Department of Industrial Works (KOR) to recycle car wrecks across the country join hands with the public-private sector, focusing on destroyingCorrectly, bring steel back to use in the system to reduce PM 2.5 dust problems.
Mr. Wanchai Phanomchai, Director-General of the Department of Industrial Works revealed that at present there is a car disassembly factory There are only two fully integrated companies, which are Hidakayoko Enterprise Co., Ltd. in Chonburi Province and Wongpanich International Co., Ltd. in Ayutthaya Province. Operates from the collection of expired cars. dismantling vehicle parts as well as eliminating waste generated from vehicles. that cannot take advantage of Efficiently auto parts, which will drive this type of business to expand to reduce the amount of imported steel from abroad and is to bring the resources from the car wreck to be recycled into parts that are Benefits to industries such as rubber, plastics, precious metals can be extracted from electronic components. and ferrous metal which in one car contains up to 69% of steel, worth more than thirty thousand baht per car. Steel consumption is 19 million tons per year, of which 12 million tons are imported and 7 million tons are produced by themselves.
From the statistics of the number of vehicles classified by vehicle age across the country Department of Land Transport, as of January 31, 2022, Thailand has cars that are more than 20 years old, of all types, a total of 5,033,307 vehicles. If all 5 million cars are recycled, about 6.55 million tons of steel are obtained, and it is estimated that in 20 years. in front of the number Cars with a lifespan of more than 20 years will increase to 16 million. Old cars with a long service life and lack of standard maintenance are one of the main causes of PM 2.5 dust problems. Recycling is necessary. extremely
“Since 2019, the Ministry of Industry Signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOU) on a demonstration project for the use of renewable resources with regard to energy conservation for efficient resource recycling. and suitable for the wreckage of expired vehicles in Thailand (ELV Project: End-of-life Vehicles in Thailand) in collaboration with the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand and the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization or NEDO to create a suitable renewable resource utilization system. and effective from the remains Used cars in Thailand The goal is to be a model for recycling in Thailand. and in the Asian region in the future from such cooperation It has been summarized as a standard work manual. (Disassembly Manual) as well as best practices for disassembling a vehicle. To propose management guidelines to create incentives for people with old cars The car was destroyed in the right way. as well as to stimulate the economic drive by Buying a new, more environmentally friendly car leading to the emergence of an efficient car wreck management system concretely in Thailand,” the Director-General of the Department of Factory Conclude
