Development of framework for establishment of end-of-life vehicles management system in Malaysia Review and research direction

Development of framework for establishment of endof-life vehicles management system in Malaysia: review and research direction
Tengku Nur Azila Raja Mamat*, Muhamad Zameri Mat Saman, Safian Sharif
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
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Abstract— The disposal of end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) is a high concern to achieve sustainable development in any country.
Maximizing recovery and recycling rates of ELVs is aimed to be achieved by the stakeholders to reduce environmental impacts and to increase on the road safety. Lately, ELV management has been established extensively in developed nations to create an appropriate recycling system using the best available technologies. For European Union (EU), the End-of-Life Vehicle
Directive has passed laws to the member countries to reuse and recover 85% by weight of the average vehicle in year 2006 and this percentage is expected to increase to 95% by year 2015. In
Malaysia, after the establishment of National Car Project (NCP) in 1985, the automotive industry has grown tremendously in terms of technology and innovation. The National Automotive
Policy (NAP) has been established to ensure that the NCP progresses successfully in line with the competitive demand.
However, the NAP in Malaysia has not dealt with the environmental issues related to the automotive industry development. To date, directive or legislation on end-of-life vehicles for the automotive industry has not been established. A recent review of the NAP has imposed the ban of importing used automotive parts (effective June 2011) and gradual introduction of ELV policy, as to promote safety and create an environmentally sound management of automotive industry.
This research is undertaken to study the feasibility and requirement in development of the framework for establishment of ELV management system in Malaysia.

I. INTRODUCTION
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Background

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