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The UK Government’s End of Life Vehicle (ELV) Regulations that set out env ...

The UK Government’s End of Life Vehicle (ELV) Regulations that set out environmental standards for the treatment and scrapping of old cars and vans, encouraging their reuse and recycling, are due to come into effect on 3 November. In time, all fluids will need to be removed and certain vehicle parts dismantled before scrapping. The regulations also include provisions on vehicle manufacturers when designing cars. These include: · restricting the use of certain heavy metals in the construction of new vehicles; and · providing information on the materials used in a vehicle to aid in their reuse, recycling and disposal. The regulations will introduce the licensing of authorised sites for treating ELVs. Authorised treatment facilities handling end of life vehicles will also issue certificates of destruction to vehicle owners to demonstrate that a car or van has been properly disposed of. Vehicle manufacturers and importers will also have the responsibility of bearing the cost of taking back vehicles that have no value that were put onto the market after July 2002. Proposals for manufacturers to bear the cost of taking back all end of life vehicles from 2007 will be the subject of a consultation later in the year.
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