ARN for motorists

You can quickly and easily drop off an end-of-life vehicle at an ARN dismantling company near you. The relevant company will take care of the formalities and set in motion the safe and responsible processing of your end-of-life vehicle. Read more about the services we offer motorists.

Video car recycling

Hand in your car to a car dismantling company; how does that work? Watch the video.

Drop off your car

Drop off your end-of-life vehicle free-of-charge to a car-dismantling company near you.

Video battery collection

What happens to the car battery when an electric car is scrapped? Watch the video.

Starter-battery collection

Find the starter-battery collection point nearest to you.

Recycling fee for cars

The recycling fee is payable on all cars that are registered in the Netherlands. In addition to new cars, this now includes all imported cars that are registered in the Netherlands for the first time.

Car-recycling results

When an end-of-life vehicle is taken to a car-dismantling company, no less than 98.7 per cent, by weight, will be reused, recycled or channelled to another useful application.

Battery-recycling results

In 2021, over 80 importers participated in the collection and recycling scheme of the ARN Management Plan.

What happens to an end-of-life vehicle?

An end-of-life vehicle goes through quite a process: being dropped off, dismantled, shredded and the materials are then separated into potential new usage streams

What happens to the batteries?

The increasing number of electric cars on our roads translates to more and more of their batteries being disposed of. ARN collects both lithium-ion starter batteries and drive batteries.

The role of ARN

Together with the affiliated companies in the recycling chain, ARN ensures that at least 95 per cent of an end-of-life vehicle, by weight, is gainfully reused. We help importers by assuming their producer responsibilities.

Sustainability Report

In 2021, together with our partners, ARN managed to gainfully reuse 98.7 per cent of end-of-life vehicles, by weight. For batteries too, the attained recycling level of over 70 per cent was comfortably above the legal norm.

Een greep uit onze nieuwsfeed

Fewer end-of-life EV-batteries reused in 2022

Last year, fewer end-of-life EV-batteries from electric cars were available for reuse. Of a total of 112,617 kilograms of batteries collected via ARN in 2022, 23 per cent were given a second lease of life, such as energy storage for example. In 2021 it was 53 per cent. Effectively, it means that last year the proportion of batteries that were available for reuse fell by more than half.

Recycling fee for cars and management fees for car batteries in 2024 announced

Auto Recycling Netherlands (ARN) has today announced that from 1 January, 2024 the recycling fee for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles has been set at €20. This is €2.50 less than the current €22.50 per vehicle.

New automotive brand affiliates with ARN to process batteries

Since recently the new car brand, NIO, is available on the Dutch market. And for the collection and recycling of end-of-life batteries the brand has become part of the ARN network. “We feel a responsibility for the complete life cycle of our product,” insists General Manager Ruben Keuter, during the opening ceremony of the company’s first battery-swapping station in Tilburg, the Netherlands.

Vehicle-recycling fees and management fees for car batteries in 2023

The RAI Association and Auto Recycling Nederland (ARN) have announced today that from 1 January, 2023 the recycling fee for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles will be set at €22.50. This is a reduction of €2.50 on the current recycling fee of €25 per vehicle.

Plastics in today’s cars will still be used in car parts 20, 30 and even 40 years’ time

Despite there being an average of 208 kilos of plastic in a car, currently a mere 19 per cent of it is recycled. Most of the plastic in an end-of-life vehicle (ELV) ends up in landfill, or is given a one-way ticket to an energy-recovery centre. This situation must be changed by mandating higher reuse rates and applying new plastic-recycling technologies.

Climate change, what will it mean for car recycling?

During the recent IARC in Basel, Switzerland, Catherine Lenaerts of Febelauto gave a presentation on natural disasters and how they affect car recycling. As our climate continues to warm, we will be forced to allow for the increased likelihood of flooding and its consequences: one of which is more end-of-life vehicles.

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