Skip to Content

car-recycling


Legal loophole allows 1 million cars per year to be illegally scrapped in the UK

Greencars.co.uk is reporting a legal loophole which allows a million cars per year to be illegally scrapped in the UK. This means that most of them are going to be in landfills with oils, tyres and airbags still on/in the car. Under a system called continuous licensing, owners are supposed to pay road tax until a Certificate of Destruction is obtained from a licensed dismantler. However, a tick-box on the registration form means the last owners, as well as unlicensed dismantlers and shredders, can simply de-register a vehicle. This means that ... Read more →

VIDEO from Medialink and General Motors: Earth Day 2008 - Recyclable Cars Jeremy Korzeniewski

Pop Quiz time! What's the most recycled product in the U.S.? (Hum Jeopardy theme song now) Automobiles. The EPA says that 95 percent of all cars are recycled, and 84 percent of the vehicle is ...

Legal loophole allows 1 million cars per year to be illegally scrapped in the UK 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Greencars.co.uk is reporting a legal loophole which allows a million cars per year to be illegally scrapped in the UK. This means that most of them are going to be in landfills with oils, tyres and airbags still on/in the car. Under a system called continuous licensing, owners are supposed to pay ...

VIDEO from Medialink and General Motors: Earth Day 2008 - Recyclable Cars 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Pop Quiz time! What's the most recycled product in the U.S.? (Hum Jeopardy theme song now) Automobiles. The EPA says that 95 percent of all cars are recycled, and 84 percent of the vehicle is recycled by weight on average. Those are pretty good numbers to be sure. The video seen here explains that ...


Featured Galleries

  • Toyota iQ Livery
  • Tesla Store Monaco
  • 2009 Rolls-Royce Phantom
  • Smart ED production
  • Tesla Roadster audio recording for video games
  • Production i-MiEVs in the UK
  • Hyundai 2.4L direct injected Theta II
  • Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL-Hybrid bus
  • Chevy Volt hits the streets in Royal Oak
  • 2010 Nissan LEAF
  • 2010 Mercedes-Benz ML450 hybrid
  • Renault Fluence ZE concept

Categories

Autoblog

Daily Finance

Download Squad

Engadget

Joystiq

Autoblog Spanish

Switched.com

FanHouse

Asylum