When transportation and transport vehicles reach the end of their service life, they are often abandoned or end up in scrap in junkyards, or on the sides of roads. End-of-life vehicles (ELVs) contain hazardous chemicals, including persistent organic pollutants, that require proper management.
Management includes a depolluting phase, which removes and correctly disposes of hazardous components. After this point recovery and recycling can take place.
Policy approaches can also assist with ELV management, preventing the build-up of ELVs through the institution of Extended Producer Responsibility policies, as well as regulations on vehicle imports ensuring imported second-hand vehicles are not nearing end-of-life.
This group provides space for exchange on safe and sustainable management of ELVs. Group members are welcomed to share all forms experiences and information relevant to ELV management and recycling, including on technical equipment, national and regional regulatory frameworks, ELV recycling networks and associations, or addressing legacy seepage and discharge, for example.
This group is convened in the context of the Implementing Sustainable Low and Non-Chemical Development in Small Island States (ISLANDS) Programme. ISLANDS supports thirty-three Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Atlantic, Caribbean, Pacific and Indian Ocean to manage hazardous chemicals and waste safely and sustainably.
Would you like to find out more about ELV and what ISLANDS is doing about it? Visit our knowledge hub on gefislands.org to find dedicated information, news and opportunities on ELV management in SIDS.
