at least 27 million vehicles are junked every year. Ever
wondered what happens to them? Studies show that they spawn an
environmental disaster that governments are finding difficult to
handle. The European Union (eu ) has taken the lead in reversing
this trend. From April 21, 2002, with the implementation of the
end of life vehicles (elv) directive, recycling of old vehicles
will be mandatory throughout Europe. The legislation was passed
in 2000 by the European Union, despite stiff opposition from the
automobile industry. Recycling is not a new concept for this
part of the world -- on an average 75 per cent vehicles are
already being recycled. For example, in the uk, 75 per cent of
the 1.5 million cars and 37 million tyres scrapped annually are
recovered. Such recovery rates can be attributed to the work
done by organisations like the Consortium for Automotive
Recycling (Care) -- a collaboration of top vehicle
manufacturers, importers and dismantlers of the uk. Care's main
work focuses on disseminating and pr