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End of Life Vehicles and Producer Responsibility Laws

MCLI Recommendation: “Congress could pass legislation that establishes extended producer responsibility for a wide range of products.”

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National and State vehicle mercury programs

End of Life Vehicle Solutions is a national not-for-profit corporation formed by automobile manufacturers providing educational materials, collecting and recycling automotive switches at no cost to di...
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Korea’s End of Life Vehicles Legislation

Korea’s 2007 Act for Resource Recycling of Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Vehicles (referred to as RoHS) creates a framework to hold producers and importers responsible for their use of resou...
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UK End of Life Vehicles regulations

The UK’s End of Life Vehicles regulations transpose the EU ELV Directive through regulations passed in 2003 and 2005. The 2003 regulations include the use of improved standards for vehicle treatment s...
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EU End of Life Vehicles Directive

The EU’s ELV Directive (2000-53-EC) requires that manufacturers reduce the use of hazardous substances (mercury, hexavalent chromium, cadmium, lead) when designing and producing vehicles. The Directiv...
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Swedish End of Life Vehicle and Producer Responsibility Regulation

Sweden adopted a 1997 Ordinance on Producer Responsibility (SFS 1997:185), which required manufacturers to accept ELVS free of charge and established a system for their management. Sweden has also ado...
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Auto Recycling Netherland

Auto Recycling Netherland, established by the Dutch automobile industry, collects all scrap cars and oversees their dismantling and recycling, without cost to the last owner. Financing for this system...