End-of-Life Vehicles Data Archive

ELVs are cars or light commercial vehicles (weighing less than 3.5 tonnes) that are no longer suitable for use and are discarded as waste. Proposed EU regulations plan to gradually extend the scope of ELVs to include discarded lorries, buses and motorcycles.

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Year	Total number of ELVs (generated waste)	Total weight of ELVs (generated waste)(t)	Reuse (t)	Total recycling (t)	Total recovery (t)	Total reuse and recycling (t)	Total reuse and recovery (t)	Reuse and recycling %	Reuse and recovery %	EU target % reuse and recycle	EU target % reuse and recovery
2007	112,243	109,032	1,163	87,455	87,519	88,618	88,682	81.3	81.3
2008	127,612	136,624	1,033	102,634	110,727	103,667	111,760	75.9	81.8
2009	152,455	163,070	1,288	127,320	132,940	128,608	134,228	78.9	82.3
2010	158,237	169,155	1,358	128,859	129,614	130,217	130,972	77.0	77.4
2011	134,960	139,279	1,125	110,946	114,064	112,071	115,189	80.5	82.7
2012	102,073	105,339	859	85,323	91,627	86,182	92,486	81.8	87.8
2013	92,467	98,015	755	78,070	89,008	78,825	89,763	80.4	91.6
2014	86,950	92,208	628	75,062	83,007	75,690	83,635	82.1	90.7
2015	74,910	79,405	592	65,517	72,317	66,109	72,909	83.3	91.8	85	95
2016	98,213	104,105	714	88,851	95,902	89,565	96,616	86.0	92.8	85	95
2017	140,788	149,235	1,213	126,981	139,916	128,194	141,129	85.9	94.6	85	95
2018	162,521	172,273	1,460	147,325	162,484	148,785	163,944	86.4	95.2	85	95
2019	149,445	158,412	1,473	137,028	149,352	138,501	150,825	87.4	95.2	85	95
2020	118,867	126,000	1,145	112,672	121,229	113,817	122,375	90.3	97.1	85	95
2021	145,628	154,365	1,424	134,125	146,365	135,549	147,789	87.8	95.7	85	95
2022	105,494	111,824	1,182	97,752	105,593	98,934	106,775	88.0	95.0	85	95

Open in Excel: ELVs Data Archive Summary Excel (XLS 10KB)

Open in CSV : ELVs Data Archive Summary CSV (CSV 1KB)

For more information see: End-of-Life Vehicles | Environmental Protection Agency (epa.ie)