There are around 2 million End of Life Vehicles (ELVs)
per year of which 1.7 million are unserviceable old cars
with little or no value. According to legislation, these
End of Life Vehicles must undergo a detailed depollution
by an Authorised Treatment Facility (ATF) before the car
can be recycled, see ELV service.
Under these directives, producers of motor vehicles are
obliged to meet the costs of depollution after 2007. Until
this time it is the responsibility of the last owner of the
vehicle to pay.
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The Service
Our End of Life Vehicle depollution service
ties in seamlessly to providing the solution to Abandoned
Vehicles. Working with strategic business partnerships,
we offer a complete collection service for abandoned
and untaxed cars placing them in secure storage, for
statutory periods, before they then enter our depollution
and recycling process.
This partnership strategy also allows Sims Metal Management to offer
extensive service coverage for the Abandoned Vehicle scheme,
since our partners add to our own large network of sites.
We have also developed a database system that records and
monitors all information requirements relating to the collection
of abandoned vehicles and provides automatic updates to key
stakeholders.
Sims Metal Management is therefore ideally placed to offer Local Authorities
solutions for the growing number of Abandoned Vehicles littering
our streets and countryside.
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Case Study
The Sims Metal Management is currently working with a number
of Local Authorities and significant numbers of Abandoned
Vehicles have already been recovered and, where appropriate,
depolluted and recycled.
An example of this commitment is demonstrated by our approach
to the management of the Abandoned Vehicle Contract for Doncaster
Metropolitan Borough Council. It is predicted that over 1500
vehicles will be abandoned within Doncaster this year and
in order to reduce this impact we ensure that all of the
vehicles are removed within 24 hours and placed into secure
storage. This scheme has been shown to substantially reduce
the number of abandoned vehicle burn outs and acts of vandalism
associated with these cars.
Within this proactive partnership Doncaster Council and
Sims Metal Management have developed and implemented a voluntary surrender
scheme which proactive solution to the anticipated increase
in the number of abandoned vehicles.
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