The government has taken action to reduce the environmental problems that result from improper handling of scrapped motor vehicles; it has encouraged faster phasing-out of older motor vehicles and for scrapped motor vehicles to be entered into a legal recycling system, where they can be properly disposed of. The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA), aiming to control and increase the proper recycling and disposal of scrapped motor vehicles, began in 1999 to use incentive applications as rewards to car owners who had their scrapped car bodies sent to legal recycling systems approved through EPA auditing and certification. Since 2003, the EPA’s efforts in promoting the policy have paid off, as approximately 7.4 million scrapped motor vehicles have been recycled through legal recycling systems under the policy. The main purpose of this program is accepting and reviewing incentive applications for scrapped motor vehicles; it is also responsible for giving recycling operators guidance on the work involved in making contacts, as well as providing consultation services to the general public. As of November 30, a total of 677,657 applications have been accepted for review, 500 calls have been made for monthly guidance with recycling operators, and 40,542 outgoing/incoming calls have been completed for consultation services. Over 14 years of work experience have been accumulated in the program, during which it has established a standard operating procedure for allotment of rewards that meets public expectations and actually accords with the intent of the policy. Applications for two-stroke vehicles that people had mistakenly sent to the review unit were compiled, of which 32 were handed over to the EPA; 64 suspected cases of duplicate license plate numbers were corrected; and a total of 4,745 returned checks or rejected remittances were re-sent or re-remitted.

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