END-OF-LIFE VEHICLES (ELV): A SECOND LIFE FOR SCRAP VEHICLES
End-of-life vehicles (ELV), considered hazardous waste until the depollution stage, must undergo several stages of destruction and processing. This process is strictly controlled! Paprec has certified centres to guarantee safe recycling of these vehicles for insurance companies, car manufacturers and garages.
Approximately 2.4 million new vehicles are registered every year in France. At the same time, more than 1 million cars end up in ELV centres*. Batteries, engine coolant or brake fluid, tyres, residual fuel, etc.
End-of-life vehicles contain many components that present a risk for human health and the environment.
Strict laws apply to the dismantling process to prevent pollution. Only certified sites are permitted to manage these operations.
END-OF-LIFE VEHICLES : A MANDATORY PROCESS
Private individuals, professionals and insurance companies that have scrap vehicles to dispose of are required to go through specialised channels.
As a recognised expert in car recycling, we have a network of ELV centres throughout France, certified by the authorities to perform all mandatory processing operations.
DESTRUCTION STAGES
When a vehicle is delivered to one of our centres, a destruction certificate is issued to ensure perfect traceability. Once the administrative formalities have been completed, the cars are put through a several-stage process:
- A decontamination stage for the most dangerous components, like batteries, tyres and lubricants
- The hazardous products are sent to our various processing streams for hazardous industrial waste
- Parts that can be reused are dismantled and sold to professionals or private individuals
- The rest of the bodywork is either sold to scrap merchants or compacted and shredded
Yvan Perona . General Manager of the Scrap Iron and Metals business Paprec
ALL THE RECOVERED MATERIALS ARE PUT THROUGH THE RECYCLING PROCESS CORRESPONDING TO THEIR CATEGORY OR USED TO PRODUCE ENERGY.
MAKE THE MOST OF OUR EXPERTISE TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH ELV REGULATIONS
Cutting-edge equipment
Our certified centres are fully equipped to ensure totally safe destruction. The most harmful products, such as fuel, coolant and air conditioning system refrigerants, are siphoned using special tools to avoid all risk of leakage, and stored in suitable containers.
Air conditioning system refrigerants are siphoned using special tools to avoid all risk of leakage, and stored in suitable containers.
Simplified formalities
We have a team of experts to help professionals with their efforts. They will take charge of your vehicles from collection through to the end of the processing operation. Paprec will also take care of all administrative formalities and provide the documents required by the authorities.
Certificates and registration documents
Our ELV centres will issue you with a certificate of destruction, attesting that the end-of-life vehicle has been properly disposed of. We will also send a certificate to the Prefecture to confirm that the vehicle has been duly destroyed to enable deletion of the vehicle from the vehicle registration database.
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