End-of-life Vehicles
Responsible Body:
Environment Agency & Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)
Summary:
Producers of vehicles are required to set up collection, treatment and disposal systems, register responsibility for vehicles placed on the market and apply for approval of their vehicle collection system. There are also reuse, recovery and recycling targets for end-of-life vehicles.
Environment Agency & Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)
Summary:
Producers of vehicles are required to set up collection, treatment and disposal systems, register responsibility for vehicles placed on the market and apply for approval of their vehicle collection system. There are also reuse, recovery and recycling targets for end-of-life vehicles.
Key Requirements:
End-of-Life Vehicles are motor vehicles that are categorised as waste and their components are also classed as waste.
When you send an end-of-life vehicle for dismantling or disposal, you must ensure that the site you are sending it to has an environmental permit1 and is an authorised treatment facility (as determined by the Environment Agency). If the vehicle is a car or van, you should be issued with a certificate of destruction by the DVLA which demonstrates that your vehicle has been taken to an authorised treatment facility. If the authorised treatment facility which you use automatically updates the DVLA that your vehicle has been destroyed, you do not need to send your certificate of destruction to anyone. However, you should keep it for your own records.
Further information can be found at www.netregs.gov.uk.
When you send an end-of-life vehicle for dismantling or disposal, you must ensure that the site you are sending it to has an environmental permit1 and is an authorised treatment facility (as determined by the Environment Agency). If the vehicle is a car or van, you should be issued with a certificate of destruction by the DVLA which demonstrates that your vehicle has been taken to an authorised treatment facility. If the authorised treatment facility which you use automatically updates the DVLA that your vehicle has been destroyed, you do not need to send your certificate of destruction to anyone. However, you should keep it for your own records.
Further information can be found at www.netregs.gov.uk.
Penalties & Implications of non-compliance:
The DVLA is responsible for enforcement.
Further Information:
Environment Agency: http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk
NetRegs: http://www.netregs.gov.uk
Wasteonline: http://www.wasteonline.org.uk
The DVLA is responsible for enforcement.
Further Information:
Environment Agency: http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk
NetRegs: http://www.netregs.gov.uk
Wasteonline: http://www.wasteonline.org.uk