Post by jenny on Nov 17, 2011 6:21:00 GMT -5
The End of Life Vehicles (ELV Directive aims to reduce the amount of waste produced from vehicles when they are scrapped. The directive requires ELV treatment sites to meet stricter environmental standards. It also sets higher reuse, recycling and recovery targets and limits the use of hazardous substances in both new vehicles and replacement vehicle parts.
ELV compliance applies environmental compliance requirements at end of life, on automotive manufacturers. Adhering to all these regulations can seriously affect productivity, which is why many electronic and mechanical engineering companies are outsourcing their environmental compliance management to various consultant firms. There are numerous ways to heal our planet and become a more thoughtful person with regard to the environment and its natural resources and ELV compliance is an additional step to this. The ELV Directive is similar to the RoHS and WEEE compliance schemes, in that it was an EU directive designed to restrict the amount of hazardous materials reaching the environment. This was achieved in two ways: by restricting the substances used in the manufacture of new vehicles and their components, and by environmentally aware recycling methods. Every year, end of life vehicles generate between 8 and 9 million tons of waste in the community which should be managed correctly. In 1997, the European Commission adopted a Proposal for a Directive which aims at making vehicle dismantling and recycling more environmentally friendly, sets clear quantified targets for reuse, recycling and recovery of vehicles and their components and pushes producers to manufacture new vehicles also with a view to their recyclability.
ELV compliance applies environmental compliance requirements at end of life, on automotive manufacturers. Adhering to all these regulations can seriously affect productivity, which is why many electronic and mechanical engineering companies are outsourcing their environmental compliance management to various consultant firms. There are numerous ways to heal our planet and become a more thoughtful person with regard to the environment and its natural resources and ELV compliance is an additional step to this. The ELV Directive is similar to the RoHS and WEEE compliance schemes, in that it was an EU directive designed to restrict the amount of hazardous materials reaching the environment. This was achieved in two ways: by restricting the substances used in the manufacture of new vehicles and their components, and by environmentally aware recycling methods. Every year, end of life vehicles generate between 8 and 9 million tons of waste in the community which should be managed correctly. In 1997, the European Commission adopted a Proposal for a Directive which aims at making vehicle dismantling and recycling more environmentally friendly, sets clear quantified targets for reuse, recycling and recovery of vehicles and their components and pushes producers to manufacture new vehicles also with a view to their recyclability.