Paragraph 8 Authorisations: recovery and recyclingF1

SEPA must ensure that an authorisation for the treatment of waste vehicles includes such conditions as it considers appropriate to ensure that—

(a)

where an article or material listed at heads (i) to (v) below, is present in a waste vehicle, no treatment of that vehicle prevents the removal of that article or material for the purposes of recycling—

(i)

catalyst or catalysts,

(ii)

all metal components containing one or more of copper, aluminium and magnesium,

(iii)

tyres,

(iv)

all large plastic components (including bumpers, the dashboard, and any fluid container),

(v)

glass,

(b)

where an article or material listed in sub-paragraph (a) is removed it is done so in a manner that best promotes its recycling,

(c)

any storage operation is carried out in a manner that avoids damage to—

(i)

any component containing a fluid or fluids,

(ii)

any recoverable component,

(iii)

any spare part.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 15 inserted (1.11.2025) by The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/165), reg. 1(2), sch. 6 (with sch. 23)