| In 2005 the UK Government implemented new legislation called the End of Life Vehicle (ELV) Directive. The objective of the Directive is to ensure that as much of a vehicle is recycled as possible whilst ensuring that all hazardous materials are treated appropriately. The ELV Directive has set targets for the UK to ensure that, by 2006, 85% of an ELV is recovered and recycled. This target increases to 95% by 2015, it is expected that there will be a number of intermediate improvements to the recovery of hazardous materials over that time. With 2 million cars reaching the end of their life per annum, this is a distinct challenge for the UK.
As such it is now the responsibility of the owner of an End of Life Vehicle to see that it is delivered to an Authorised Treatment Facility where it can be depolluted prior to entering the recycling chain.
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