Motor Vehicles: Recycling
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that vehicle recycling sites are established across the country; and what steps he is taking to publicise incentives to ensure participation in scrappage schemes.
Answered by Michael Shanks
Under the End-of-Life Vehicles (Producer Responsibility) Regulations 2005, vehicle manufacturers and importers have a responsibility to establish free collection systems.
The regulations require that by weight, at least 85% of the materials from end-of-life vehicles must be reused or recycled. Additionally, another 10% by weight must be reused, recycled or used for energy recovery, bringing the overall target to 95%.
Vehicle manufacturers must ensure that the vehicles they place on the market are recyclable to those levels.
Currently, there are some city level scrappage schemes operating in the UK, which are administered and publicised by the relevant local authorities.
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