Legislation and regulations for car recycling
The “Besluit beheer autowrakken” (Bba, end-of-life vehicles management decree) constitutes the Dutch government’s interpretation and implementation of European guidelines for the environmentally responsible processing of end-of-life vehicles.
A key provision in it is that at least 95% of an end-of-life vehicle must be gainfully reused.
That percentage is broken down into two components.
At least 85 per cent must be reused or recycled as materials, while a good use must be found for the other 10 per cent, such as energy recovery through combustion, for example.
The Management of End-of-Life Vehicles Decree sets strict requirements for:
- Issuance, collection, and processing of end-of-life vehicles and the associated financing
- Prevention of the use of hazardous substances in new vehicles
- Material identification coding
- Annual reporting
- The complete regulations are available on the government website.
The LAP3 national waste-management plan
The National Waste Management Plan LAP3 outlines how various waste materials should be managed in the Netherlands.
It specifies, for instance, the minimum standards that apply to processing. For drive batteries and starter batteries, there is a sector plan.
This plan translates the waste policy of LAP3 into various waste streams, including those originating from end-of-life vehicles.
European legislation
The EU regulations on the handling of batteries and accumulators are established in the European Directive 2006/66/EC.
Dismantling information per brand
For car dismantling companies, it is important to be able to use the information system of car manufacturers. This system is called IDIS.
It contains dismantling information for each brand and model. This is especially important for the safe dismantling of high-voltage batteries, such as the drive batteries from electric cars.
Legislation and regulations for batteries
Specific regulations apply to the collection and recycling of batteries, including drive batteries. See: Legislation and regulations for recycling batteries.