End of Life vehicle owners are responsible for ensuring they dispose of their End of Life vehicle in accordance with the 2003 ELV Directive. It is important that these vehicles are only destroyed at a registered Authorised Treatment Facility so that they can be recycled legally, without causing any harm to the environment.

EMR operates over 40 approved vehicle de-pollution centres in the UK, each fully fitted with up to date equipment to ensure they are able to continually meet the requirements of the latest environmental legislation.

During the de-pollution process, the vehicles are safely stripped of their wheels, batteries and all other operational fluids, most of which is either reused or recycled, before being processed at an EMR site.

Once a vehicle has been left at an EMR site and the last owner has completed and handed over the (V5C) registration document, it becomes EMR’s responsibility. From this point on, EMR will treat the vehicle according to all relevant regulations, issuing a Certificate of Destruction on completion of the on site recycling process.