Recovery of resources from end-of-life passenger cars in the informal sector in India
L Sharma, S Pandey - Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2020 - Elsevier
Sustainable management of vehicles at their end-of-life stage (ELVs) offers a significant
potential for resource recovery by closing the material loop and thus contributes to dealing
with scarcity of resources. Although ELVs till date in countries like India are considered as
waste and not as secondary resource material (SRM), but, if used judiciously, may obviate
the extraction of primary or virgin materials. Although policymakers have focused on ways to
ensure higher resource efficiency in the automobile sector, research on the role of the …
potential for resource recovery by closing the material loop and thus contributes to dealing
with scarcity of resources. Although ELVs till date in countries like India are considered as
waste and not as secondary resource material (SRM), but, if used judiciously, may obviate
the extraction of primary or virgin materials. Although policymakers have focused on ways to
ensure higher resource efficiency in the automobile sector, research on the role of the …