United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is working together with a number of UN organizations, notably UNEP and UNDP, on an initiative called Partnership for Green Economy, PAGE. In PAGE assistant a number of priority countries are being advised on steps to move towards Green Economy from various angles.
In this context, the Government of Mongolia asked assistance on doing a diagnostic for and setting up end-of-life vehicles processing. Another part of the request is to explore opportunities to destruct persistent organic pollutants (POP’s) in electronic waste. This report, Developing Sustainable Policy and Processing Capacity for End of Life Vehicles in Mongolia, has been compiled to support Mongolia in developing policy and processing environmentally conscious capacity for end-of-life vehicles (ELV’s) and to identify options to get POP’s out of potential plastic recycling channels.
It describes:
- Ideal process for end of life vehicles
- Current practices and material flows for end of life vehicles and the regulatory status in Mongolia
- Recommendations for action in the area of end of life vehicles and destructing POP’s in Mongolia
- Project proposal for initiating to implement the actions