When cars come to the end of their life it is time to dispose of them.
However, this is not necessarily a simple business; each year the amount of
waste created by the amounts of scrap cars is a problem that the European Union
decided to address and this led to the End Of Life Vehicles Directive (ELV).
This essentially makes the scrapping of a car easier for owners and the
long-term result is a solution for the millions of cars that reach the end of
their lives each year.
When your car reaches the end of its life it joins the millions of others that
have met this same fate and prior to addressing the issue via ELV this was
costing the environment dearly. Now vehicle owners have an agreed step to take
when they are in this position – the vehicle’s final owner is issued a
certificate of destruction and they should then be able to get rid of their car
One might wonder how this is possible; when a car reaches the end of its life
and needs disposing of, the costs of the destruction are covered by those
manufacturing vehicles or importing them. This means that the burden is not on
the vehicle owner to cover the costs, and when their destruction is complete
cars can be disposed of in the correct manner at an Authorised Treatment
Facility (ATF), which is able to accept such waste.
These measures have been in place for a number of years and the EU hopes this
stops hazardous waste from affecting the environment.
So as millions of vehicles reach the end of their life each year there is a way
of dealing with the issue that ensures cars are dealt with in the correct
manner. This has an effect on the environment whilst also ensuring vehicle
owners have a specific set of actions that they can take.