ELV
End-of-life vehicles are motor vehicles that are categorised as waste. Their components and materials are also classed as waste. Waste is anything that you discard, intend to discard or are required to discard. This includes material being sent for recycling or reuse.
All provisions of the end-of-life vehicle legislation apply to cars and vans. However, only the depollution requirements apply to the following waste motor vehicles:
- three-wheeled motor vehicles
- coaches
- buses
- motor cycles
- goods vehicles.
Vintage vehicles do not fall within the scope of the legislation. Vintage vehicles include historic vehicles or vehicles of value to collectors or intended for museums, kept in a proper and environmentally sound manner, either ready for use or stripped into parts.
The legislation also does not cover ships, trains or planes.