Commenting on the achievement, Cartakeback chairman John Norton said: “To have reached this milestone one millionth vehicle is a huge achievement for the 10 shredding companies which founded the company and shows that we have come a long way since 2006.”
Cartakeback is the larger of the two service providers – the other is Autogreen – which vehicle manufacturers must sign up to meet their obligations under the ELV Directive by offering a network of scrap yards and dismantlers where ELVs can be taken back by car owners for free and recycled.
The millionth vehicle was collected at Cartakeback's authorised treatment facility (ATF) network member E & SB Davis in Tadworth, Surrey, where it was issued with an electronic DVLA Certificate of Destruction using the network's online Financial and Data System (FADS).
Jenny Tromans, ATF network manager at Cartakeback, praised the efforts of its contracted vehicle dismantlers and scrap yards in helping to reach the million car goal.
“A million thanks go out to all the 230 ATFs for all of their hard work and support over the past three years and we look forward to recycling the next million vehicles,” she said.
Cartakeback's manufacturer members include the likes of Ford, Renault/Nissan and MG Rover.
Under the ELV Directive, all ATFs, regardless of whether they are part of one of the two service providers' networks, must reuse, recycle or recover energy from 85% by weight of the scrap vehicles they receive, rising to 95% by 2015.
To achieve this, Cartakeback's network members de-pollute vehicles to remove hazardous materials before sending the vehicle shell to a shredding facility where the metallic and non-metallic content is separated and processed.
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