Endof Life Vehicle ELV Directive Implementation in Estonia

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End-of Life Vehicle (ELV) Directive
Implementation in Estonia 13.06.2006, Valencia
Peeter Eek Director General Waste
Department Ministry of the Environment
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Estonia - ELV Background, up to 2004

• The car Register mainly registered cars and few
  of them was de-registered ever....
• There was no incentive to de-register the car
  the outcome - Motor Vehicle Register became
  slowly a dead souls register
• Even, if dismantled and and handed to
  scrapyards, often Vehicles remained in register
  as Registered
• Vehicle Dismantling was quiet disorganised
  business, often 'on grey business area',
• On the end of the 90-s rapidly grew criminality
  on metal scrap (especially on energy lines) and
  also on ELV- steals

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Estonia - ELV Background, up to 2004
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Registration of the New Vehicles by Years

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Passenger cars registered 401 cars per Th
inhabitants
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First registrations of passengers cars
1997-2007Total/ incl new cars
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Number of imported vehicles into Estonia

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Age pattern of the Estonian car fleet (year
2001)average on 2007 13 y
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Distribution of car producers within the Estonian
car fleet (year 2001)?
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Concerns with the Register of the Motor Vehicles

• On 2002 all Vehicles in Register, with the
  Certificates issued before 1993 and not presented
  for re-registration, was cancelled from Register
  (ca 40 th. Cars from Soviet period)
• On 2004 the COD (Certificate of destruction) was
  implemented as a pre-requirement for
  de-registration
• On 2005 mandatory insurance requirement for all
  registered vehicles was introduced (temporary
  de-registration is also possible)?
• RESULT huge amount of applications for
  de-registration, with the explanations, 'why the
  Vehicle does not exist'

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Legislation in General

• Waste Act 2004, - The term Product of Concern
  was introduced as general term for all products,
  falling under the producer responsibility
  principle
• Regulation of the Government of the Republic (No
  352, 13th December 2004) Requirements for
  collection, take back, reuse or dispose of
  vehicles and their spare parts
• Regulation of the Minister of the Environment
  (No 89, 8th July 2004 Treatment Requirements for
  End-of Life Vehicles

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Regulation of ELV take-back
Producers ( importers) organise the collection
and treatment of ELV and their spare parts. The
owner of the ELV should have a possibility to get
rid of his/her ELV for free in the County, where
he/she lives or in range of 50 km. The costs
of take back, reuse and disposal of the ELV shall
be covered by the producer.
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Regulation of the Government
Producers, or a third parties acting on their
behalf, are obliged to take back all the vehicles
which have registration certificate and which are
registered in the Register of Vehicles. If waste
handlers or Dismantlers take back ELV-s (
issuing COD), then they are equalised on terms of
treatments and recovery obligations with the
Producers Collection point or treatment facility
issues COD (Certificate of Destruction) which
is a pre-requisite for de-registration of the
ELV.
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Reuse and recovery

• No later than 1 January 2006, for all ELV, the
  reuse and recovery shall be increased to a
  minimum of 85 by an average weight per vehicle
  and year. Within the same time limit the reuse
  and recycling shall be increased to a minimum of
  80 by an average weight per vehicle and year.
• No later than 1 January 2015, for all ELV, the
  reuse and recovery shall be increased to a
  minimum of 95 by an average weight per vehicle
  and year. Within the same time limit the reuse
  and recycling shall be increased to a minimum of
  85 by an average weight per vehicle and year.

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Requirement for Dismantling sites and Dismantling

• Sites for temporary storage of ELV shall have
• a fence
• a guard equipment or keeping watch over site for
  24 H
• impermeable surfaces, where ELV-s are stored
• decanters and cleanser-degreasers,
• Sites for treatment (additionally to above
  mentioned places)
• Equipments or buildings for storage of spare
  parts and hazardous waste
• containers for storage of batteries, filters and
  PCB/PCT-containing condensers
• storage tanks for the segregated storage of
  end-of-life vehicle fluids and gases
• storage for used tyres and for other flammable
  parts
• scales

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Dismantling requirements

• Parts which have to be removed prior to
  Shredding
• reusable parts
• accumulators and liquefied gas tanks
• PCB/PCT-containing condensers
• fuel, oils, cooling liquid and all other liquids
• oil and fuel filters
• air-conditioning system fluid
• potential explosive components (e.g. air bags)?
• all components identified as containing mercury

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Regulation of the Minister of the Environment

• Before the final shredding there should be
  removed
• catalysts
• metal components containing copper, aluminium
  and magnesium if these metals are not segregated
  in the shredding process
• tyres
• glass
• large plastic components (bumpers, dashboard,
  fluid containers, etc),
• if these materials are not separated after
  shredding

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Practical Concerns Financial issues
On 2002 the EU Commission report estimated, that
value of ELV, when treated in accordance with
the requirements is ca -100 . On 2004 'hot
debate' whether the ELV treatment is possible
with 0 price On 2007-2008 Dismantlers pay for
each ELV ca 100 RESULT No ELV is delivered
back to producers, hence there have not been
motivation to establish Producer Responsibility
Organisation (Collective scheme)?
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Legal Concerns When is Car a waste? Question by
cars (or waste?) transport
There are companies, which buy 'crashed cars'
from other EU countries, usually newer
models Those are brought to the Country 'as
goods' ( not waste!)? Often are those cars
never registered in Producer Responsibility
register as are not registered in Vehicle
Register but are actually dismantled... So
will actually 'a steam of materials' generated,
which does not comply with the Reporting of
de-registrations and COD-s.
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System proposed by Car manufacturers and
importers
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• ELV 'full and 'undrained'is HazW -
• but
• bought by dismantlers as ca 120 per ELV

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• ELV 'drained' before delivery to Dismantlers or
  uncompleted-ELV Problem for reporting and
  supervision

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• ELV- cleaned, non-hazardous -
• often delivered so, but sometimes unclear, where
  were treated?

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Association of Dismantlers
Over 20 Dismantlers, holders of the HazW
Licences Oriented as first priority to sell
reusable parts Hand removal of glasses, bigger
plastic parts etc., Draining of ELV
Internet-based search system for re-use spare
parts over all members
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General operation of the system
The first reciver of the ELV issues a COD -
pre-requisite for de-registration Then removal
of all liquids, re-usable parts, but also
glasses, tyres, bigger plastic parts The
'treated ELV is delivered to the Shredder
Company' All metals are removed, ferrous and
non-ferrous metals separated All liquids are
incinerated in cement kiln Tyres are
recovered SLF until now mainly landfilled, but
separation of plastics for incineration is on the
way Also Post-shredder technology is under the
way
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Shreddering the Hard-plastics from ELV (delivered
to Asia mainly)?
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Shreddered tyres recovered mainly as a
construction material in road construction
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• Results
• On 2006 there was de-registered ca 11 th cars,
  recovery was ca 82
• Actually is summary of the waste reports 'a
  pussle'
• - there is serious need to try to improve the
  reporting quality
• - Supervision is one of the key-issues to have
  better overview over issues who are putting cars
  and parts to the market,
• - what is imported as goods, but handled as waste

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• Concerns and Future
• With the growth of economy is market for reusable
  parts decreasing, also as difference in prices
  with B-quality parts is often insignificant
• The 'Post-shredder' treatment of SLF (shredder
  light fraction) seems unavoidable
• The de-registration of 'in fact ELV-s' should be
  motivated best option would be 'car-tax' this
  have been discussed already many years, as
  revenue tax or 'air pollution' issue but it's
  most important as well to get REAL overview of
  ELV-s.

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Thank for Your attention!