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The last holder delivers the ELV to a contracted dismantler. After checking the vehicle the dismantler will issue the required Certificate of Destruction (CoD).
First of all the battery is taken off and the airbags are neutralized. Then the dismantler takes off all fuels as well as all other operating fluids of the ELV. This includes engine oil, transmission oil, brake fluid as well as coolant & refrigerant fluid from the air conditioning system.
The next step is the dismantling of components and systems in order to market them as used part or to use them as basis for remanufactured parts. If economically viable, materials like plastic or glass are taken off for recycling purposes.
Environmentally hazardous materials are collected and later on sent to specialised recovery companies for recovery or disposal
The pre-treated hulks are delivered to a shredder which segregates the ELV into pieces and sorts the output into various fractions for further recycling or recovery.
 The shredder process
The segregated material fractions from the shredder are further processed with different technologies (magnet, eddy current, flotation) to obtain material fractions which can be used as valuable secondary raw material.
Material fractions from the shredder and from PST plants can be recycled (e.g. as replacement for coal in the blast furnace, as dewatering means for conditioning of sewage sludge) or recovered in the cement industry. This process chain enables a recovery of 85 % of the vehicle and reduces drastically the amount of remaining waste for landfill.
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