Climate change, global warming and sustainable use of resources are some of the important issues of the 21st century. To make this world a safer and healthier place we are constantly searching for alternatives that’ll reduce harm to our environment. Hence in this regard, there are so many reasons as to why it is important to recycle metals. The recycling of metal reduces environmental pollution, it saves precious resources, it reduces the waste which occupies the landfills, it saves from the destruction of the natural habitat of animals when the new ore is mined and more importantly it reduces energy consumption. The scrap material is a continuous resource. Recycled metal can be re-melted and reshaped as many times as we want.
However, India's recycling rate for all metals is significantly lower than the global benchmark. In the wake of this, Ministry of Mines established the Promotion Council for encouraging non-ferrous metal recycling in the country. The commitment behind the formation of the council is to address the challenges of non-ferrous metal waste management and to promote a circular economy in our nation.
The Ministry of Mines has nominated and authorized JNARDDC to carry out the functions earmarked for Metal Recycling Authority, as stipulated in National Non-Ferrous Metal Scrap Recycling Framework, 2020, except statutory functions. Furthermore, JNARDDC was approved by the Special Governing Body for promotion and development of recycling industry and transition to circular economy in the Metal sector. With a view to undertake the new objectives, a Recycling Promotion Division was set up in JNARDDC with two sub-divisions (i) technical and R&D; (ii) Development and promotion