tillers.
* Producers must meet annual scrapping targets starting in FY 2025-26 for vehicles put on the market 15 years prior (transport) and 20 years prior (non-transport).
* Producers must establish designated collection centers for ELVs and upload their locations online.
Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facilities (RVSFs):
* RVSFs are mandated to receive ELVs and perform treatment, depollution, dismantling, segregation, and scrapping activities.
* Recovered materials must be sent to registered recyclers/refurbishers or co-processors.
* Non-recyclable/non-refurbishable and hazardous materials must be sent to authorized Common Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities.
Registration and Compliance:
* Producers must register with the CPCB via a centralized online portal.
* Bulk consumers and RVSFs must register with the concerned SPCB/PCC via the same portal.
* CPCB (for producers) and SPCB/PCC (for RVSFs and bulk consumers) can suspend or cancel registrations for non-compliance.
* Producers, bulk consumers, and RVSFs must file returns on the centralized online portal.
* CPCB and SPCB/PCC will conduct periodic inspections and audits to ensure compliance.
Enforcement and Penalties:
* Non-compliance with handling and scrapping regulations can result in environmental compensation.
* CPCB and concerned SPCB/PCC are authorized to take action against violations.
Other Measures:
* An Implementation Committee has been constituted under the chairpersonship of Chairman, CPCB, for effective implementation of these Rules.
* The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has formulated the Voluntary Vehicle Fleet Modernization Program (VVMP) and has also notified rules related to RVSFs and automated testing stations.
* The Ministry of Steel's Steel Scrap Recycling Policy, 2019, promotes environment-friendly recycling technologies.
* CPCB has developed guidelines for environmentally sound ELV handling, processing, and recycling facilities.
Impact Analysis
Vehicle Producers:
* Impact: Producers face new EPR obligations, including meeting scrapping targets and establishing collection centers.
* Action Required: Register with CPCB, establish collection infrastructure, meet annual scrapping targets, and file required returns.
Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facilities (RVSFs):
* Impact: RVSFs must adhere to specific procedures for handling, processing, and disposing of ELVs.
* Action Required: Register with the concerned SPCB/PCC, implement environmentally sound scrapping processes, and send materials to appropriate recyclers/disposal facilities, and file required returns.
Bulk Consumers:
* Impact: Bulk consumers are responsible for depositing ELVs at designated locations.
* Action Required: Register with the concerned SPCB/PCC, deposit ELVs at designated collection centers/RVSFs, and file required returns.
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB):
* Impact: CPCB is responsible for overseeing producer compliance and has enforcement authority.
* Action Required: Register producers, conduct inspections and audits, and take action against non-compliance.
State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs)/Pollution Control Committees (PCCs):
* Impact: SPCBs/PCCs are responsible for overseeing RVSF and bulk consumer compliance and have enforcement authority.
* Action Required: Register RVSFs and bulk consumers, conduct inspections and audits, and take action against non-compliance.
Vehicle Owners:
* Impact: Vehicle owners must deposit ELVs within 180 days of the vehicle becoming an ELV.
* Action Required: Deposit the end-of-life vehicle at any of the producers designated sales outlet or designated Collection Centre or RVSF within a period of one hundred and eighty days from the date the vehicle becomes the end-of-life vehicle.
Key Entities Referenced
Environment Protection EndofLife Vehicles Rules, 2025: Rules notified by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change for environmentally sound management of end-of-life vehicles.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC): The Indian government ministry responsible for environmental protection and climate change.
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR): A principle where producers of vehicles are given mandatory targets for scrapping of end-of-life vehicles.
Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facilities (RVSFs): Facilities mandated to receive unfit vehicles or end-of-life vehicles for scrapping and carry out treatment, depolluting, dismantling, segregation and scrapping activities.
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB): The central authority responsible for enforcing environmental regulations related to end-of-life vehicle management at national level.
State Pollution Control Board (SPCB): State-level authority responsible for enforcing environmental regulations related to end-of-life vehicle management. Also includes Pollution Control Committee (PCC) where applicable.
Hazardous and Other Wastes Management and Transboundary Movement Rules, 2016: Rules governing the management and transboundary movement of hazardous and other wastes.
Voluntary Vehicle Fleet Modernization Program (VVMP): A program formulated by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways for phasing out older, unfit, and polluting vehicles.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1216
TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.07.2025
Compliance of Environment Protection Rules, 2025 by ELVs
1216. SHRI SHASHANK MANI:
Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to
state:
(a) the objectives of the rules notified for End-of-Life Vehicles (ELVs) and the manner in
which the said rules have been designed to minimize waste and pollution associated
with the disposal of such vehicles;
(b) whether the Government has proposed any measures to ensure compliance with these
rules among vehicle manufacturers and authorized scrapping facilities;
(c) if so, the details thereof, including any monitoring mechanisms or penalties for non-
compliance; and
(d) whether there are any plans to promote sustainable practices and technologies in vehicle
recycling and disposal to further enhance environmental protection and if so, the details
thereof?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND
CLIMATE CHANGE
(SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH)
(a) to (d): The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) notified
the Environment Protection (End-of-Life Vehicles) Rules, 2025 vide S.O. 98(E) dated 06th
January, 2025 for environmentally sound management of end-of-life vehicles. The rules are
based on the principle of extended producer responsibility (EPR) where producers of vehicles
are given mandatory EPR targets for scrapping of end-of-life vehicles. The rules cover all types
of transport and non-transport vehicles, except agricultural tractor, agricultural trailer, combine
harvester and power tiller.
