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Project of the recycle waste motor vehicles for Motor Vehicles Office and united consulting services and recycle management

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Starting on June of 2005, Environmental Protection Administration. (EPA) worked together with Ministry of Transportation and Communication (MOTC) to set up service counters in each motor vehicle supervision office. The service counter assists public to register their vehicles as end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) and guides them to complete adequate recycling. Environment Resource & Information Co. Ltd. has staffs in 20 motor vehicle supervision offices in northern region to assist ELVs registration and offer guidance on ELVS recycling. Environmental Technology Management Corp has staffs in 15 motor vehicle supervision offices locate in southern region to carry out the same task. This project took 19 months to complete the services. Among 35 motor vehicle supervision offices, the northern region includes 20 motor vehicle supervision offices in north of Changhua, Nantou, and Hualien. There were 37 staffs in these 20 motor vehicle supervision offices. The southern region includes 15 motor vehicle supervision offices locate in south of Yunlin and Penghu, with totally 26 staffs. Combining northern and southern regions, there were 63 staffs in 35 motor vehicle supervision offices. Northern region completed ELVs hauling service; motor recycler contacting service, and follow-up ELVs dismantled vehicle part tracking for 80,633 ELVs (11,180 automobiles and 69,453 motorcycles) by using ELVs recycling and treatment system established within EPA information system. Southern region completed the same services for 24,588 ELVs (5,071 automobiles and 19,517 motorcycles). Both regions completed services for totally 105,221 ELVs (16,251 automobiles and 88,970 motorcycles). The staffs use telephone confirmation and onsite inspection to track the dismantled vehicle parts. There were around 142,000 phone calls made to assist ELVs owners contact ELVs recyclers and ensure ELVs were taken into recyclers’ plants for recycling and recovery. Besides, the staffs made 512 onsite inspections by taking photographs to ensure dismantled parts are properly recycled or treated. Service counter staffs educated citizens whenever going to motor vehicle supervision offices about the importance of proper recycling of their ELVs. The staffs completed around 459,000 services, 205,000 educational propagandas, and 81,000 consultations.
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waste vehicle,recycle,Department of Motor Vehicle
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