Why is recycling of scrapped cars so rare?

On July 11th, Ministry of Commerce spokesman Yao Jian stated at the special press conference “Auto Circulation Development Promoting Green Circulation Consumption” that as of the end of 2012, China’s vehicle ownership had exceeded 120 million units, an increase of 63.92 million vehicles compared to the end of 2007. , Such a large amount of holdings and the scale of demand means that the automobile market will gradually enter the peak period of replacement and replacement, and the status of end-of-life vehicle recycling and dismantling in the automotive industry and the development of recycling economy will become even more important.

It is understood that as of the end of 2012, there were 522 enterprises for the recovery and dismantling of end-of-life automobiles, employing 26,000 people and total assets of 10.3 billion yuan. In 2012, total sales amounted to RMB 7.85 billion, and 1.15 million retired motor vehicles were recycled, an increase of 0.5% year-on-year. Among them, 600,000 retired vehicles were reclaimed, an increase of 6.1% year-on-year. Waste steel scrap, waste non-ferrous metals, waste plastics, waste rubber were recycled. And other resources are about 2 million tons.

However, in recent years, the actual recovery of end-of-life vehicles in China is only 0.5% to 1% of the vehicle ownership, which is far below the level of 5% to 7% in developed countries. Why are so few scrapped cars? The reporter made some investigations.

"The amount of money that is officially scrapped is too little, and if one's own car is somewhat reluctant,"

"If you want to scrap the vehicle, which channel would you choose?" On July 22, the reporter interviewed a number of private owners randomly on the street. For this seemingly simple question, most of them refused to respond positively.

About two-thirds of private owners say they have never considered this issue. Some said: "The state has mandatory regulations that require scrapping of vehicles from the formal channels, but the scrapped cars get too little money. It is best that the regular scrapping channels can provide as much money as the black market. Otherwise, who is willing to do a losing trade! Others said: "The car will be changed in the next few years, and it will be resold in the second-hand market. The specific flow to me is also not known."

What about the scrapped bus? A bus driver stopped by the roadside and the reporter then talked to him for a while. “We all scrapped according to the regulations, but the amount of money that was officially scrapped was too low. If your own car was a bit reluctant,” he said frankly, “In fact, we all know that if we don’t scrap in a regular shop, these cars are likely to be It is certain that there are security risks when it is repainted again and sold in remote markets."

The reporter’s subsequent investigation at a scrap car processing plant confirmed the information obtained from the above random interviews. Among the more than 20 scrapped vehicles waiting to be dismantled, many were taxis and buses, and only four or five private cars were In addition to a Buick Regal, the others are low-end cars.

This Buick Regal can clearly see the impact of various types of impact on the body, there are color differences on the paint. The demolition site worker said: "This kind of car estimates that the engine is also changed. It is very likely that it will not be able to sell anything on the black market. Coupled with the destruction of the body, the owner will simply scrap it to the regular factory."

“Improve recycling prices again, or illegally dismantling high prices”

According to Chen, the manager of the scrap car processing plant, they dismantled about 16,000 cars each year, and the scrap price was about 600 yuan/car.

“At present, there are indeed situations where the purchase price is low in some places, which affects the enthusiasm of the owner to deliver the car.” At the above-mentioned conference, Liu Jianmin, president of the China Material Recycling Association, frankly stated that in accordance with relevant regulations, the purchase price of scrapped automobiles should be The conversion of metal content is based on the market price of scrap metal. In actual operation, the scrapped automobile recycling and dismantling enterprise will consider deducting the cost factors such as scrapped automobile haulage, dismantling fees, environmental protection treatment fees, operating management fees and taxes when determining the purchase price of the vehicle. The collected price is generally market About 40% of the total scrap price is estimated.

“Associated at the relevant conference, the association has repeatedly called for enterprises to increase the recycling price as much as possible. However, to increase the recycling price, it is still illegally dismantled to a higher level.” Liu Jianmin stated that formal enterprises act according to technical specifications, for example, to prevent pollution. The scrapped vehicles are to be dismantled indoors, and the illegal dismantling company is looking for a piece of open space to be demolished. There is no investment in the prevention of pollution, and the cost of recycling and dismantling is very low. “Open-air dismantling of scrapped vehicles, waste oil, waste liquids, and heavy metals will permeate the soil and even permeate the groundwater, causing pollution to the environment.”

He also pointed out that according to national regulations, vehicles must be dismantled, regular vehicles must be dismantled, vehicles cannot be resold, and vehicles cannot be assembled. However, some illegal dismantling companies sell vehicles or sell assembled vehicles after receiving the vehicles, so they can be recovered at high prices. .

Manager Chen also revealed to reporters that they generally recycled the car interiors, such as seats, stereos, and scrapped parts with safety hazards, such as engines. "And the black shop will generally sell the engine to the repair shop, about 20,000 yuan / month, tire bearings, etc. will also be sold to the repair shop."

Deng Liyi, deputy director of the Department of Market System Development of the Ministry of Commerce, stated at the press conference that the serious loss of scrapped cars was mainly driven by profits. A large number of cars that should be scrapped were sold to remote areas by lawless people and caused great damage to formal recycling and dismantling enterprises. The impact has seriously threatened the lives and property of the people and caused environmental pollution.

Liu Jianmin stated that in order to effectively promote vehicle owners to scrape vehicles through formal channels, the association actively guides enterprises to further improve the recycling network, extends service outlets, improves service quality, and provides convenience services such as door-to-door parking. At the same time, it also hopes that the government departments will increase their propaganda and urge the majority of owners to hand over the scrapped cars to the regular automobile recycling companies in the long run.

"There are coercive measures, but enforcement is not enough."

It is reported that China has formulated the "Technical Code for Recycling and Dismantling of End-of-Life Vehicles" and draws on the experience of developed countries to put forward requirements for the recovery and dismantling of corporate venues, facilities, personnel, dismantling operations, and management and management, and standardizes the enterprise. Operational behavior has improved the level of environmental protection and resource utilization.

The reporter also learned in the interview that scrapped auto recycling and dismantling companies hope to obtain more economic subsidies to raise the purchase price to increase the attractiveness of regular scrapping channels. However, they also admitted that the purchase price is still higher but the black market price, so to let the private car to disintegrate the formal manufacturers, it may be necessary to enforce. At the same time, we must strictly ban non-standard dismantling plants.

“Now the government has some enforcement measures. For example, for vehicles that will reach their end of life, the old license plate will be traded; the formal dismantling plant will not be dismantled, and new cars cannot be purchased. However, implementation is not enough.” Mr. Chen said that the state should focus on the retirement of private cars. situation.

“Although scrapped auto companies have conducted pilot upgrades and renovations, overall, the basis for the recycling and dismantling of scrapped vehicles is weak, the scale is small, the technical management measures are lagging behind, the level of environmental protection resources is low, and the basic conditions of scattered, chaotic, and poor are still not Change," said Deng Li, the recycling and dismantling of end-of-life vehicles is shifting from extensive dismantling to elaborate dismantling, which will promote mechanization and refinement of dismantling, and gradually realize the modernization of facilities, the standardization of operational procedures, and the soundness of waste disposal. .

He also said that the next step will be to promote the establishment of information sharing platforms such as vehicle registration, cancellation, recycling and dismantling, gradually realize recycling and dismantling information networking and full monitoring, and give full play to the joint supervision of the departments to earnestly maintain the normal order of recycling and dismantling of end-of-life vehicles.