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 […]
Aluminium Recycling in the Automotive Industry
Aluminium recycling in the automotive industry recovers aluminium from end-of-life vehicles and production scrap, processes it through shredding, alloy sorting, and re-melting, and returns it as secondary aluminium feedstock for new vehicle components. According to the International Aluminium Institute secondary aluminium production requires approximately 5 percent of the energy used to produce primary aluminium from […]
What Is Carbon Footprint?
Every activity leaves behind a measurable emission trail. That trail is called a carbon footprint. It captures the total greenhouse gas emissions generated across energy use, transportation, industrial processes, and consumption patterns. Measured in CO₂e, it converts different gases into a single comparable unit using global warming potential. This standardization allows businesses and governments to […]
EV Battery Recycling in India
EV battery recycling in India involves recovering critical materials such as lithium, cobalt, and nickel from used battery packs to reduce both environmental impact and import dependency. India’s EV adoption is accelerating across vehicle segments, generating a growing volume of end-of-life lithium-ion batteries that pose serious risks if disposed of through informal channels. With mandatory […]
What Are EPR Targets?
Extended Producer Responsibility is a policy mechanism that shifts part of the waste management burden from municipalities to producers. Under this framework, companies that manufacture, import, or sell regulated products must take responsibility for the waste generated from those products after use. One of the central elements of this system is the concept of EPR […]