Under the said rules, producers have been mandated to fulfil the obligation of EPR for the
vehicles that the producer has introduced or introduces in the domestic market, including
vehicles put to self-use to meet the specified scrapping targets. Producers have been provided
annual targets for scrapping of end-of-life vehicles starting from FY 2025-26 for the vehicles
put in the market 15 years ago in case of transport vehicles and 20 years ago in case of non-
transport vehicles.
Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facilities (RVSFs) have been mandated to receive unfit vehicles
or end-of-Life vehicles for scrapping and must carry out treatment, depolluting, dismantling,
segregation and scrapping activities. They are required to send all the recovered and segregated
materials from end-of-life vehicles to the registered recyclers or refurbishers, co-processors forrecycling and reuse of components or materials, in case RVSF does not have recycling or
refurbishing facility. They are further required to send all non-recyclable or non-refurbishable
materials and non-utilizable hazardous materials to Common Hazardous Waste Treatment,
Storage and Disposal Facility authorised under Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and
Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016.
Producers have been mandated to make necessary arrangements to receive the end-of-life
vehicles from the registered owner at any designated Collection Centre, including its sales
outlet and upload such list of designated Collection Centres, sales outlets on its website and at
a conspicuous place of its sales outlets and service centres. Designated Collection Centres by
producers are required to handle the end-of-life vehicles in an environmentally sound manner
and send them to RVSF.
Registered owner of the vehicle or bulk consumer is required to deposit the end-of-life vehicle
at any of the producer’s designated sales outlet or designated Collection Centre or RVSF within
a period of one hundred and eighty days from the date the vehicle becomes the end-of-life
vehicle.
Producers are required to obtain registration from CPCB through the centralised online portal.
Bulk consumers and RVSFs have been mandated to obtain registration from concerned State
Pollution Control Board (SPCB)/ Pollution Control Committee (PCC) through the centralised
online portal
Under the rules, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in case of producer and SPCB/ PCC
in case of RVSF and bulk consumer may, after giving an opportunity of being heard, suspend
or cancel their registration, in case of violation or non-compliance of any provisions of these
rules.
Returns in respect of fulfilment of the obligations provided under the rules are required to be
filed by producer, bulk consumer and RVSF on centralised online portal.
CPCB has been mandated to undertake periodic inspection and audit of the producer to ensure
that such facility is complying with the requirement under the provisions of these rules.
SPCB/PCC has been mandated to undertake periodic inspection and audit, or cause to be
inspected by an authorised agency, of the RVSF to ensure compliance of the rules.
In case, producer or RVSF or bulk consumer who fails to comply with the provisions relating
to handling and scrapping of end-of-life vehicles in environmentally sound manner under these
rules are liable to pay environmental compensation for causing loss, damage or injury to
environment or public health. CPCB and concerned SPCB/PCC have been authorised to take
necessary actions against violations or for non-fulfilment of obligations under these rules.
Implementation Committee has been constituted vide MoEF&CC Order dated 30.01.2025
under chairpersonship of Chairman, CPCB, with representatives from the concerned
Ministries/ Departments/ stakeholders representing producers, recyclers and scrapping
facilities, for effective implementation of these Rules.
Further, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has formulated the Voluntary
Vehicle Fleet Modernization Program (V-VMP) for creation of an ecosystem to phase out older
unfit and polluting vehicles.MoRTH notified the Motor Vehicles (Registration and Functions of Vehicle Scrapping
Facility) Rules, 2021 vide G.S.R. 653(E) dated 23.09.2021, and it prescribes for registration
of RVSF, criteria for scrapping vehicles, scrapping procedure, audit and certifications for
functioning of RVSFs.
MoRTH notified the Central Motor Vehicles (Twenty first Amendment) Rules, 2021 vide
G.S.R 652(E) dated 23.09.2021, for recognition, regulation and control of automated testing
stations, the procedure for fitness testing of vehicles through automated equipment and the
procedure for grant of Certificate of Fitness by automated testing stations.
Further, Steel Scrap Recycling Policy, 2019, notified by the Ministry of Steel, promotes
environment friendly technologies for scientific processing and recycling of ferrous scrap
generated from various sources and products, including end-of-life vehicles.
Further, CPCB has developed ‘Guidelines for Environmentally Sound Facilities for Handling,
Processing and Recycling of End-of-Life Vehicles’ in 2023 to carry out dismantling and
recycling of end-of-life vehicles in environmentally sound manner. The guidelines also specify
sustainable technologies for de-pollution and dismantling of end-of-life vehicles.
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