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President’s view of scrap metals in India
The Indian metals scrap sector is worth
750 billion rupees (US$ 11.2 billion)
each year, announced Sanjay Mehta,
president of the Metal Recycling Asso-
ciation of India (MRAI). ‘An average of
28 million tonnes of scrap is generated
annually, and some 21 million tonnes
consumed,’ he announced before kick-
ing off the President’s Dinner festivities
in Jaipur. ‘Given the scale of the sec-
tor, scrap is obviously not a waste but a
resource. As the voice of the country’s
secondary metals industry, we will con-
tinue to fight for recognition.’
In welcoming delegates to the ‘Pink
City’, Mehta noted that the attendance
list had grown very slowly, reflecting
the ‘strain’ many recyclers and traders
were under these days. But 1000-plus
delegates at the final count signalled
that ‘the market is looking up, that
people are getting more optimistic’, he
surmised.
He cited last year’s demonetisation
measure in India as an obstacle to be
overcome. ‘With this behind us, we must
look to other challenges that need to
be addressed,’ he said. ‘For instance, a
large part of the world has removed the
levy on scrap imports. Not India. This
creates a global disadvantage. Import
duties must be phased out. The only fair
way to protect our business is by creat-
ing a level playing field.’
The metals recycling industry has
existed for 70 years in India and now
embraces more than 10 000 small and
medium-size metals recyclers. ‘All these
people are facing significant losses,’ he
pointed out. ‘We must offer our recyclers
more incentives, not punish them.’ The
MRAI president described the strict
shipment inspection standards as a bur-
den that ‘costs metals recycling players
a huge amount of money’ (see page 25
for further details).
He called for the creation of a special-
ist team within government to monitor
and advocate scrap-friendly legislation.
Having a ‘scrap champion’ would hope-
fully prevent recycling being merely an
afterthought. ‘It’s true that we’re not
exactly making headlines, though often
our reputation is distorted,’ Mehta said.
Currently, the domestic recycling rate
for metals lingers around 30% in India
– a far cry from the 80%-plus rates
achieved in Germany, for example.
‘We cannot stay behind, and must not
accept low results,’ the MRAI president
commented. ‘Ignoring the potential of
scrap is a crime against future genera-
tions.’
