Scope 1 Emissions: Meaning, Examples, and How Companies Reduce Them
Scope 1 emissions are direct greenhouse gas emissions released from sources owned or controlled by a company. These include fuel burned in company-owned vehicles, boilers, furnaces, industrial processes, and refrigerant leaks. Defined under the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol, Scope 1 emissions represent the most direct component of an organization’s carbon footprint and are the easiest […]
Which Parts of a Car Can Be Recycled
Up to about 90 percent of a car’s material weight can be recovered and recycled at an authorised facility, depending on the vehicle and the recovery process used. Metals such as steel, aluminium, and copper account for most of that recovered weight and are the easiest to recycle. Batteries, glass, tyres, plastics, and fluids each […]
How Automakers Can Buy ELV EPR Certificates
Automakers buy End-of-Life Vehicle (ELV) Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) certificates from Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facilities (RVSFs) through the centralised Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) EPR portal. Under the Environment Protection (End-of-Life Vehicles) Rules 2025, RVSFs generate certificates from the steel recovered when vehicles are scrapped. Automakers register on the portal, receive an annual steel-recovery target […]
ELV Rules 2025 and 2026 Proposed Amendment Draft for OEMs
India’s Environment Protection (End-of-Life Vehicles) Rules, 2025, effective 1 April 2025, place Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) on vehicle producers. The rules require automakers to scrap a share of the steel equivalent of vehicles sold 15 to 20 years earlier and to acquire EPR certificates against that target. A draft amendment dated 27 March 2026 allows […]
How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
To reduce your carbon footprint, cut emissions in the four areas where they concentrate, namely transport, home energy, diet, and consumption, then offset the share you cannot remove. Transport and home energy usually account for the largest portion for most households in India. Practical steps include using public transport, switching to energy-efficient appliances, eating lower-impact […]
Scrap vs Sell Old Car
The choice between scrapping and selling comes down to one question: can the car still be driven legally and safely. If it can, selling almost always returns more money. If it cannot, because of its age, a failed fitness test, or repair bills that no longer make sense, scrapping is the better route. Scrapping at […]
Green Tax for Vehicles in India
Green tax is an extra charge on older vehicles, added when you renew their registration or fitness certificate under the Motor Vehicles Act. It applies to private vehicles over 15 years old and commercial ones over 8 years, and usually works out to 10 to 25 percent of the road tax. Rates differ a lot […]
How to Deregister a Vehicle in India
Deregistering a vehicle means formally cancelling its entry in VAHAN, the national database that holds every vehicle’s legal identity. You have to do this once a vehicle is scrapped, written off after an accident, exported, or retired for age. The process needs a Certificate of Deposit from an authorised scrapping facility, the original RC, and […]
Carbon Credit Trading Scheme
The Carbon Credit Trading Scheme is India’s national framework for trading Carbon Credit Certificates (CCCs), notified by the Ministry of Power on 28 June 2023 under the Energy Conservation (Amendment) Act 2022. It operates through two mechanisms: a compliance mechanism that issues and trades certificates against greenhouse gas emission-intensity targets for obligated entities in energy-intensive […]
Carbon Credit Registration Process
Registering carbon credits is how a project that cuts emissions turns that reduction into a credit it can sell. The path runs through six steps: writing a Project Design Document (PDD), having it checked by an independent agency, registering it with a registry, monitoring the project, verifying the actual reductions, and finally having the credits […]