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Buy or sell a vehicle, check a used vehicle, written off vehicles, scrapping a vehicle
Find out when the Environment Agency classes a motor vehicle as waste and waste controls apply.
Scrap your vehicle at an authorised treatment facility if it’s reached the end of its life and you want to dispose of it
When your vehicle has reached the end of its usefulness, you must get it…
Find an authorised treatment facility (ATF) where your vehicle can be…
When you make an insurance claim because your vehicle is damaged, your…
Find an authorised scrapyard where you can take your vehicle to be scrapped
How to apply to be an authorised treatment facility (ATF) for ELVs, comply with ELV regulations and meet recycling targets.
The Traffic Commissioner for Scotland's written decision for Scrap a Car Scotland.com Ltd (OM2058009)
The CMA has provisionally found that Copart’s completed purchase of Hills Motors raises competition concerns in the supply of vehicle salvage services in the UK.
CMA provisionally clears Copart’s completed purchase of Hills Motors following new evidence
How councils and national park authorities should deal with the removal of abandoned vehicles from land in the open air and roads.
Guidance for manufacturers and importers.
The U16 exemption allows you to reuse the parts from depolluted end-of-life vehicles in other vehicles.
The CMA is investigating suspected anti-competitive conduct in relation to the recycling of old or written-off vehicles, specifically cars and vans, also known as ‘end-of-life vehicles’ or ELVs.
The CMA has cleared the completed purchase of Hills Motors by Copart after an in-depth phase 2 investigation
You can report an abandoned vehicle like a dumped car to the local council
Guidance for manufacturers, importers, distributors and retailers.
How and when to make a SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification) to stop taxing and insuring your vehicle, including when the SORN is valid, penalties and rules for motor traders.
Apply for approval as a facility to treat, recycle or export waste batteries for treatment and recycling and the rules you must follow.
Illegal Teesside scrap site with hundreds of cars piled up must now be cleared following Environment Agency investigation.
Check registration, MOT, tax, vehicle identification number and other details to help make sure a used car is not stolen or unsafe
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