The Haz Guide

The Hazardous Waste Regulations (and business waste)

Producer Responsibility - End of Life Vehicles (ELV)

Approximately 2 million vehicles are scrapped in the UK every year, with around 1.2 million of these go to vehicle dismantlers and 0.6 million go directly to scrap yards. The EC directive on End-of-Life vehicles (ELVs) aims to reduce or prevent the amount of waste produced from ELVs and increase the recovery and recycling of ELVs that do arise.

The Regulations that transpose the End of Life Vehicles (ELV) Directive have been in effect since November 2003. The Directive's main requirements are for producers to limit the use of hazardous substances and increase the quantity of recycled material used in the manufacture of their vehicles and that they design vehicles for easy recycling. As of 2007, producers are to pay all or a significant part of the costs of free take-back of no or negative value vehicles to a treatment facility. Treatment facilities must hold a site permit if accepting vehicles which have not been depolluted and set minimum technical standards for all sites that store or treat ELVs. In addition, producers must meet a recovery target of 95% (85% recycling/re-use) by 1 January 2015 (2). Further information is available on the Defra and BERR websites.

(2) There was also a recovery and recycling target for 1 January 2006

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Further information is available on the Defra and BERR websites