Agencies combine in successful End of Life Vehicles operation

Waste Enforcement Officers from Fingal County Council, Dublin City Council and the East Midlands WERLA with support from An Garda Siochanna carried out a successful multi-agency End of Life Vehicle operation at a site in Finglas yesterday.

A total of nine End of Life Vehicles (ELV’s) along with quantities of other waste metals and used tyres were removed from the site and brought to an authorised treatment facility (ATF) for recycling and disposal. Further investigations will be conducted to ascertain the owners of the ELVs involved and fixed penalty notices will be issued where appropriate under the Waste Management Act 1996.  

The registered owner has a legal responsibility to bring an end of life vehicle to an ATF where the vehicle will be disposed of in an environmentally sound manner and where the owner will be provided with a certificate of destruction (CoD). A CoD ensures that no further transactions such as change of ownership may be processed against the vehicle. ATFs are permitted facilities authorised to treat, recover and dispose of ELVs (also known as scrap cars).

Fingal County Council and Dublin City Council are committed to using their powers under the Waste Management Act to deal with the unauthorised collection and disposal of ELV or scrap cars.