The Ministry of Mines has recently issued the National Non-Ferrous Metal Scrap Recycling Framework, 2020 covering key non-ferrous metals like Aluminium, Copper, Zinc and Lead.
The framework has been released with an objective to promote formal and well-organised recycling ecosystem in the country which is currently highly unorganised with heavy dependence on imported scrap.
Also, it aims to produce high quality scrap for quality secondary production thus minimising the dependence on imports and encourage economic wealth creation, job creation and increased contribution to the GDP through metal recycling.
This framework is also seen to be prepared in the backdrop of the upcoming Vehicle Scrappage Policy for automobiles, which will ensure sufficient availability of domestic scrap in the country.
Some of the key recommendations are setting up of a central authority for recycling of metals as Metal Recycling Authority (MRA). It strongly recommends establishing BIS standards for the quality of scrap used for recycling and recycled products.