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Vehicle Vehicle Vehicle Owners Owners
Owners
An obligation is also imposed on vehicle owners, where the registered owner of a
specified vehicle intends to discard that vehicle as waste; he or she is required to
deposit that vehicle at an ATF.
Main Main Stakeholders
Stakeholders
Stakeholders
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� Irish Motor Vehicle Recyclers Association (IMVRA),
� Metal Recyclers Association of Ireland (MRAI), and
� Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI).
These stakeholders were actively engaged with the DoEHLG in regard to the effective
transposition and implementation of the ELV Directive.
National National Vehicle Vehicle and and Driver Driver File
File
The Department of Transport’s National Vehicle and Driver File maintains records of
registered owners of vehicles. All information relating to CoDare forwarded to the
National Vehicle and Driver File.
The The Scrap Scrap Industry
Industry
The scrap industry, divided in simple terms between the dismantlers, who
disassemble the car for parts, and the shredders, who crush the remaining hulk, and
are required to implement higher reuse rates and stricter anti-pollution stipulations to
ensure further materials recycling of ELVs.
22.5 Monitoring and Measurement Techniques Applied
The EPA is responsible for collecting data through the National Waste Report project.
The Core Prevention Team of the EPA engages with the different sector players to
ascertain how waste management data for ELVs might be best compiled. The EPA
are currently conducting shredder trials to assess the material content of ELVs
recovered in Ireland. This information is due to be published later this year.
There are obligations on all ATFs to keep records of the aggregate weight of materials
for reuse, recycling, recovery and disposal arising from ELVs and report to local
authorities on an annual basis.
Given that the Regulations were only implemented relatively recently in Ireland
reliable statistics cannot be identified on current recycling levels. 475 Reliable reporting
systems have to be put in place to allow firm conclusions to be drawn as to the
percentages of material that are being reused or recovered in some way. Delays are
also being experience in assembling definitive data.
With the arrival of the ELV Directive, it became important for information on the
arisings and management of ELVs in Ireland to be made available, in order that
475 European Parliament 2007: End of Life Vehicles (ELV) Directive - An Assessment of the Current
state of Implementation by Member States.
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