Improve Air Quality and Promote Multi-Modal Transport
Older vehicle dating back to 1995 or earlier produces 19 times smog-forming pollutants than 2004 and newer models.
The main objectives of the program are to:
- Improve air quality.
- Fight climate change.
- Promote Multi-Modal transport and oder less polluting transportation.
- Education.
- Reinforce social acceptability for a mandatory inspection and maintenance program for light vehivles in Quebec.
- Responsible recycling through the "Code de pratique national pour les entreprises de recyclage de véhicules" which participate in te National program
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Clear The Air!" is Quebec’s contribution to the Canadian vehicle recycling program Retire Your Ride. The program’s global objective for the entire country consists of recycling 50,000 vehicles built in 1995 or earlier, every year until March 31, 2011. Quebec’s objective is to retire 20,000 vehicles from the province’s roads before the end of the program.
From an environmental standpoint, the program intends to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve air quality and protect the environment by urging all Canadians to permanently rid themselves of their older vehicles and recycle them responsibly. Vehicles of model year 1995 or earlier generate 19 times more smog-forming pollutants than vehicles built in 2004 or later. Automotive pollution contributes to smog formation.
There are currently close to 600,000 older vehicles dating back to 1995 or earlier on Quebec’s roads. They make up approximately 10% of vehicles circulating on Quebec’s roads, but account for over half the air pollution; this is why the "Clear The Air!" program focuses on these aging vehicles.
