What is the End-of-Life Vehicle Directive?
In the early 1990’s, the European Parliament specifically targeted end-of-life vehicles as a “…priority waste-stream” for two significant reasons: • Because of concerns regarding the increasing amount of ‘waste’ produced during the disposal process of ELV’s, and • The generally poor environmental practices of the traditional car breakers and scrap yards that were responsible for the disposal of the majority of all ELV’s. So to regulate this waste-stream, the first version of a law regarding ELV disposal emerged in 1997 and became a European Directive in October 2000. It was finally adopted as a UK law on the 21st April 2002.
