The future of car recycling is now
Find an ARN drop-off point
Drop off your end-of-life vehicle free-of-charge to a car-dismantling company near you. It will be recycled in an environmentally responsible manner, along with its starter batteries and drive batteries.
The future of car recycling is now
Together, ARN and partners have succeeded in increasing useful recycling to 98.7% of a car’s weight. We are working together with the entire car recycling chain to create a circular economy.
A sustainable chain, where there is no harm to the environment and habitat. This is going further and further. What is not possible now will soon be possible.
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ARN stands for sustainable car recycling.
We – on behalf of the car importers – do this together with more than 200 organizations including car dismantling companies, shredding companies, collectors, and recycling companies. And with success! In the Netherlands, 98.7% of each car is reused effectively.
In addition, ARN handles the collection and recycling of car batteries for a large number of car importers. ARN also implements Scooter Recycling Netherlands. We are a not-for-profit organization funded by the recycling fee.
We are a non-profit organization funded by the recycling fee.
Car-dismantling company?
Join the national network of approximately 300 ARN chain partners and benefit immediately from the many advantages.
The latest news
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Our activities
ARN brings together parties in the car-recycling chain, underscores effective coordination, facilitates the process and supports and advises entrepreneurs in the sector.
National recycling network
Our national recycling network comprises approximately three hundred companies. Read more about this network and the participating companies.
Quality assurance and monitoring
Car recycling relies on quality assurance. Read more about how, in cooperation with our partners, ARN is optimising recycling processes.
Close cooperation
“It is very important for our company to be affiliated with ARN. It is a clear signal to the market that, when it comes to car dismantling, we have our ducks neatly in a row and we are a trusted address for the dismantling of end-of-life vehicles.”
“ARN really is an expert in its field with short lines to stakeholders. We are pleased to have been able to make such an active contribution to the implementation of the recycling fee and are still doing so by continuing to collect it!”
“My brother and I recently took over the family business from our parents. What do we think of ARN so far? Well, as my father always used to say: they have always been good for us!”
“Car recycling in the Netherlands is both well organised and anchored in a structure in which manufacturers correctly assume their responsibilities.”