Auto makers reach recycling targets

In the United Kingdom a new report has revealed that manufacturers of vehicles have attained the recycling target of eighty five per cent as was laid down in the End of Life Vehicles Directive.

The End of Life Vehicles Directive specifies that it must be possible to recycle eighty five per cent of the material in a scrap motor vehicle. By the year 2015 the figure should have risen to ninety five per cent.

The statistics of the success by the motor vehicle manufacturers were gathered and released by the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.

Paul Everitt, the chief executive officer of SMMT said that the data revealed that in all aspects of sustainability the motor vehicle manufacturers were committed to doing their part. Mr. Everitt further added in the current manufacturing process of motor vehicles, the attitude of designing with recycling in mind had become inculcated and sustainability had become a top priority.

For the motor vehicle manufacturers the End of Life Regulation compelled them to enter into agreements with Authorised Treatment Facilities so that when the motor vehicles finally became scrap, the Authorised Treatment Facilities would facilitate an easy take back from the vehicle owners at no cost. They would also ensure that the cars were gotten rid of in a way that would not harm the environment and then give Certificates of Destruction to DVLA and the owner of the scrap car.

In 2006 approximately six hundred and eighty five thousand Certificates of Destruction were given out. On the other hand Notices of Destruction that the DVLA has in its records for 2006 were two hundred and fifteen thousand cars.