October 1, 2012
 
Vancouver, BC – Starting today, SCRAP-IT is offering higher incentives to British Columbians when they scrap their older, higher polluting vehicles. The program’s goal is to move participants into more efficient, environmentally friendly forms of transportation. 
 
“The BC SCRAP-IT program has been successful in removing more than 30,000 higher polluting vehicles from the road,” says Dennis Rogoza, CEO of the BC SCRAP-IT Program Society. “By implementing higher incentives while the funds remain available, we’re certain even more British Columbians will be willing to scrap their older model cars for other forms of transportation that produce less smog and fewer greenhouse gas emissions.” 
 
SCRAP-IT incentives include:

In order to qualify for the program a vehicle must be a Year 2000 model or older and be licensed for the past six months.
 
SCRAP-IT is a voluntary early retirement vehicle program that provides British Columbians the opportunity to replace their higher polluting vehicles with cleaner forms of transportation. The provincial government has recently provided the SCRAP-IT program with a $2.5 million grant for program enhancements. The program, which first launched in 1996, is designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to lower exhaust pollutants across the province. The SCRAP-IT program has resulted in a reduction of more than 200,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases.
 
About BC SCRAP-IT SOCIETY
The BC SCRAP-IT Society, a non-profit organization, administers the SCRAP-IT Program province-wide. All scrapped vehicles and their components are properly and permanently recycled. For more information and a complete list of incentives available, visit www.scrapit.ca.