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Vehicle Scrappage Programs
The Government of Canada is committed to improve air quality across
the country and reduce the health and environmental effects from air pollution.
Accelerated on–road vehicle scrappage programs are yet another positive
step in the right direction. These voluntary programs, developed and run
by local organizations in communities across Canada and supported by partners
including Environment Canada, are designed to improve air quality and help
reduce smog–forming and climate change emissions by permanently removing
older, high emitting vehicles from Canadian roads.
On–road vehicles, contribute up to 35 per cent of the emissions that
are involved in smog formation and 18.5 per cent of Canada's total
greenhouse gas emissions. Ten to 15 per cent of Canada's fleet
are older pre–1988 or poorly maintained vehicles and generate up to 50
per cent of these total emissions.
To be eligible for most scrappage programs, the owner must reside in
the area where the scrappage programs are operating; the vehicle must
be insured for the past six to twelve months; and be capable of being
driven to a recycling contractor's scrap yard. Owners of 1987 model
year and older vehicles who qualify can choose to scrap their vehicle
in exchange for one of the incentives offered in their localities. They
may include: transit pass, or car–sharing opportunities, or rebate toward
the purchase of a new or newer vehicle, or rebate toward the purchase
of a new bicycle.
Vehicles brought in through these programs are recycled according to
environmental guidelines. This includes draining the vehicle's
fluids, recycling the tires and batteries before the remaining vehicle
is recycled for scrap metal. In addition, some programs will be piloting
a mercury switch recovery program. Many vehicles on the road today contain
mercury switches in hood and trunk courtesy lighting. Mercury is toxic
and can accumulate in the tissue of living things. In fact, one gram
of mercury (about the amount in one vehicle switch) could contaminate
1,000,000 litres of water beyond Health Canada's limit for safe
drinking water (0.001 milligrams of mercury per litre) if it were fully
diluted. Through the switch recovery program, mercury switches will be
removed prior to scrapping the vehicle. This will help to prevent mercury
from being released into our environment.
The Government of Canada is working in partnership with multi–stakeholders
to improve air quality across the country. Our contribution will ensure
that these programs will continue to be successes. Currently, Environment
Canada is funding on–road vehicle scrappage programs in the different
locations in Canada: Vancouver, Ontario, Fredericton, Ottawa; new programs
will be launched very shortly in Montreal and in Winnipeg. Environment
Canada also funded a program in Calgary in 2002, it was so successful
that it met its yearly objective within a ten week period. This program
is reevaluating the possibilities of expanding under new management.
Environment Canada is a major sponsor in all of these pilot projects.
BC Scrap–It program in Vancouver was launched in 1996. The funding this
program is receiving from Environment Canada will help achieve the target
of scrapping 1,000 vehicles per year. This voluntary program offered
to Lower Mainland residents to trade their older, high polluting vehicles
for incentives toward cleaner forms of transportation. The program sponsors
for this initiative are: Canadian Petroleum Products Institute Members,
Environment Canada, TransLink, West Coast Express, The Jack Bell Foundation,
B.C. Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection, B.C. Automobile Dealers
Association, AirCare, EnviroTest Canada, the Greater Vancouver Regional
District, B.C. Gas Utility Ltd and participating bicycle retailers. http://www.scrapit.ca
Breathe–Easy Calgary Vehicle Scrappage Program in Calgary has been very successful. In ten weeks they have scrapped 600 vehicles,
which was their
annual target. The program is no longer accepting applications and is
presently looking at expanding to other cities in Alberta in the near
future under new management. For more information, call: 1–403–517–2700.
Car Heaven operates throughout most of the
province of Ontario and rewards
the donor of high polluting vehicles by offering them a free tow (value
of $200), a minimum of $60 charitable receipt and the chance to win a
variety of prizes including a 2003 Ford Focus, bicycles and transit passes.
Regional incentives are also being developed for those cars that are
pre–1988 and donated in running condition. This summer, Car Heaven will
be offering a free one month transit pass to any donor in London, Ontario
whose car meets these conditions. They will also offer $200 off the purchase
of a 1994 or newer used car to those eligible donors in Toronto, Ontario.
Car Heaven kicked off the third year of their summer promotional activities
in the Ottawa area on May 29th. The Car Heaven Angels will be in town
until July 7, 2003 attending Esso stations on the weekends to promote
the program and attending local events. http://www.carheaven.ca
Fredericton Vehicle Scrappage Program a volontary program
led by the New Brunswick Lung Association in the Greater Fredericton
Area was launched
on February 4th, 2003. The goal of this Program is to accelerate the
removal of pre–1988 vehicles from use and encourage the use of less polluting
means of transportation. Incentives will be provided to qualified vehicle
owners who scrap their 1987 or older vehicle under the program. http://www.nb.lung.ca/programs/scrap
Green Mobility Pilot Project led by Friends
of the Earth in Ottawa was
launched on June 16, 2003. The goal of this Project is to remove gross
polluting vehicles (pre–1988 cars) from the road, while at the same time,
offering the owners incentives that help them select a sustainable form
of transportation including car sharing, transit use or cycling. Friends
of the Earth has set a target of 300 cars scrapped this year. http://www.foecanada.org or (613)
241–0085 ext. 0 or 1–888–385–4444
Faites de l'air! Program led by the Assocation
québécoise
de lutte contre la pollution atmosphérique in Montreal will be
launching their program shortly. The goal of this Program is to reduce
vehicle emissions by encouraging individuals to scrap their older vehicles
in favour of less polluting means of transportation. Incentives will
be offered to owners of pre–1988 vehicles who decide to retire their
old vehicles. 1–888–819–7330
Bye Bye Beaters led by the Manitoba Lung Association will be running
the Winnipeg Scrappage Program which be kicked off during the fall of
2003. The goal of this Program is to reduce vehicle emissions by encouraging
individuals to scrap their older vehicles in favour of less polluting
means of transportation. Incentives will be offered to owners turning
in their old pre–1988 vehicles. Christy Sokol, 1–204–774–5501
