European Waste Catalogue
Undepolluted end-of-life vehicles are hazardous 16 01 04. Once fluids, batteries and other hazardous components are removed, the depolluted shell is 16 01 06.
Also searched as: ELV, scrap cars, vehicle disposal
Have a 16 01 04 stream? See the dossier that replaces the feasibility study.
See the validation dossier8 million tonnes/year EU shredder residue · €600M shredder residue treatment and recovery market
Primary buyers include Recovery of sorted materials and Manufacture of cement.
Simulate this streamThe European Waste Catalogue codes waste by the process it arises from, not just the material. Pick the row that matches where your end-of-life vehicles is generated — each code links to its full classification, valorisation routes and receiving industries.
ELVs before depollution
Discarded vehicles
Depolluted ELVs (no liquids or hazardous components)
End-of-life vehicles not containing liquids or hazardous components
Ferrous metal from dismantling
Ferrous metal
Source: EUR-Lex Commission Decision 2000/532/EC — European Waste Catalogue
End-of-Life Vehicles
With a lab analysis, the engine checks the stream against each receiving route's published limits and returns what is supported, what is refused, and why. Without one yet, we tell you which routes it can evaluate and what analysis that needs.
See what the output looks like: a worked dossier.