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Scrap your vehicle at an authorised treatment facility if it’s reached the end of its life and you want to dispose of it

• How to scrap your vehicle

  When your vehicle has reached the end of its usefulness, you must get it…

• Where you can scrap your vehicle

  Find an authorised treatment facility (ATF) where your vehicle can be…

• Insurance write-offs

  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

Find out when the Environment Agency classes a motor vehicle as waste and waste controls apply.

• Updated: 6 September 2019

Wreck and salvage laws, the role of the Receiver of the Wreck, wreck owners and salvors and how to report wreck material.

• Updated: 30 January 2018

Complete this form to let the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) know when you have recovered any wreck material.

Find out the VAT liability for supplying ships, trains, aircraft and associated services in the UK.

• Updated: 31 December 2020

Guidance and information for local authorities on licencing and suitability of dealers, chargeable fees, definition of terms and other issues around this 2013 act.

• Updated: 2 October 2013

How to dispose of household waste legally. Check your council’s website for bin collection, bulky waste collection. What you must do if using private companies

Guidance primarily for local responders covering some infrastructure issues that may arise during the Recovery Phase of a UK emergency.

• Updated: 20 February 2013

Information about the welfare of horses on farms and livery yards and how to dispose of waste and fallen stock.