Recycling end-of-life vehicles
Cars are complex pieces of machinery and their recycling can be a challenge.
But what happens to an end-of-life vehicle as it passes through the recycling chain? What kind of companies are involved? What about the oil, tyres and plastics?
Here you will gain insight into the journey a end-to-life car takes.
Find your local drop-off point
Drop-off your end-of-life vehicle free of charge to a car dismantling company. For environmentally responsible recycling, including starter batteries and drive batteries.
What happens to an end-to-life vehicle?
An end-of-life vehicle goes through an entire process: from turning it in, dismantling it, grinding the wreckage and separating materials into new uses.
Drop off, how does it work?
The first step is to drop off the end-of-life vehicle. This can be done at the nearest dismantling company in a network of authorised treatment facilities in the Netherlands.
It won’t cost you anything and the dismantling company will take care of the deregistration of your car. Read on to learn how easy it is to have your car recycled, responsibly and safely.
Watch the video to find out how it works!
Recycling results for end-of-life vehicles
With a recycling performance of 98.7%, it would be fair to say that recycling is well-organised in the Netherlands. But which parts of an end-of-life vehicle are given a new lease of life, which materials are recycled, and what products can be made from recycled materials?
Legislation and regulations
Strict environmental regulations apply to the processing of end-of-life vehicles. To this end, European guidelines have been translated into Dutch regulations. A digest of the most important legislation and regulations can be found here.
Recycling fee
When you buy a new car, you also pay a one-off recycling fee. This is a mandatory fee that must be paid when the car is registered in the Netherlands for the first time. But how exactly? And what happens to the fee that you pay? All relevant information can be found here.