Tuesday 19 June 2018

Mahindra Accelo : Saluting a pioneer

Mahindra Accelo has set up a plant in Delhi-NCR , for recycling of old / scrapped cars and looking to set up,

* one each in Panvel / Chennai / Indore / Kolkata / Bengaluru ( March 2019 )

* 28 others in other cities within next 2 years

In an interview with Mumbai Mirror , Mahindra Accelo MD , Shri Sumit Issar said :

* There are many parts in an old car which can be recycled . The biggest component in

any car is steel – about 70 per cent

For every tonne of steel made in the country , 1115 kg of iron ore, 625 kg of coal,

53 kg of lime stone, 642 kilowatt of energy and 287 litre of oil are used

If you are able to recycle even 1 tonne of steel, imagine the savings on iron ore , coal, and power ….. Moving forward, we want to recycle steel in a big way …. Our recycling process is completely automated……. Our automated plant has the capacity to recycle old trucks , buses, cars and two / three wheelers ….. We will pay them to take their car , pick it up and get it de-registered from the Regional Transport Office . All they need to ensure that their vehicle has a registration number

Automotive recycling is the only way out. In India , there is no policy on it .

Vehicles that are over 15 years old are either still on the roads, or are lying abandoned.

India imports 6 – 8 million tons of scrap a year .

Imagine the savings if it starts recycling steel and scrap is available locally