End of Life Vehicles Directive
- End of Life Vehicles Directive
Every year, end of life vehicles generate between 8 and 9 million tonnes of waste in the European Community which should be managed correctly. In 1997, the European Commission adopted a Proposal for a Directive which aims at making vehicle dismantling and recycling more environmentally friendly, sets clear quantified targets for reuse, recycling and recovery of vehicles and their components and pushes producers to manufacture new vehicles also with a view to their recyclability.
This legislation was officially adopted by the EP and Council in September 2000 and was published in Official Journal L269 on 21st October. (Directive 2000/53/EC - the "ELV Directive")
References
*http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/elv_index.htm
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