About End of Life Vehicles

In the UK about 2.2 million vehicles come to the end of their lives each year, currently 85% of these are recycled and by 2015 all end of life vehicles (ELVs) must meet 95% recycling & recovery targets.

The EU's new ELV directive makes the last owner of a vehicle responsible for its safe disposal. Owners must be issued with a Certificate of Destruction (CoD) from an Authorised Treatment Facility or they could face hefty fines or even end up in prison.

The certificate acts as proof that a vehicle has been destroyed - meaning the owner's car tax and other obligations are at an end. It also shows that the car has gone through the correct recycling processes, which will help to reduce significantly the half a million tonnes of vehicle waste that is currently dumped in UK landfill each year.

If you do not obtain a CoD, you could be liable, as the owner, for road tax. In addition if the car is subsequently abandoned, under the Clean Neighbourhood Act, 2005, a local authority is now able to issue a £200 fixed penalty for the dumping of a car and under the refuse disposal act, an illegal dumper could be fined up to £2500 and face three months in prison.

As such we at Two Stroke are licenced by The Environment Agency to depollute ELVs in our dedicated depollution unit. Based near Royston, Herts, this unit allows us to recycle in line with current legislation and will allow us to recycle your end of life vehicle.

There are a number of processes that an ELV must go through to ensure its safe and environmentally friendly disposal.

All potentially hazardous liquids ie; petrol, oil, coolant, air conditioning gas, transmission and suspension fluids are drained and stored in specially designed containers to await safe removal by a specialist carrier.

The wheels, catalytic convertors, batteries, airbags and LPG tanks are safely removed, made ready and stored for specialist recycling.

Tyres and rims are separated and the tyres again go for specialist recycling.

The car shell is then transported to a specialist facility for flattening and shredding.

We would be happy to assist you whilst protecting the environment.