Your old car or van may well be worth money and a permitted scrapyard may offer you payment in exchange for your vehicle – the amount will depend on its age, make and condition.
Scrap vehicles contain a lot of non-renewable resources that should be recycled and used again – over 70 per cent of a car is metal, which is a lost opportunity if not recycled.
Scrap or End-of-Life Vehicles contain many materials that can pose a threat to the environment. Hazardous materials such as lubricating oils, break fluids, petrol and lead acid batteries are found in End-of-Life vehicles and need to be removed, stored and disposed of responsibly to ensure they don’t cause environmental harm or pose a health and safety risk.
When your old car or small van is dropped off at an ELVES permitted scrapyards it goes through a recycling process. When you drop your car off you should receive a Certificate of Destruction (CoD ). This ends your responsibility for the vehicle and allows the process of depollution and recycling to begin.
Some permitted scrapyards will then remove parts from the vehicle to sell for reuse. This keeps other vehicles on the road a little bit longer and helps make the most of the material in your vehicle.
ELVES is the compliance scheme for End-of-Life Vehicles (ELVs ) in Ireland. It is a non-profit company set up by vehicle manufacturers to help deliver on their obligations under the European Union (End-of Life Vehicles ) (Amendment ) Regulations 2016.
