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Find out when the Environment Agency classes a motor vehicle as waste and waste controls apply.
Buy or sell a vehicle, check a used vehicle, written off vehicles, scrapping a vehicle
Multi-agency operation into suspected illegal waste dumping in Liverpool results in arrest and vehicle seizure.
Scrap your vehicle at an authorised treatment facility if it’s reached the end of its life and you want to dispose of it
Find an authorised scrapyard where you can take your vehicle to be scrapped
How councils and national park authorities should deal with the removal of abandoned vehicles from land in the open air and roads.
U16 exemption allows you to reuse the parts from depolluted end-of-life vehicles in other vehicles.
How to apply to be an authorised treatment facility (ATF) for ELVs, comply with ELV regulations and meet recycling targets.
You can report an abandoned vehicle like a dumped car to the local council
Guidance for manufacturers and importers.
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